Championing many different issues from advocating to receive district specific funding, to water funding, and air quality programs, Senator Melissa Hurtado focuses on funding issues in the Central Valley, which are often forgotten by the rest of the state. As Chair of the Human Services Committee, she champions funding for many different programs from CalWorks, to foster care programs.

 

Senator Hutado's Budget Wins

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SD 14 Budget Wins

  • $100 Million - Senate Bill 559 - The State Water Resiliency Act of 2021
    • Provides funding to repair the State's water canal conveyance system
  • $25 Million - Fresno Regional Fire Facility
  • $9.975 Million - Senate Bill 40 - California Dream to Med School Act
    • Launch the California Medicine Scholars Program pilot, which will create a regional community college to medical school pathway
  • $2.8 Million - Repairs for the City of Reedley's sewer system
  • $2 Million - City of Avenal Community Center
  • $750,000 - Fire engine for the City of Farmersville

 

 

Additional Budget Priorities

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Additional Budget Investments

Funds for Homelessness:

  • King's Tulare County Continuum of Care - $1,592,480
  • Fresno/Madera County Continuum of Care - $3,753,702
  • Kern County Continuum of Care - $1,990,600
  • City of Fresno - $7,534,371
  • City of Bakersfield - $3,995,500
  • Fresno County - $2,976,820
  • Tulare County - $1,137, 086
  • Kern County - $1,857,893
  • Kings County - $349,228

Childcare:

  • $2.4 Billion Childcare Funding
  • 200,000 New Childcare Spaces

Broadband Services: $6 Billion

  • $5 Million - Kings, Kern, Tulare, Fresno Counties
  • $750 Million - Loan Loss Reserve program for local governments, school districts and non-profits

 

 

Additional Budget Priorities

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Additional Budget Investments

  • $15 Million to build the Dolores Huerta Peace and Justice Cultural Center in Bakersfield
  • $1.3 Million for a Mexican American Opportunity Foundation Skill Center in Kern County
  • $6 Million for the Nursing and Health Professional Program at CSU Bakersfield
  • $2 Million for City of Lemoore emergency response funds
  • $14 Million for a new Bakersfield College, Delano campus multipurpose building
  • $2 Million for a Kettleman City pedestrian bridge
  • $1.5 Million for a new Corcoran water well
  • $642,000 for adult programs at the hospitals serving the Kern County College District