Press Releases

Sacramento, CA- Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom recently introduced Assembly Bill 1659 to support the continuation of education for justice-involved youth.

AB 1659, sponsored by the Alameda County Office of Education, closes current gaps in support for justice-impacted youth returning to their home district by requiring a dedicated staff member to ensure a warm hand-off for these students during a...

Stockton, CA- This weekend, Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom welcomed the cohort of her Young Legislators Program, a new leadership and civic engagement program designed to help high school juniors and seniors across Assembly District 13 understand how government works and learn how to use their voices to make positive change in their communities.

The inaugural class, made up of students from...

Sacramento, CA- In 2025, Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom introduced AB 278 to formalize patient representation within California’s Office of Healthcare Affordability (OHCA) and ensure affordability decisions truly reflect how policies impact patients and families across California.

Building on that effort, OHCA is moving forward with the formation of a new Patient and Consumer Forum on Health Care...

Sacramento, CA- The California Municipal Utilities Association (CMUA) presented Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom with the CMUA Water Legislative Leader award. This award recognizes Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom’s leadership in ensuring families in the Central Valley and across California have access to clean, affordable drinking water.

In 2025, Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom introduced AB 532, to...

Sacramento, CA – Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom joined Speaker of the Assembly, Robert Rivas, and Senate President pro Tempore, Monique Limón, and her colleagues today in solidarity with communities across the country following recent fatal shootings and deaths tied to federal immigration enforcement operations. Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom warned that aggressive ICE enforcement across...

Sacramento, CA – Today, Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom has partnered with California’s Secretary of State, Shirley Weber, to introduce AB 1610.

California’s Elections Code currently provides no clear guidance for counties when they receive notice of a voter’s mailing address that differs from their residence address. For that reason, each of California’s 58 counties handles mailing address changes...

Stockton, CA – Special districts in San Joaquin County and across the state recognized Assembly Member Rhodesia Ransom as the Association’s 2025 Legislator of the Year at an event held at the San Joaquin County Mosquito and Vector Control District featuring local special district leaders from throughout the Central Valley.

Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom was honored for her support of the local...

Sacramento, CA – Today, Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom introduced AB 1590, legislation designed to fix a broken funding formula that has left millions of dollars intended for Career Technical Education (CTE) unused.

Over the past five years, nearly $120 million in state-approved Career Technical Education funding has gone unallocated, not because of lack of need, but because of restrictive...

Sacramento, CA – Today, Assemblymembers Damon Connolly (D-San Rafael) and Central Valley Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom introduced legislation to require that wine labeled as “American” be made from 100 percent American-grown winegrapes. Current federal standards allow up to 25 percent of wine labeled “American” to be sourced from imported bulk wine produced outside the United States.

Co-sponsored...

Anaheim, CA – Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom, a member of California’s Agriculture Committee, represented the Central Valley during a main stage conversation at the American Farm Bureau national convention where she had an opportunity to highlight San Joaquin County agriculture, and share her journey to the California State Legislature.

“Speaking with farmers from across the country, it was clear

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