SACRAMENTO—Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) announced today he is joining fellow legislators in authoring the California Works and Recovery Act to support California’s recovery through job creation, small business assistance, infrastructure projects and food banks.
SAN BERNARDINO—Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) today announced that he is postponing or rescheduling district events and an informational hearing planned for Wednesday, March 18. He stated:
SACRAMENTO—Helping Native Americans gain greater access to the electoral process would be the mission of a Secretary of State advisory committee under a measure approved today in the Assembly Committee on Elections and Redistricting.
Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) today issued the following statement upon learning of the state’s $54.3 state budget deficit:
We solve problems by facing them squarely. Today, Governor Gavin Newsom outlined in grim detail the grave magnitude of the damage COVID-19 has imposed on California’s fiscal health.
California is home to more Native Americans than any other state, with urban, rural and suburban populations. Health epidemics decimated California’s First People since the encroachment on traditional tribal lands beginning at least during the 19th century by Spanish, Mexican and American settlers.
Will the COVID-19 pandemic become only the latest plague to which Native Americans are especially vulnerable and from which they disproportionately suffer?
