SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) submitted a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom requesting relief for the state’s vital fire protection, healthcare, utility, and other special districts that, unlike other areas of local government, have been uniquely excluded from access to COVID relief funding.

Hurtado– along with a bipartisan coalition of legislators –join the California Special Districts Association (CSDA) and more than 700 individuals and organizations urging relief for special districts and the communities they support. To view the letter, click here.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) announced her appointment as Co-Chair of the Economic and Workforce Health Subcommittee of the Council of State Governments (CSG) 2021-22 Healthy States National Task Force.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) today questioned the Medical Board of California regarding their authority over licensed midwives and medical school accreditation process during this morning’s Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee Sunset Review.

State Senator Melissa Hurtado of Sanger has spent three years refining her arguments for financing critical repairs to water conveyance infrastructure in the San Joaquin Valley. During a committee hearing last week, Hurtado stood ready to refute the longstanding argument that the beneficiaries should cover the entire cost—a critique that played a part in the demise of her previous measure to fix the Friant-Kern Canal.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) released the following statement about California’s drought, and the increasing risk of a food crisis:

“Urgent Action is needed in California to avert a global food crisis,” said Senator Hurtado. “The U.S. experienced a food crisis in 1974 when the drought, oil shortages and lack of crop yields created the perfect storm. History is repeating itself, only this time it could be much worse. California is responsible for over 400 commodities in Americas food supply chain, providing two-thirds of our nation’s fruits and nuts and one-third of its vegetables. Urgent actions include: investing in water infrastructure, identifying hunger spots across our state, and a closer look at our land use.”

SACRAMENTO, CA –Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) today issued the following statement after her legislation, Senate Bill 84 –the Orphan Wells Equity and Remediation Act – was approved by the Senate by a 31-3 vote:

SACRAMENTO, CA –Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) issued the following statement today after her bill, SB 492—the Maternal Outcome Measures “M.O.M.” Act—was approved by the Senate Health Committee on a bipartisan 11-0 vote:

SACRAMENTO, CA – Tonight, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) released the following statement regarding President Joseph Biden’s State of the Union Address: