In the News

November 12, 2019

Veterans Day in Baldwin Park celebrated with red, white and blue and parachuters

State Sen. Susan Rubio, whose brother Brian serves in the U.S. Army, championed the need to take care of servicemen and women once they return home. “No veteran should ever go hungry; no veteran should ever live in the street; and no veteran should ever need medical attention,” she said.

She was also on hand to honor Korean War veteran Geronimo Centeno, who was stationed in Hanford to guard a nuclear plant that produced plutonium during the Cold War. Centeno gave a thumbs up as he received a certificate and later a hug from Rubio, a Baldwin Park resident who served nine years on the local City Council.

November 5, 2019

Conoce las leyes que protegen a las víctimas de violencia doméstica y los recursos a los que pueden acceder

La senadora estatal Susan Rubio cuenta que fue víctima de agresión por parte de una pareja sentimental, por lo que ahora lucha para constituir normas que les ayuden. Algunas son extender los años para presentar cargos en una corte y poner los teléfonos de ayuda en las tarjetas de estudiantes. Si sientes que debes denunciar un caso, puedes llamar a la línea 1(800) 799-7233.

November 1, 2019

California’s Latino voters helped turn state blue. Will others catch the wave?

“There’s so much more respect for immigrants in general,” Ms. Rubio says in a phone interview from Mexico, where she was traveling in a delegation with California’s lieutenant governor, Eleni Kounalakis. “And there is so much more respect” for elected Latino officials, she adds. 

October 21, 2019

San Gabriel Valley cities to band together to seek affordable housing funding

Senator Rubio said her work on homelessness won’t end with securing the $5.6 million or creating the housing trust and that she hopes to inspire other regions to seek innovative solutions to help house their residents.

“I want us to be a model for the county and even all of California, and I think we can get there,” Rubio said.

October 16, 2019

Child Law Penalizes Moms for Abusive Partners

“The system is broken and designed to protect the abusers. It’s outrageous,” Senator Rubio said. “Victims are punished for defending themselves and their children and punished when they don’t.”

October 7, 2019

Migración y cambio climático, los temas en común que preocupan a California y a México

La senadora Susan Rubio recordó por su parte que nació en Ciudad Juárez y que en algún momento fue indocumentada y deportada: La meta es mantener a las familias unidas y proveer ayuda humanitaria. Estamos muy comprometidos con eso.

August 19, 2019

San Gabriel Valley Public Affairs Network Introducing California Legislative Update [Mandarin]

The San Gabriel Valley Public Affairs Network organized a luncheon meeting at Baldwin Park, featuring Califonia State Senator Susan Rubio, who represents the 22nd Senate District. Rubio introduced Califonia’s legislative updates to the audience.

August 7, 2019

How domestic violence survivors could be given a moment to ‘exhale’

“When my story broke, so many women decided that they wanted to tell their stories to me, hundreds of them,” Rubio said. “One of the things that I found was common in all of the stories that were told to me is that that there is a deep-rooted trauma and paralyzing fear that comes from their experience — and some of them take years to overcome.”