Press Releases
Ramos bills to ensure greater safety on tribal reservations, combat numbers of missing and murdered Indigenous people cases move forward
SACRAMENTO—Three bills aimed at confronting the state’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) epidemic will move forward after the Senate Public Safety Committee today approved measures granting state peace officer status for the first time in California history to tribal law enforcement, streamlining the alert system when Native Americans are missing and improving state tracking of violence on tribal lands. Assemblymember James C.
Working Dogs for Warriors Named 2024 Nonprofit of the Year for Ramos’s 45th Assembly District
SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) selected Inland Empire based Working Dogs for Warriors as the 2024 California Nonprofit of the Year for Assembly District 45. The nonprofit organization was honored today at the State Capitol along with other outstanding nonprofit organizations from around California.
Ramos receives Legislator of the Year from Spirit of Veterans Day organization
SACRAMENTO—Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) today received the 2024 Legislator of the Year Award from the Spirit of Veterans Day nonprofit organization. The award cited the group’s “heartfelt appreciation for your support for California’s 1.6 million veterans and Gold Star Families.”
Ramos: Joint budget proposal upholds California values in protecting vulnerable communities
SACRAMENTO—Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) today issued the following statement following a joint legislative budget proposal:
Ramos: Celebrate joint budget committee action and work of tribal leaders, health advocates to restore funding for California’s Indian Health Program
SACRAMENTO—Assemblylmember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) today issued the following statement following a joint legislative budget proposal that restored funding for California’s Indian Health Program:
Assembly approves measures aimed at reducing disproportionate rates of violence against Native Americans
SACRAMENTO—Three proposals to increase safety in California’s Indian Country and reduce the disparate numbers of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) are headed to the Senate this week as California works to reduce its fifth-highest in the nation unresolved MMIP case load. Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) authored the bills.
Historic moment on Assembly floor as first California Native American delivers land acknowledgment
Land acknowledgment begins at 51:13 at: https://www.assembly.ca.gov/media/assembly-floor-session-20240506
Ramos: congratulates Bonta for ‘securing justice in Indian Country’
SACRAMENTO—Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) released the following statement upon learning of the the 26-years to life sentencing of Jarrett Blue Rucker who killed Milton “Yogi” McGarva on March 9, 2020. McGarva was a member of Pit River Tribe and a victim of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) crisis.