CDFA’s first-ever Farm Equity Advisor, Thea Rittenhouse (R), along with Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (center) and legislative staff member Kimberly Kollwitz. Rittenhouse fills a position created by the Farmer Equity Act, a bill authored by Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry that supports socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in California. The Act will ensure that CDFA includes socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in the development, adoption and implementation of programs and policies.