[12] Proposition 34 sought to replace California's death penalty with a life sentence with no chance of parole as the maximum punishment for murder.

[19] In a stunning rebuke of Ramos, a high-profile criminal case against four men collapsed in September 2017, with one newspaper later calling the prosecution a “boondoggle.”[20] Ramos and then-Attorney General Jerry Brown had announced in 2011 a corruption prosecution against Paul Biane, a former 2nd District supervisor; Jim Erwin, former chief of staff for 3rd District Supervisor Neil Derry; Mark Kirk, former chief of staff for 4th District Supervisor Gary Ovitt; and Jeff Burum, general partner with Colonies Partners LP.

[22] By early 2018, all of the defendants had filed separate claims against the county and the state of California, citing malicious prosecution and seeking in total more than $100 million for damages.

[25] He campaigned heavily in favor of Proposition 35 which voters overwhelmingly passed in 2012 and which created a Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit.

[26][27] In an effort to reduce the demand for victims of human trafficking, Ramos started the Stop the John Project in 2013 and began releasing the names and photographs of those defendants convicted of solicitation in San Bernardino County.

[28][29][30] In September 2014 Ramos made a blog post [31] mistaking the popular BDSM web page "The Slave Registry" for a human trafficking / prostitution front.

Project, which works to improve school attendance for previously truant students, discourage future truancy and helps to make education a priority for at-risk youth.

[35] The San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office, in partnership with Loma Linda University Children's Hospital, offer the camp.

In 2011, in conjunction with the Humane Society of the United States and Fontana Animal Services, Ramos released a short film to increase awareness about the dangers of cockfighting.