Press Releases

SACRAMENTO –A measure to improve public safety on tribal lands by increasing collaboration among law enforcement agencies and that would also help reduce the number of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in California was unanimously approved today by the Assembly Public Safety Committee.

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 –With stress and economic fallout from the COVID-19 emergency escalating mental hardships among millions of Californians, the Assembly Health Committee today approved on a unanimous bipartisan vote a bill by Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) to create a statewide Office of Suicide Prevention.

Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) today issued the following statement following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May revision of the state budget:

Problems are solved by facing them squarely. Today, Gov. Newsom outlined the magnitude of the state’s deficit and proposed a multiyear, strategic approach that works to protect the most vulnerable, students, and our public health and safety systems. The Legislature now begins the work of reviewing his drastically transformed budget and delivering a balanced spending in June.

SACRAMENTO—Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) announced today he is joining fellow legislators in authoring the California Works and Recovery Act to support California’s recovery through job creation, small business assistance, infrastructure projects and food banks.

SAN BERNARDINO—Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) today announced that he is postponing or rescheduling district events and an informational hearing planned for Wednesday, March 18. He stated:

SACRAMENTO—Helping Native Americans gain greater access to the electoral process would be the mission of a Secretary of State advisory committee under a measure approved today in the Assembly Committee on Elections and Redistricting.

Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) today issued the following statement upon learning of the state’s $54.3 state budget deficit:

We solve problems by facing them squarely. Today, Governor Gavin Newsom outlined in grim detail the grave magnitude of the damage COVID-19 has imposed on California’s fiscal health.

California is home to more Native Americans than any other state, with urban, rural and suburban populations. Health epidemics decimated California’s First People since the encroachment on traditional tribal lands beginning at least during the 19th century by Spanish, Mexican and American settlers.

Will the COVID-19 pandemic become only the latest plague to which Native Americans are especially vulnerable and from which they disproportionately suffer?

HIGHLAND—Assemblymember James C. Ramos today issued the following statement on the passing of Dennis Hansberger, longtime member and former chairperson of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors:

My family and I express our deepest condolences to the family of Chairperson Dennis Hansberger. Our thoughts and prayers are with them. Among my fondest memories of Dennis are the many times we spent talking about the history of San Bernardino County, often from my perspective as chairperson of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians.

Before the novel coronavirus hit California, we enjoyed a generous budget surplus, and state leaders hoped to use its financial stability to create affordable housing and reduce homelessness.