WOODLAKE – A million-dollar check will be handed off to Mayor Rudy Mendoza next week to fund a new building for city hall and the police department.

Friday, September 23, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) released a statement after Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 559 a tribal-state gaming compact between the State of California and the Tachi Yokut Tribe:

August, the last month of state lawmakers’ legislative session, is crunch time for proposed IT and innovation bills.

State Sen. Melissa Hurtado, D-Sanger, presented a $40 million check Thursday to expand Food 4 All, according to a news release from Hurtado's office.

Hurtado said the $40 million was to provide greater food security to low-income immigrant workers by making the state-funded nutrition benefits available to seniors ineligible for CalFresh due solely to their immigration status.

WASHINGTON — California’s legislature has passed a bill banning foreign entities from buying its agricultural land, a move that is part of reignited discussions about whether the United States should block parties from unfriendly countries from buying farmland.

SACRAMENTO – As water becomes scarce in the valley, so does job security, which is why Senator Hurtado is pushing a bill that would give financial assistance to low-income farmworkers.

I want to thank the now-former climate and conservation manager at the State Water Resources Control Board who last month quit his job, then widely distributed an email telling many of his co-workers what he truly thinks of them.

The California legislature passed a bill outlawing land sales to foreign countries to help protect the nation’s food supply.

Senator Melissa Hurtado says, recent reports have shown that a nation could get leverage by acquiring agricultural land and creating bioweapons that impact our food chain.