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Learn MoreSACRAMENTO – Assemblymember James Ramos (D-Highland) issued the following statement today following Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2020 State of the State address:
The governor should be praised for his focused and continued approach to California’s homeless crisis. He was correct to make the State of the State a call to action, not just a moment to feel a pang of guilt.
SACRAMENTO—A measure, introduced today, would enact recommendations from the State Auditor after its study of a 53-year old statute designed to provide short-term, community-based intensive treatment to individuals with mental health disorders who are dangerous to themselves or others, or who are gravely disabled.
SACRAMENTO—Assemblymember James C. Ramos today was named chair of the newly created Select Committee on Homelessness in San Bernardino County by Speaker of the Assembly Anthony Rendon.
AB 2112 will target youth, veterans, LGBTQ, senior populations
SACRAMENTO – Legislation introduced today would create an Office of Suicide Prevention as recommended last year by a state mental health oversight commission. The proposal, AB 2112, introduced by Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland), would enhance state efforts to reduce suicides, particularly among vulnerable groups such as adolescents, older adults, veterans and LGBTQ youth and adults.
