Current Issues

NAME OF BILL: SB 1453 – Speech-Language Pathologist Practice Efficiency

SPONSOR: Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh

DESCRIPTION: A speech-language pathologist must have a written verification from a certified Otolaryngologist (ear, nose, and throat doctor), showing that the pathologist has performed a minimum of 25 supervised flexible trans nasal endoscopic procedures in order to preform a Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing on patients.

STATUS: Current California Law

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NAME OF BILL: SB 1279 – Guardian Ad Litem

SPONSOR: Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh

DESCRIPTION: Provide clarity and codify aspects of a guardian ad litem appointments that occur without clear guidance. Clarifies an “incapacitated person” for whom a guardian ad litem may be appointed to.

STATUS: Current California Law

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NAME OF BILL: SB 1054 Multi-Disciplinary Teams Information Sharing 

SPONSOR: Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh

DESCRIPTION: This bill would allow Adult Protective Services and Child Welfare Services staff to share information for the purposes of work for prevention, intervening, managing, and treating child or elder abuse. 

STATUS: Current California Law

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NAME OF BILL: SB 1312 Car Rental Marketplace Facilitators 

SPONSOR: Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh

DESCRIPTION: This bill aims to avoid complications in tax-compliance processes for car rental bookings by clearly identifying the marketplace seller as the tax-responsible party when going through an online travel company. 

STATUS: Signed by Governor Gavin Newsom

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NAME OF BILL: SB 1405 – Lake Arrowhead Community Services CC&Rs

SPONSOR: Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh

DESCRIPTION: Makes necessary statutory changes to allows the Lake Arrowhead Community Services District to voluntarily take over the enforcement of the Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions set in place by the people of Arrowhead Woods at the request of the Arrowhead Woods Architectural Committee.

STATUS: Passed and Signed

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NAME OF BILL: AB 1314 Feather Alert

SPONSOR: Assembly-member James Ramos

DESCRIPTION:​ To require the implementation of a Feather Alert, a notification system for endangered indigenous persons. This alert systems is designed to issue and coordinate alerts with respect to an Indigenous person who has been involuntarily abducted or kidnapped. This bill will engage law enforcement agencies and the Department of the California Highway Patrol to activate an Endangered Missing Advisory for a Native American person.

STATUS: California Law

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NAME OF BILL: AB 1628 Social Media Platforms: electronic content management: controlled substances, Chapter 432

SPONSOR: Assembly-member James Ramos

DESCRIPTION: Requiring social media platforms to create and post a policy statement, that includes the platform’s policy on the use of the online platform to illegally distribute a controlled substance.

STATUS: Current California Law

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NAME OF BILL: AB 1703 California Indian Education Act, Chapter 477

SPONSOR: Assembly-member James Ramos

DESCRIPTION: This bill would encourage school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools to form a California Indian Education Task Forces with California tribes local to their regions, or tribes historically located in the region. Additionally, this bill would require said departments to submit reports to show the adoption of the curriculum.

STATUS: Signed by Governor Gavin Newsom

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NAME OF BILL: AB 1936 UC College of Law Renaming, Chapter 478

SPONSOR: Assembly-member James Ramos

DESCRIPTION: Requiring the name of the College of Law be renamed College of Law, San Francisco, after full consultation with the Round Valley Indian Tribes, its designees from the Yuki Indian Committee, and the Board of Directors. Additionally, this bill would require a series of restorative justice policies for the College of Law to act upon.

STATUS: Current California Law

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NAME OF BILL: AB 2022 State Government: S-Word, Chapter 479

SPONSOR: Assembly-member James Ramos

DESCRIPTION: This would require every state agency, local governing body, or political subdivision, in this state to identify all public areas containing the word “Squaw,” and notify the California Advisory Committee of Geographic Names (CACGN). After notification, a renaming process will take place.

STATUS: Signed by Governor Gavin Newsom

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NAME OF BILL: AB 2245 Partition of Real Property, Chapter 82

SPONSOR: Assembly-member James Ramos

DESCRIPTION: This bill would require properties to be marked by a real estate broker as opposed to a court ordered sale at auction, as well as other safeguard currently enshrined in the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act (UPHPA).

STATUS: Current California Law

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NAME OF BILL: AB 2317 Children’s Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities. Chapter 589

SPONSOR: Assembly-member James Ramos

DESCRIPTION: This bill would provide clarification that certified clinical research associates (CCRA) must by approved by DHCS as psychiatric residential treatment facilities (PRTF) to maximize federal funding, and ensuring the availability of these critical services for youth.

STATUS: Current California Law

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NAME OF BILL: ACR 136 Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month, Chapter 83

SPONSOR: Assembly-member James Ramos

DESCRIPTION: ACR 136 would designate the month of May 2022 as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Awareness Month in California.

STATUS: Current California Law

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NAME OF BILL: ACR 139 Lance Corporal Dylan Merola Memorial Highway Overcrossing

SPONSOR: Assembly-member James Ramos

DESCRIPTION: Designating the highway overcrossing in the County of San Bernardino at the Interstate 210 interchange at Have Avenue.

STATUS: Current California Law

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As the home to the largest number of veterans in the nation, it is time California honors their service and sacrifice. This legislation by Assemblyman James Ramos, would exclude from gross income retirement pay received for service in the uniformed services and annuity payments received from a Survivor Benefit Plan. As a result, beginning in 2023, this income would not be subject to California State Income Tax.

As a Gold Star Spouse, Supervisor Rowe has a direct and personal understanding of the positive impact this legislation would have on veterans and their survivors. Supervisor Rowe is proud to offer her strong endorsement of this much-needed bill and thanks Assemblyman Ramos for leading this effort.

The Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP) is an insect that feeds on citrus plants and can spread a deadly plant disease called Huanglongbing (HLB), which has been found in San Bernardino County. While the disease is not harmful to people or pets, once a citrus tree is infected it will die. This disease has had a devastating impact on the citrus industries in Florida and Texas, so this threat to local growers has been monitored closely over the past few years. Recently, populations of ACP were detected near commercial groves in Highland, Mentone, and Redlands, which has resulted in the Proclamation of an Emergency Program from the California Department of Food and Agriculture.

ACP, and the disease it can carry, threaten loss and damage to not only citrus crops but also backyard citrus trees and food supplies. The recommended treatment plan for the ACP detections will be implemented within a 250-meter radius of each ACP detection site. Residents in the treatment area will be contacted by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, which will complete the treatments at no cost. 

To learn more visit: CaliforniaCitrusTreat.org

The San Bernardino County Microbusiness COVID-19 Relief Grant is designed to assist businesses that have experienced economic barriers due to the global pandemic. The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors approved $2,500 to be disbursed to qualified businesses. Businesses and Non-Profits that quality for this grant must be located within the San Bernardino County boundaries, have been started before December 31, 2019, have five or less full-time employees, and have gross revenues of less than $50,000 in 2019 and 2020. 

To apply or find out more about this program, please click here.

The San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA), in cooperation with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), is proposing to extend the eastbound truck climbing lane on Interstate 10 from the existing EB off-ramp at Live Oak Canyon Road located in the City of Yucaipa, to just east of the existing County Line Road EB off-ramp at the Riverside County line in the City of Calimesa. The existing truck climbing lane will be extended for an additional three miles along a steep uphill portion of I-10. The Project will improve traffic operations by separating trucks from faster moving passenger vehicles. Construction is anticipated to be completed in the Spring of 2024. 

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For the next few weeks crews will continue to work on retaining wall construction on Alabama Street and the I-10 off-ramps, performing paving at the off-ramps, and working on underground utilities. At times work throughout the corridor may be loud and cause vibration. Please remember all construction is dynamic and the schedule is weather-permitting and subject to change. When finished, this project will Reduce congestion, improve safety, and improve traffic operations along Alabama Street between Orange Tree Lane and Industrial Park Avenue. Construction should be completed by the end of 2022.  

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The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors have approved a road rehabilitation and reconstruction project that will improve 32 miles of roads within Redlands, Mentone, and Yucaipa areas. Construction is anticipated to start in September 2022. To see a map of roads included in the project, please click here.