State Senator Melissa Hurtado of Sanger is joining Ramos in urging the governor and Legislature to back AB 2112. They say millions of residents would benefit from support and prevention strategies that are not currently in place.
ABC 30: New bill would create statewide office of suicide prevention to help reduce CA suicide rates
Contaminated water has long plagued California’s Southern Central Valley, a region home to many farmworkers. SB 974, a bill by Senator Melissa Hurtado, seeks to provide safe drinking water by exempting small disadvantaged communities from certain CEQA provisions.
"I am really concerned because the unemployment rate has gone up and we really need to resolve this issue now,"said Senator Hurtado. She told me she partnered with Republican State Senator Scott Wilk, R-Antelope Valley, to send this letter to the Governor. Its main request is a simple one: make it possible for the EDD to answer the phone.
In 2019, Initiative Foods earned a Small Business of the Year award from California Senator Melissa Hurtado when it recently became the largest private label baby food manufacturer in the United States.
The state Employment Development Division has been saddled by a backlog of unemployment insurance claims that has left many displaced workers waiting weeks or months for benefits. "The COVID pandemic has created unprecedented unemployment throughout the state. While the statewide average sits around 15%, parts of the southern Central Valley is upward of 24%," Hurtado said in a news release.
The City of Sanger hosted a ribbon cutting to celebrate the new operations of the city’s new water systems and holding tank. “What an exciting day, don’t you think?”, asked California Senator Melissa Hurtado, at the ribbon cutting.
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN): Surrounded by photographs, mementos and even the badge and uniform her son would wear daily, Blanca Vasquez, proudly remembers the officer she raised.
"He was a hero," says Blanca Vasquez, mother of officer Jonathan Diaz. "He saved lives."That heroism went beyond the badge. The father of three volunteered his time as a mentor through youth programs in Lemoore.
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As the clock ticks down for California’s Legislature to offer more help to undocumented immigrants and other families in need, communities across the state rush to get money in the pockets of vulnerable people so they can make ends meet during the pandemic. State Senator Melissa Hurtado said she’s in favor of making sure the pandemic doesn’t result in increased homelessness, food insecurity or illness.