State Senator Melissa Hurtado’s bill SB 1066, the Farmworker’s Drought Resilience Pilot Project, passes the Senate Floor and is now headed to the Governor.
In a news release Senator Hurtado says “as California continues to struggle through another year of drought, many farms and farmworkers are being hurt in ways we have not seen before.”
She goes on to say “So far, the drought has caused $1.2 billion in damage to the agricultural industry, and is responsible for the loss of over 8,500 jobs.
The Farmworker’s Drought Resilience Pilot Project will provide assistance and much needed help to the many farmworkers who are struggling to feed their families as food prices, and the cost of living soars.
SB 1066 is just the beginning–we must secure our water and our food supply chain to prevent additional losses.”
According to Hurtado’s office, Senate Bill 1066 will create a state-funded supplemental pay program that will provide cash assistance to eligible farmworkers.
