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Ramos measure to include tribal voice and experience in natural resource management heads to governor

SACRAMENTO – California’s Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) would be authorized to enter into cogovernance and comanagement agreements with the state’s federally recognized tribes to share responsibility, decision making, and partnership in resource management and conservation within a tribe’s ancestral lands. Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) introduced the measure, AB 1284, which will now head to the governor on a final Assembly concurrence vote of 61-0.

State audits of UC and CSU for decades-long failure to return Native American human remains and objects lead to continued oversight

SACRAMENTO—Exasperated and impatient California tribal leaders and lawmakers today listened to state university system leaders lay out the steps they are taking to meet the requirements of 1990 and 2001 federal and state laws to return Native American human remains and artifacts to the appropriate tribes. The hearing follows three scathing state audits of the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) systems since 2019.     

Ramos comments on findings of his Prop 47 Inland Empire Audit

SACRAMENTO—Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) reiterated his position today that the 2014 state proposition that changed sentencing in California needs attention after receiving findings from the state auditor today. Last year, Ramos requested the audit about the impact of Proposition 47 on San Bernardino and Riverside Counties.

Ramos bills to ensure greater safety on tribal reservations, combat numbers of missing and murdered Indigenous people cases move forward

SACRAMENTO—Three bills aimed at confronting the state’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) epidemic will move forward after the Senate Public Safety Committee today approved measures granting state peace officer status for the first time in California history to tribal law enforcement, streamlining the alert system when Native Americans are missing and improving state tracking of violence on tribal lands. Assemblymember James C.

Ramos receives Legislator of the Year from Spirit of Veterans Day organization

SACRAMENTO—Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) today received the 2024 Legislator of the Year Award from the Spirit of Veterans Day nonprofit organization. The award cited the group’s “heartfelt appreciation for your support for California’s 1.6 million veterans and Gold Star Families.”