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Learn MoreSACRAMENTO— The Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water today approved a measure to encourage public schools, parks, libraries and museums to acknowledge past tribal guardianship of lands where their facilities are located.
Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) said the voluntary proposal, AB 1968, will advance awareness of Native Americans’ presence throughout California. “It is also a means to help educate Californians and others about Native Americans,” Ramos said.
SACRAMENTO—A proposal to help Native Americans gain greater access to the electoral process was approved today on a 5-0 vote by the Senate Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments.
The bill, AB 2314, by Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) would require the Secretary of State to create a Native American Voting Accessibility Committee to:
SACRAMENTO—Assemblymembers Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara) and James Ramos (D-Highland) today issued the following statement upon learning that their co-authored bill, AB 1552, to help ensure claim payments from insurers to small businesses because of disruptions to their enterprises caused by the pandemic would not be heard in the Senate Insurance Committee because of the truncated legislative schedule.
SACRAMENTO – A measure to increase collaboration among law enforcement agencies on tribal land and help reduce the number of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in California was approved today on a bipartisan 7 to 0 vote in the Senate Public Safety Committee.
