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:

SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) released the following statement after her bill, Senate Bill 224, which puts California in control of its food supply chain by preventing foreign governments from purchasing agricultural land, and requiring the California Office of Emergency Services to issue an annual report on foreign ownership of California’s resources, passed the Senate Agriculture Committee.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) released the following statement after her bill successfully passed the Senate Human Services Committee. Senate bill 628, known as the Human Right to Food Act, declares it the established policy of the state that every human being has the right to access sufficient and healthy food.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) released the following statement after her bill successfully passed the Senate Government Organization Committee. SB 577 allows the State Fire Marshal to accept additional funding sources for the California Fire Service Training and Education Program to help mitigate rising fees for those seeking fire training certification.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) released the following statement after her bill. Senate Bill 245, which modernizes the California Food Assistance Program (CFAP), expanding eligibility for state funded nutrition benefits to Californians of all ages currently excluded due solely to their immigration status, passed the Senate Human Services Committee on a 4-0 vote:

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.

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: