Senator Hurtado Releases Statement After California Farmworker Climate Drought and Flood Resiliency Act Passes Senate Human Services Committee 3-0

SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) released the following statement after her bill, SB 262, passed successfully through the Senate Human Services Committee. Senate Bill 262,  which directs the California Department of Social Services to establish the California Farmworkers Drought and Flood Resilience Pilot Project to provide eligible farmworker households financial assistance in order to meet basic needs, passed on a 3-0 vote.



Senator Hurtado Releases Statement After the Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Preparedness Act Passes Government Organization Committee 13-0

SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) released the following statement after her bill, Senate Bill 265 (SB 265), directing the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal-OES) and the California Cybersecurity Integration Center (Cal-CSIC) to prepare a multi-year outreach plan to assist critical infrastructure sectors specifically in efforts to improve cybersecurity, passed the Senate Government Organization Committee on a 13-0 vote:



SENATOR HURTADO RELEASES STATEMENT AFTER INTRODUCING THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE CYBERSECURITY PREPAREDNESS ACT

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) released the following statement after she introduced, Senate Bill 265—The Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Preparedness Act:



HURTADO RELEASES STATEMENT AFTER REINTRODUCING FARMWORKER’S DROUGHT RESILIENCE PILOT PROJECT

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) released the following statement after introducing her bill, Senate Bill 262, a reintroduction of the Farmworker’s Drought Resilience Pilot Project:



SENATOR HURTADO REINTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO BAN FOREIGN AG LAND PURCHASES AS FOOD PRICES SKYROCKET AND EGGS AND OTHER FOODS RUN SHORT

For Immediate Release: January 19, 2023

Media Contact: Elizabeth.Hess@sen.ca.gov

 

HURTADO IS JOINED BY BI-PARTISAN GROUP OF CO-AUTHORS IN THIS EFFORT

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) released the following statement after introducing her bill, Senate Bill 224—The Food and Farm Security Act:



SENATOR HURTADO THE DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANT AG WORKERS NOW HEADS THE CALIFORNIA SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) released the following statement on her appointment as Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee:



Senator Hurtado Introduces The State Water Accountability Act Amid Water Modeling and Drought Profiteering Concerns

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) released a statement after introducing the State Water Accountability Act, co-authored by Senator Dave Cortese. During the last legislative session, Senator Hurtado authored a letter to the Department of Justice regarding data reliability, and how lack of reliability could lead to market manipulation. This was a follow up to her letter in May, also to the Department of Justice, regarding drought profiteering. 



Senator Hurtado presents a check to the City of Shafter for $6 million towards a new fire and police substation

SHAFTER, CA – Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) today released the following statement after presenting a check for $6 million to build a new fire and police substation in Shafter