Municipality of Anchorage · Photo source · US government work
Felix Rivera
Assembly Member · Anchorage Assembly · District 4
11 articles · 11 transcripts · 2 clips
Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska
Former constituent relations and special assistant in Mayor's Office. BA from Alaska Pacific University. Journalist and nonprofit board member. Helped obtain LGBTQ protections. Term expires 2026.
Affiliations
Anchorage Assembly to take up Transgender Day of Remembrance resolution Nov. 17
“at least 36 transgender or gender non-conforming people in the United States died by violent means”
Anchorage ordinance would have boards write their own pre-sunset reports
“on a mission for the last few years to try to streamline and reduce the number of sunset audits”
The Assembly says Anchorage hunger is rising. Its resolution does not say how it knows.
“in Anchorage there are roughly 36,740 food insecure people, including more than 10,000 children”
Audit of $11.8M in off-the-books Anchorage spending heads to the Assembly
“The Municipal Audit Committee met on July 2nd where we reviewed Internal Audit Report 2025-03, Anchorage Equal Rights Commission.”
Anchorage Assembly to hear third version of public safety commission ordinance July 21
Anchorage Assembly will hear a third version of a public safety commission ordinance July 21, restoring an advisory forum vacant since January 2024.
Cook Inlet Housing breaks ground on 24 senior apartments in Anchorage
Cook Inlet Housing Authority will build 24 senior apartments in Anchorage by 2027. This project addresses a housing cost burden for seniors who spend over a third of their income on rent.
Alaska's filing deadline turned the 2026 election from rumor into a real race
So many candidates, so little time left
Open South Midtown seat draws three candidates after Josephson opts not to seek reelection.
House District 13 in South Midtown Anchorage has three candidates after Rep. Andy Josephson declined reelection: Democrat Lisa Keller, Democrat Felix Rivera, and Republican Sarah Short, in a district where the last race was decided by 477 votes.
Anchorage Assembly considers new Public Safety Commission with community focus
“really the reason behind this commission and the— and trying to create this commission is to allow some form of municipal entity where a bridge can be created between the public and our public safety agencies.”
Assembly Approves $64.8M Bond Appropriation for Capital Projects
Anchorage Assembly unanimously approved $64.86 million in bond funds for roads, fire protection, parks, transit and other city projects on May 12.
Anchorage to transfer Nordstrom building to development authority
Anchorage is transferring the vacant Nordstrom building to a development authority to redevelop it as mixed-use housing and commercial space downtown, with a public hearing set for March 24.
