Senator Melissa Hurtado

SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) tonight issued the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2021 State of the State Address:

SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) issued the following statement upon the passage of the Golden State Stimulus Plan to provide support to Californians suffering through economic hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) today introduced legislation to expand housing options for seniors and Californians who cannot live independently by allowing residential care facilities to use the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program to partially staff facilities that serve low-income elderly or disabled residents.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) today introduced the State Water Resiliency Act of 2021 – legislation that will provide up to $785 million to restore the capacity of California’s critical water delivery infrastructure and repair aging roads and bridges.

SACRAMENTO, CA –Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) introduced legislation today that will expand and improve the CalFresh Employment and Training (E&T) program — providing job training and employment services across California and helping workers return to employment with quality jobs.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) today introduced SCR 14 to honor the lives of Captain Ramon “Ray” Figueroa and Firefighter Patrick Jones, who both perished tragically exactly a year ago today in service of the Porterville community for the Porterville Fire Department.

SACRAMENTO, CA – With the COVID-19 health and economic crisis demonstrating a critical hole in California’s food delivery system, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) introduced legislation today to provide state-funded food benefits to everyone who is eligible in California – regardless of their immigration status.

SACRAMENTO, CA - Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) today introduced legislation to create greater access to childcare for our agricultural workers in the hours needed to support their jobs.

“Agriculture is the backbone of our community – those who uproot their lives to provide the food we eat must have access to childcare for the hours they work,” said Senator Hurtado. “California must do whatever it can to meet the needs of these workers and their children.”

SACRAMENTO, CA – State Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) released the following statement upon the announcement of additional Central Valley Project water contract conversations by the United States Bureau of Reclamation:

SANGER, CA – Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) issued the following statement urging Governor Gavin Newsom to change California’s COVID-19 strategy to include increased access to monoclonal antibody treatment:

“We are nearly a year into this pandemic and it has been one crisis after another. Vaccine approval and distribution has brought hope to our communities, but we need to be realistic about the current movement. We are facing a surge, and vaccine distribution has been slow to say the least...