CA-22: Rudy Salas (D)
Rudy Salas is a lifelong Central Valley resident, who worked his way from laboring in the fields with his father to graduating from UCLA and becoming the first Latino Bakersfield City Councilmember in its 112-year history.
In his five terms in the California State Assembly, Rudy Salas has stood by his commitment to take a stand for Central Valley families and deliver for the region. Salas has been an effective voice for the valley in the state capitol, winning:
- Lower costs for lifesaving medications.
- Increased public safety funding.
- Overtime pay for farm workers.
- Expanded workforce development programs.
- Expanded veterans’ and workers’ rights.
- Increased funding for clean water infrastructure.
- Increased support for our small business community.
In the past two years, Salas secured $290 million of dedicated investments for Central Valley projects, including for:
- Clean water.
- Improving public safety.
- Investing in our colleges and universities and increasing job opportunities.
Salas has delivered funding to graduate more nurses and doctors in the valley to doubling what is spent on each child’s education. He also helped save Kern Medical Hospital from closing its doors and was instrumental in ensuring small business assistance and protective equipment got to residents and frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The biographical information above was sourced from the candidate’s campaign website, see links above for more information.
