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Ramos Native American land acknowledgment bill progresses in Senate

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

SACRAMENTO— 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.

Bill to remove barriers to Native American voter access clears first Senate committee

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

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:

Assemblymembers Ramos & Limón: hope insurance industry will join them in assisting small business owners

Friday, July 31, 2020

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.

Senate committee approves measure to reduce rates of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Friday, July 31, 2020

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.

Lawmakers ask Capitol leaders to ‘pause’ in determining future of toppled Serra statue: Assemblymember James Ramos and Senator Scott Wiener release letter seeking input from historians and Native Americans on future of vandalized monument

Friday, July 10, 2020

SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) and Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) yesterday asked the Legislature’s administrative committees to obtain input from an advisory group that includes historians and California Native Americans before determining the fate of the Junípero Serra statue taken down on Capitol grounds by protestors on July 4.

The Serra sculpture was placed in Capitol Park after the state approved legislation by then-San Francisco Assemblymember Milton Marks in 1965. His law, AB 1124, authorized the purchase and maintenance of the memorial.

Business interruption insurance claims to be honored under bill by Assemblymembers Ramos and Limón

Thursday, July 2, 2020

Sacramento, CA – Assembly Bill 1552 by Assemblymembers James C. Ramos (D-Highland) and Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara) will provide financial relief to California small business owners and others who pay hundreds of billions of dollars in business interruption insurance premiums, but whose COVID-19 claim applications were denied.