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This morning, Josh J. Baker, State President of CAL EANGUS and Legislative Officer for the California State Commanders Veterans Council, testified before California lawmakers in support of SB-1 and SB-23, two critical bills designed to ease financial burdens on...
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom has included a 2025-26 state budget item proposal to grant uniformed retirees and their survivors a state tax exemption on their military pensions. Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) has championed such an exemption in...
This Veterans Day, join us in recognizing the contributions and sacrifices of women veterans with a meaningful gift: the “Women Proudly Served” Dog-Tag Pin or a “Woman Veteran” sticker. These special tokens honor the unique role of women in the armed forces, helping...
Your help is needed in support of SB 1124, one of the priority California veterans bills this year. SB 1124, authored by Senator Caroline Menjivar and AG Rob Bonta, seeks to strengthen state law protections for veterans by prohibiting any person not accredited by the...
Senate fiscal panel makes military retirees’ tax exemptions a two-year bill; Ramos vows to find funding mechanism Measure has already made it further than previous efforts SACRAMENTO—Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) today issued the following statement...
Last week, State President Josh J. Baker was asked by the author of AB 46, Assemblymember James Ramos, to testify on his bill before the Senate Military and Veterans Affairs Committee. Pres. Baker impressed upon the committee members on how this bill would impact...
SACRAMENTO—Military retirees and their surviving spouses are one step closer to seeing their armed forces pensions exempt from state taxation after the Assembly today approved AB 46 on a bipartisan 77-0 vote. Several past attempts at similar legislation have failed to...
Last week, AB-1623 Military Retiree Tax Exemption Bill passed the Revenue and Taxation committee and has moved to the Appropriations Committee. AB1623 (ASM Ramos) excludes from state income tax the military retiree pay earned after the age of 60. For more...
AB 1623 recognizes the vital services these uniformed service members contribute to our nation and intends to extend a state benefit to those who served for twenty years - the uniformed services’ retirement age. AB 1623 also recognizes our state’s National Guard and...
S. 2089/ H.R. 3944, "Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act of 2021," is a bipartisan bill that will ensure grants provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for State veterans cemeteries do not restrict States from authorizing the internment of National Guard...
