SACRAMENTO, Calif. — One of California's most important elections last week was held behind closed doors with only 63 voters. They elected the next state Assembly speaker.
It'll be Assemblyman Robert Rivas, 42, a San Benito County Democrat who grew up in farmworker housing on a vineyard in John Steinbeck country.
The lawmaker was raised by a single mom and Mexican immigrant grandparents in a dwelling so small he didn't have his own bed — another American Dream story, the kind that's becoming increasingly familiar in California.
