SACRAMENTO—When teaching about the Spanish Mission and Gold Rush Eras, California public schools would be required to teach the true history of the impact on California Native Americans during those periods if AB 1821 – now headed to the governor – is approved. The full Assembly passed the bill tonight.
SACRAMENTO – California’s Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) would be authorized to enter into cogovernance and comanagement agreements with the state’s federally recognized tribes to share responsibility, decision making, and partnership in resource management and conservation within a tribe’s ancestral lands. Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) introduced the measure, AB 1284, which will now head to the governor on a final Assembly concurrence vote of 61-0.
SACRAMENTO— Assemblymember James C. Ramos’s (D-San Bernardino) legislation ranging from children and youth to public safety and tribes cleared the Senate Appropriations Committee Suspense file today. The approved measures will be voted on by the full Senate by the close of session on Aug. 31.
SACRAMENTO—Exasperated and impatient California tribal leaders and lawmakers today listened to state university system leaders lay out the steps they are taking to meet the requirements of 1990 and 2001 federal and state laws to return Native American human remains and artifacts to the appropriate tribes. The hearing follows three scathing state audits of the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) systems since 2019.
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.
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.
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.”
SACRAMENTO—Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) today issued the following statement following a joint legislative budget proposal:
