A year after state legislation went into effect that solidified the feather alert system in California, which notifies the public about Indigenous people who have gone missing similar to an AMBER alert, legislators, tribal leaders and police representatives met Wednesday in Sacramento. Hosted by Assemblymember James C. Ramos, who authored the legislation, the Assembly Select Committee on Native American Affairs hearing hashed out how the system has gone so far.
Legislation was introuduced in the California Assembly that would require the mistreatment endured by Native Americans to be taught to K-12 public school students in the state.California Assemblymember James C. Ramos, the first California Native American elected to the legislature, introduced AB 1703, the California Indian Education Act, on Thursday. Under the proposed measure, when teaching about the Spanish Mission and Gold Rush Eras, California public schools would be required to teach the true history of the impact on California Native Americans during those periods.
Retail theft suspects could face harsher penalties should a new California bill become law. The bill, formally known as AB 1772, aims to implement sterner penalties against repeat retail theft suspects convicted of two or more “specified theft-related offenses,” according to the bill’s text. Under the bill, store thefts will no longer be processed […]
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