SACRAMENTO—Assemblymember James Ramos (D-Highland) announced today his vote in support of two COVID 19-related measures to provide emergency appropriations to deal with the crisis.
SB 89 authored by the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review amends the 2019-20 state budget to appropriate up to $500 million to meet the coronavirus emergency as well as funding of up to $1 billion more as needed.
SAN BERNARDINO—Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) today announced that he is postponing or rescheduling district events and non-essential in person meetings in accordance with California Department of Public Health Guidelines. He stated:
SACRAMENTO—Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) today requested $6 million over a three-year period to create a pilot program which would serve as a model to treat abused and neglected children throughout the Inland Empire. Ramos made the request at the Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1 on Health and Human Services.
RIVERSIDE—Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) will meet with University of California Riverside undergraduate and graduate students as well as faculty to discuss his Serrano-Cahuilla history, cultural protocols and language. His presentation is part of a daylong workshop to prepare students for working with the nearby Cahuilla, Serrano, Tongva, and Luiseño tribal communities. UCR staff is working on an ongoing “IndigenizeUCR’ project to bring greater awareness and knowledge of the university’s location on Native land and Native history.
SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember James Ramos (D-Highland) issued the following statement today following Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2020 State of the State address:
The governor should be praised for his focused and continued approach to California’s homeless crisis. He was correct to make the State of the State a call to action, not just a moment to feel a pang of guilt.
SACRAMENTO—A measure, introduced today, would enact recommendations from the State Auditor after its study of a 53-year old statute designed to provide short-term, community-based intensive treatment to individuals with mental health disorders who are dangerous to themselves or others, or who are gravely disabled.
SACRAMENTO—Assemblymember James C. Ramos today was named chair of the newly created Select Committee on Homelessness in San Bernardino County by Speaker of the Assembly Anthony Rendon.
AB 2112 will target youth, veterans, LGBTQ, senior populations
SACRAMENTO – Legislation introduced today would create an Office of Suicide Prevention as recommended last year by a state mental health oversight commission. The proposal, AB 2112, introduced by Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland), would enhance state efforts to reduce suicides, particularly among vulnerable groups such as adolescents, older adults, veterans and LGBTQ youth and adults.
SACRAMENTO— Public schools, parks, libraries, and museums may begin recognizing the past tribal guardianship of lands where their organizations are located under a measure introduced recently by Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland). This practice of land acknowledgement would inform Californians and others about the history and treatment of the state’s original people.
Sat., Feb. 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p .m.
SAN BERNARDINO – Households with incomes of less than $56,000 last year can get free tax help and in claiming their state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) at a Tacos and Taxes event on Sat., Feb. 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the His Light Neighborhood Church, 863 North Mountain View Ave. in San Bernardino. The event is sponsored by Assemblymember James Ramos (D-Highland).
