SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) released the following statement after the California Legislature voted on the passage of the 2023-24 state budget. A summary of the budget is viewable here.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) released the following statement after her bill, Senate Bill 486, known as the Equity for Rural Schools Act passed in the Assembly Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Tourism.
Senator Hurtado’s Bills on Public Safety and Infrastructure Advance to the California State Assembly
SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) released the following statement after a number of bills authored by her successfully passed through the California State Senate and are now headed to the California State Assembly for consideration.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Today Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) and other California lawmakers responded to the California State Auditor’s report that found the Department of Water Resources (DWR) used faulty and obsolete data in drafting their predictive water models for the state. California lawmakers hope that an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice will shed light on any potential market manipulation and lack of transparency occurring within California's water systems.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) released the following statement after her bill, Senate Bill 224, the Food and Farm Security Act died in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
SACRAMENTO, CA – State Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) issued the following statement after the Governor’s announcement on his May revised budget which includes $492 million in funding to areas affected by historic flooding in the Central Valley and Tulare Lake Basin:
SACRAMENTO, CA – State Senators Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) and Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) released the following statements on their joint request to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate anti-competitive water purchases and drought profiteering in California and Western States:
SACRAMENTO, CA – State Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) issued the following statement in response to Governor Newsom's visit to areas affected by historic flooding in the Central Valley and Tulare Lake Basin: