---
type: Person
title: "Melissa Hurtado"
description: "CA Senate District 16 — CA State Senate District 16"
role: "CA Senate District 16"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "CA"
district: "CA State Senate District 16"
represents: "us/states/ca/districts/senate/16"
tenure:
  start: "2022-12-05"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "99a86a2a-72d3-4bdb-a691-f5008144fdfa"
  office: "a374b84c-9a52-4425-be69-485091101c24"
  tenure: "e85cfec2-335a-4b89-af68-b8ca7322ffc2"
  jurisdiction: "cb9c7607-529a-4edc-a977-faff9393256a"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDU (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, ca]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Melissa Hurtado

Current CA Senate District 16 (CA State Senate District 16).

Represents [CA State Senate District 16](/us/states/ca/districts/senate/16.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDU (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).