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TRACY – Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom (D-Tracy) secured $2 million in state funding to upgrade and modernize the Tracy Police Department’s radio system – a critical tool for first responder communication. The funding will help Tracy police share information more reliably and coordinate with firefighters, neighboring law enforcement agencies and other emergency responders during major crimes...

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom’s AB 1713 into law to help students with disabilities receive support in college without having to prove an already documented disability again. The legislation grew from an idea submitted by Stockton special education paraeducator Madellyn Hill, the inaugural winner of Ransom’s “There Oughta Be a Law” contest.

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SACRAMENTO, CA – Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom’s AB 1659 has passed both houses of the California Legislature and is now headed to Governor Gavin Newsom. The legislation would help justice-impacted students return to school without unnecessary delays by closing a critical gap in the transition support process.

Returning home should also mean returning to the classroom, but too many students leave...

SACRAMENTO, CA – Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom’s AB 2032, the Golden Mussel Response Act, into law, giving California water agencies tools to respond faster to the invasive species threatening the state’s waterways and critical water infrastructure. Because AB 2032 was passed as an urgency measure, the law takes effect immediately.

AB 2032 allows water agencies with...

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom’s AB 1590 into law, ensuring that funding California sets aside for Career Technical Education reaches the schools and students it was intended to serve. Over the previous five years, more than $115 million in state-approved CTE funding went unallocated because of the program’s funding formula. The new law requires the state...

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom’s AB 1659 into law, establishing stronger transition support for justice-impacted students returning from juvenile court schools to their home school districts.

Under the new law, receiving school districts must designate an existing staff member to serve as a point of contact and coordinate with county education officials...

STOCKTON – Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom (D-Tracy) joined San Joaquin County Supervisors Mario Gardea and Paul Canepa on Friday as divers scraped golden mussels from the Smith Canal Gate. The divers brought a sample to the surface for the group to see.

Participants included representatives from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, California State Parks’ Division of Boating and...

STOCKTON – Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom (D-Tracy) was honored with Restore the Delta’s Delta Protector Award for her leadership in protecting the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, fighting for accountability in California water policy and securing state resources for Delta communities.

Since taking office, Assemblymember Ransom has made Delta protection a top priority of her legislative and oversight...

SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom (D-Tracy) sent 13 measures in her 2026 legislative package to Governor Gavin Newsom, the most she has advanced in a single year since taking office. Two have already been signed into law, while the remaining 11 await final action.

The package represents over nine months of drafting, negotiations, committee hearings, and votes in both the Assembly and...