THE BUZZ: PRICE CUTS — Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas kicked off this legislative session with a blistering indictment of his party’s failures on a central issue: combating the soaring cost of living in California.
Now, the Democratic leader’s plans to tackle the Golden State’s affordability headache are finally taking shape after the Los Angeles-area wildfires and a Donald Trump-proofing special session dominated the first seven weeks of the legislative year.