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Ramos names new legislative director

SACRAMENTO—Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) today announced he has named Jacob Rivera as his new legislative director. 

Governor includes tax exemption in state budget for military retirees and survivor pensions; Ramos working with veterans and administration to secure benefit

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom has included a 2025-26 state budget item proposal to grant uniformed retirees and their survivors a state tax exemption on their military pensions. Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) has championed such an exemption in the past and last month introduced AB 53 which would allow military retirees and their survivors to claim the benefit.

Ramos reintroduces two measures

SACRAMENTO –Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) reintroduced a public safety bill to grant state peace officer status to tribal law enforcement under a pilot program and a bill to grant a state tax exemption on military pensions.

AB 31 Tribal Peace Officers

Ramos acknowledges work to be done on Tribal Peace Officer Status Bill

SACRAMENTO –Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) announced today AB 2138, a bill creating a three-year pilot program in the state Department of Justice granting three California tribes and their tribal police California peace officer status was vetoed by Governor Newsom. Ramos introduced AB 2138 earlier this year as an additional means to battle the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) crisis in California.

Changes to notification alert system used to find missing Native Americans signed into law on California Native American Day

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today signed AB 2348, a bill that would revise and strengthen California’s Feather Alert – a notification alert system similar to the AMBER and Silver alerts—by requiring law enforcement agencies to respond within 24 hours of a request, and allowing tribal governments to directly communicate with the California Highway Patrol (CHP). Assemblymember James C.

Ramos measure to streamline alert system used to find missing Indigenous people is signed on California Native American Day

SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom today approved AB 1863, a bill to revise and strengthen California’s Feather Alert, an alert system similar to the AMBER and Silver alerts – used to notify the public when Indigenous people go missing. Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) authored the bill and the original Feather Alert measure, AB 1314, approved in 2022.