Press Releases

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed AB 2695 requiring the Department of Justice to align its records and data with the federal National Incident-Based reporting system to assist law enforcement and others understand where criminal incidents related to Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) are occurring and also include a notation indicating whether domestic violence incidents took place in Indian Country.

SACRAMENTO— Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed a bill requiring county social workers and probation officers to immediately notify appropriate adults when foster children and youth are missing. It was one of seven tribal-related bills approved on California Native American Day.

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today signed AB 2348, a bill that would revise and strengthen California’s Feather Alert – a notification alert system similar to the AMBER and Silver alerts—by requiring law enforcement agencies to respond within 24 hours of a request, and allowing tribal governments to directly communicate with the California Highway Patrol (CHP). Assemblymember James C.

SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom today approved AB 1863, a bill to revise and strengthen California’s Feather Alert, an alert system similar to the AMBER and Silver alerts – used to notify the public when Indigenous people go missing. Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) authored the bill and the original Feather Alert measure, AB 1314, approved in 2022.

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.