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SACRAMENTO—California students will learn about the impact on California Native Americans during the Spanish Colonization and Gold Rush Eras in California public schools after Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed AB 1821, a measure authored by the first and only California Native American elected to the legislature, Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino).

SACRAMENTO—Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed AB 1284, to encourage the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) to enter into cogovernance and comanagement agreements with federally recognized tribes to manage state lands and waters. It was one of seven tribal-related bills approved today by Gov. Gavin Newsom and authored by Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino).

SACRAMENTO—A bill safeguarding existing state statutes protecting Indian children, families and the rights of tribes in child welfare cases is now law after the governor signed the measure today on California Native American Day. Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) authored the proposal, AB 81. It was one of seven tribal-related bills authored by the lawmaker and at the governor’s desk.

San Bernardino—Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) today expressed his condolences to the family of a missing Morongo Band of Mission Indians tribal member and concern about issues expressed by her family  involving the investigation into her case.

SAN BERNARDINO— Dignitaries including Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) and San Bernardino Superior Court Presiding Lisa M. Rogan of the San Bernardino Superior Court were joined today by dignitaries, tribal representatives, and cultural performers to celebrate California Native American Day.

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.