Press Releases

SACRAMENTO—Prosecutors will find it easier to seek sterner penalties against retail theft suspects if a bill, AB 1772, introduced today by Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) is approved by the legislature, governor and then wins voter approval. If approved, store thefts would no longer be processed as a misdemeanor with no jail time if a suspect has been convicted of two or more specified theft-related offenses, and punishment could range from imprisonment in the county jail ranging from six months to as long as three years.

SACRAMENTO—Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) issued the following statement today after the Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a motion recently requesting a report from the Los Angeles Police Department about implementing the state’s nearly year-old Feather Alert system. Ramos authored the legislation that alerts the public when a Native American individual goes missing, similar to AMBER alerts.

SACRAMENTO—Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) today announced he is strengthening health and clean air protections in his bill, AB 1748, regarding siting of local warehouses as early as this week.

The amended version of the legislation will be heard in the 2024 legislative session in the Assembly Appropriations Committee. A date has not yet been determined for the hearing.

SACRAMENTO—A bill aimed to increase the number of first-time home buyers in the state of California through the California Statewide Housing Plan was approved today by the governor. Assemblymember James Ramos (D-San Bernardino) introduced the measure, AB 1508.

SACRAMENTO—Local agencies charging mitigation fees for development projects will be required to share more information in their annual reports about how those charges are being used and better inform payees of their rights to request an audit under a bill signed today by the governor. The bill, AB 516 was authored by Assemblymember James C. Ramos.

SACRAMENTO--Constructing temporary sleeping cabins – which are less than 250 square feet – used to shelter the homeless will be less expensive with the governor’s approval of a measure that allows these temporary shelters to be built without fire sprinklers but with alternative fire safety standards. Assemblymember James C.

SACRAMENTO—Legislation granting tribal law enforcement agencies and tribal courts access to a national data network providing local and state law enforcement agencies with information used to investigate crimes and a message system maintained by the Federal Bureau of

SACRAMENTO—California State University campuses will be required to follow State Auditor recommendations for repatriation of Native American human remains and items wrongfully in their possession and prohibited from using Native American remains and cultural artifacts for purposes of teaching or research and to the appropriate tribes under legislation signed today by Governor Gavin Newsom.

SACRAMENTO—A mural depicting California Native American history will be incorporated as part of a legislative hearing room as part of any construction, restoration, rehabilitation, renovation, or reconstruction work undertaken for the legislature’s annex under AB 1459 signed today by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Assemblymember James C.

SACRAMENTO—University of California (UC) campuses will face two additional state audits in the wake of slow progress in returning wrongly held Native American human remains and cultural artifacts to the appropriate tribes under a bill, AB 226, signed today by the governor and authored by Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino). Federal and state law required UC to return the human remains and items by 1995.