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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.

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:

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.

Sacramento, CA – Assembly Bill 1552 by Assemblymembers James C. Ramos (D-Highland) and Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara) will provide financial relief to California small business owners and others who pay hundreds of billions of dollars in business interruption insurance premiums, but whose COVID-19 claim applications were denied.

SACRAMENTO—Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) today issued the following statement after legislative leaders ordered removal of the state Capitol’s statue of Queen Isabella and Christopher Columbus:

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;

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.

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.

SACRAMENTO— A legislative proposal to encourage public schools, parks, libraries and museums to recognize past tribal guardianship of lands where their facilities are located passed the Assembly Monday on a bipartisan 72 -0 vote.

HIGHLAND—Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) announced today he is seeking liability relief for small businesses in collaboration with a coalition of 22 bipartisan legislators, local small businesses and business organizations (local and statewide) to support assistance to small businesses.

Ramos said he and the coalition are urging Governor Gavin Newsom to take swift action to protect enterprises with 25 or fewer employees from being sued during the emergency if they follow state and local COVID-19 guidelines.