Senator Melissa Hurtado

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) released the following statement after making the decision to hold her bill, Senate Bill 559—The State Water Resiliency Act of 2021-- on the Assembly Floor:

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) released the following statement after her bill, Senate Bill 393—The Farmworker Access to Childcare Act--passed the Senate:

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) released the following statement after her bill, Senate Bill 453—the Pandemic Preparedness Act passed out of the Senate yesterday and is now on the way to Governor Newsom:

LOS BANOS, CA – Flanked by water officials and agriculture advocates at San Luis Reservoir, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) today called on dramatically increased investment in California’s water infrastructure in the face of crippling, ongoing drought conditions. Hurtado’s comments come 59 years to the day after President John F. Kennedy dedicated San Luis Reservoir in 1962.

KETTLEMAN CITY, CA – Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) released a statement today, announcing a $2 million investment for a pedestrian bridge in Kettleman City:

FRESNO, CA – On Tuesday, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) presented a check for $25 million to go to a new Regional Fire Training Center in Fresno. She released a statement today:

California faced a historic budget surplus this year, but this pandemic is not over. The ongoing pandemic and the drought will add to the economic woes our state faces. We need to be cautious as we move forward and fiscally prudent -- I am proud to have advocated for allocating additional funding to be put towards our reserves and rainy day fund.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) released the following statement regarding the State Water Resources Control Board vote to curtail water in the Central Valley:

SACRAMENTO, CA –Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) sent the following letter to the State Water Resources Control Board today, urging the Board to consider the human economic and food-related impacts its proposed emergency water curtailment action could have on the Central Valley:

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) released the following statement regarding the death of Kern County Sheriff Deputy Phillip Campas: