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Ramos bill to create first statewide Office of Suicide Prevention clears Senate committee as state sees hotline calls increase during pandemic

SACRAMENTO –The Senate Health Committee today approved a measure to create the first statewide Office of Suicide Prevention on an 8 to 0 vote.  

Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) introduced AB 2112 in early February, and observed that since then the novel coronavirus crisis has added new urgency to suicide prevention efforts.

Ramos Native American land acknowledgment bill progresses in Senate

SACRAMENTO— The Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water today approved a measure to encourage public schools, parks, libraries and museums to acknowledge past tribal guardianship of lands where their facilities are located.  

Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) said the voluntary proposal, AB 1968, will advance awareness of Native Americans’ presence throughout California.  “It is also a means to help educate Californians and others about Native Americans,” Ramos said.

Bill to remove barriers to Native American voter access clears first Senate committee

SACRAMENTO—A proposal to help Native Americans gain greater access to the electoral process was approved today on a 5-0 vote by the Senate Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments.

The bill, AB 2314, by Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) would require the Secretary of State to create a Native American Voting Accessibility Committee to:

Lawmakers ask Capitol leaders to ‘pause’ in determining future of toppled Serra statue

SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) and Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) yesterday asked the Legislature’s administrative committees to obtain input from an advisory group that includes historians and California Native Americans before determining the fate of the Junípero Serra statue taken down on Capitol grounds by protestors on July 4.

Measure to remove barriers to Native American voter access is sent to Senate

SACRAMENTO—California’s Assembly today approved and sent to the Senate a proposal to help Native Americans gain greater access to the electoral process.

AB 2314 by Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) would authorize the Secretary of State to create an advisory committee.  Approved on a 67-0 vote, AB 2314 would:

Require the Secretary of State to consult with the advisory committee to consider recommendations making voting more accessible for Native American voters;

Assembly sends Senate measure to reduce rates of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

SACRAMENTO –Assemblymembers today approved, on a bipartisan 63 to 0 vote, a measure to increase collaboration among law enforcement agencies on tribal land and help reduce the number of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in California.

AB 3099, by Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland), would create greater sharing of information and heightened cooperation between California’s Department of Justice (DOJ), tribal governments and local law enforcement, including tribal justice systems.

Ramos bill to create first statewide Office of Suicide Prevention heads to Senate

SACRAMENTO – California’s Assembly today approved a measure to create a statewide Office of Suicide Prevention on a 61 to 0 vote. Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) said he introduced AB 2112 in early February. “California and the world have drastically changed since then,” Ramos added.