For immediate release:
SACRAMENTO—Today, on California Native American Day, Gov. Newsom signed seven of Assemblymember James C. Ramos’s (D-San Bernardino) tribal bills. Below is a list of those bills and individual releases for each of the measures is attached. The measures are described briefly below; click on bill numbers to read more about that bill:
- AB 81 reinforces California protections for Native American families and the Indian Child Welfare Act
- AB 1284 encourages the Natural Resources Agency, and its departments, boards, conservancies, and commissions, to enter into cogovernance and comanagement agreements with federally recognized tribes
- AB 1821 requires that the impact of the Mission and Gold Rush eras on California Native Americans is taught
- AB 1863 requires California Highway Patrol (CHP) to state reasons for denying request for a Feather Alert, a public notification system used when Native Americans are missing and overseen by the CHP
- AB 2108 requires county social workers and others to immediately notify parents, guardians, legal counsel and other pertinent adults when a foster child is missing.
- AB 2348 revises and strengthens California’s Feather Alert, requiring law enforcement agencies to respond within 24 hours of a request, and also allowing for tribal governments to directly communicate with the California Highway Patrol about a request.
- AB 2695 requires specified entities reporting criminal record data to the Department of Justice to disaggregate the data based on whether incidents took place in Indian country.
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Assemblymember James C. Ramos proudly represents the 45th Assembly district that includes the Cities of Fontana, Highland, Mentone, Redlands, Rialto and San Bernardino. He is the first and only California Native American serving in the state’s legislature. Ramos chairs the Assembly Budget Subcommittee #6 on Public Safety.