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Ramos named to public safety policy committee for first time and reappointed as budget public safety subcommittee chair

SACRAMENTO — Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) today announced he will be serving for the first time as a member of the Assembly Public Safety Committee. He will continue to serve as chairperson of Budget Subcommittee #6 that also deals with state funding of public safety concerns. Budget subcommittee jurisdictions include California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Judicial Branch, the Department of Justice, the Office of Emergency Services, the Board of State and Community Corrections, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, the California Victims Compensation Board, the California Military Department, and the Office of the State Public Defender.

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.

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.

Governor signs bill to help track domestic violence cases on California Native American Day

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed AB 2695 requiring the Department of Justice to align its records and data with the federal National Incident-Based reporting system to assist law enforcement and others understand where criminal incidents related to Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) are occurring and also include a notation indicating whether domestic violence incidents took place in Indian Country.