SACRAMENTO—Legislation by Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) ranging from tax exemptions for military retirees to public safety on tribal lands to measures to preventing fentanyl overdose deaths on state community college and California State University campuses have cleared the Assembly Appropriations Committee’s Suspense file. The approved measures will next be heard by the full 80-member Assembly in the coming weeks.
SACRAMENTO—Assemblymember James Ramos (D-San Bernardino) today issued the following statement on the proposed May Revise to the 2023-24 state budget:
SACRAMENTO—Hundreds will join tribal leaders, lawmakers, advocates, and Native American cultural performers for a solemn candlelight vigil at the state Capitol Wednesday evening memorializing Missing or Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP). It climaxes a week of activities highlighting disproportionate cases of violence against Native American sponsored by the California Native American Legislative Caucus.
SACRAMENTO—As the national day to commemorate Missing or Murdered Indigenous People (MIIP) on May 5 nears, the California Native American Legislative Caucus will mark the first week in May with a round of activities highlighting disproportionate cases of violence against Native Americans. California has two tribes that have declared a state of emergency because of violence against their tribal members.
SACRAMENTO--Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) today issued the following statement following an initial review following release of Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2023-24 state budget:
SACRAMENTO—Speaker Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) today announced he has appointed Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) as Chair of the Assembly Rules Committee.
Tribes, educators prepare to implement Ramos’s California Indian Education Act
COARSEGOLD—Feather Alert – a public notification tool to combat an all too deadly epidemic –Missing and Murdered Indigenous People—will be available in January to help law enforcement quickly notify the public about the disproportionate number of missing Native Americans and enlist their aid for timely leads to locate victims and prosecute suspects – and today tribal leaders and others gathered to learn how the system will work and provide their input for effective implementation.
SAN BERNARDINO—Community members are invited to a fentanyl awareness town hall and Narcan training town hall on Saturday, October 22 at 10 a.m. to learn more about the region’s fentanyl epidemic; participants will receive training in the use of Narcan, an overdose prevention treatment. Those undertaking the training will also receive a supply of Narcan.
LOMA LINDA—Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital administrators, Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland), Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R-Yucaipa) and guests today celebrated receiving $4 million in the 2022-23 state budget for a program to offer individualized physical and mental care to abused foster children in the Inland Empire. Ramos and Ochoa Bogh worked to secure the funding.
