[3] After law school, Rivera joined the Clinton Administration as the associate director in the Office of Public Liaison for the Hispanic Community.
[5] In January 2023, 26 staff members of the Arts department signed a letter accusing Rivera of creating a toxic workplace and ignoring city policies.
"[2][7] Rivera focused her campaign on public safety, increasing police response times, getting guns off the street, and cracking down on open-air drug markets.
[2][5] Rivera gathered large contributions from business Political Action Committees, including over $80,000 from a PAC created by former Costco CEO James Sinegal.
[15] While the full council was debating legislation over gig-worker pay, Rivera faced potential ethics violations over her husband prior consulting work with Doordash.