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Melissa Hurtado

Senator, State Senate

Running in 2026: State Senate District 16 (June 2) “State Senator” · State Senate District 16 (November 3) “State Senator”

In the Legislature

Senate District 16 D · 3,677 floor votes this session, 10% not voting

Committees they vote in: Environmental Quality · Governmental Organization · Energy, Utilities and Communications · Natural Resources and Water · Budget and Fiscal Review · Banking and Financial Institutions · Agriculture

Bills they lead: 52 (18 became law) — AB 1776, AB 46, ACA 20, SB 1172, SB 1220, SB 237, SB 345, SB 401, SB 446, SB 557, SB 571, SB 593 …

Bills their donors lobbied on

Bills they voted on (latest floor vote) that were lobbied by employers that gave to their campaign, reported spending on them, or paid at their request: the largest first. A lobbying report names the bill, not the side the employer took.

BillTheir voteEmployers that lobbied on it, and what they gave
AB 831
Gambling: operation of a contest or sweepstakes.		Aye
2025-09-08		BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($6,500 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($4,000 campaign); TEJON INDIAN TRIBE ($4,000 campaign) and 4 more
AB 221
Tribal Nation Grant Fund.		Aye
2025-09-03		BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($6,500 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($4,000 campaign); TEJON INDIAN TRIBE ($4,000 campaign) and 2 more
AB 52
Farmer equity: advisory committees.		Aye
2026-08-20		BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($6,500 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); TEJON INDIAN TRIBE ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($3,000 campaign) and 2 more
SB 222
Residential heat pump water heater or heat pump HVAC systems.		Aye
2026-08-25		PHILLIPS 66 ($11,800 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($3,000 campaign)
AB 130
Housing.		Aye
2025-06-30		BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($6,500 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); TEJON INDIAN TRIBE ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($3,000 campaign) and 1 more
AB 1485
Property tax: documentary transfer tax: exemptions: Native American tribes.		Aye
2025-09-11		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($4,000 campaign); TEJON INDIAN TRIBE ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($3,000 campaign) and 2 more
AB 1004
Tribal financial information: public records: exemption.		Aye
2025-09-03		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($4,000 campaign); TEJON INDIAN TRIBE ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($3,000 campaign) and 1 more
AB 1378
Child welfare services: prevention services: Indian tribes.		Aye
2025-09-08		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($4,000 campaign); TEJON INDIAN TRIBE ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($3,000 campaign) and 1 more
SB 4
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Justice Program.		Not voting
2025-06-02		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($4,000 campaign); TEJON INDIAN TRIBE ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($3,000 campaign)
AB 1369
Pupil rights: school graduation ceremonies and related events: adornments.		Aye
2025-09-02		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($4,000 campaign); TEJON INDIAN TRIBE ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($3,000 campaign)
AB 31
Peace officers: tribal police.		Aye
2026-08-24		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($4,000 campaign); TEJON INDIAN TRIBE ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($3,000 campaign)
SB 14
State agencies: solid waste diversion: single-use plastic bottles.		No
2025-06-04		NIAGARA BOTTLING ($7,477 behested); PEPSICO, INC. AND AFFILIATED ENTITIES ($6,000 campaign); WASTE MANAGEMENT & AFFILIATED ENTITIES ($1,500 campaign)
SB 633
Plastic beverage containers: recycling.		Aye
2026-08-26		NIAGARA BOTTLING ($7,477 behested); PEPSICO, INC. AND AFFILIATED ENTITIES ($6,000 campaign); WASTE MANAGEMENT & AFFILIATED ENTITIES ($1,500 campaign)
AB 2253
Solid waste: products: recycled content claims.		Aye
2026-08-28		NIAGARA BOTTLING ($7,477 behested); PEPSICO, INC. AND AFFILIATED ENTITIES ($6,000 campaign)
SB 237
Oil spill prevention: gasoline specifications: suspension: California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: County of Kern: transportation fuels assessment: coastal resources. 		Aye
2025-09-13		PHILLIPS 66 ($11,800 campaign); WASTE MANAGEMENT & AFFILIATED ENTITIES ($1,500 campaign)
SB 130
Housing.		Aye
2025-03-20		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); TEJON INDIAN TRIBE ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($3,000 campaign); TEJON RANCHCORP ($1,000 campaign)
SB 49
Tribal gaming: compact and amendment ratification.		Not voting
2025-03-17		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); TEJON INDIAN TRIBE ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($3,000 campaign)
ACR 39
Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month.		Aye
2025-04-24		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); TEJON INDIAN TRIBE ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($3,000 campaign)
SB 451
Gambling.		Aye
2025-09-13		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); TEJON INDIAN TRIBE ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($3,000 campaign)
AB 379
Crimes: prostitution.		Aye
2025-07-14		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); TEJON INDIAN TRIBE ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($3,000 campaign)
AB 977
California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 2001: California State University: burial sites: human remains.		Not voting
2025-08-25		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); TEJON INDIAN TRIBE ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($3,000 campaign)
SB 891
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Justice Program.		Aye
2026-08-28		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($3,000 campaign)
AB 1592
California Indian Heritage Center support organization.		Aye
2026-08-20		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($3,000 campaign)
AB 1581
Pupils: data reporting: American Indian and Alaska Native pupils.		Aye
2026-08-27		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($3,000 campaign)
AB 817
Cold storage facilities.		Aye
2026-08-31		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); TEJON INDIAN TRIBE ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($3,000 campaign)
AB 751
Rest periods: petroleum facilities: safety-sensitive positions.		Aye
2025-06-27		PHILLIPS 66 ($11,800 campaign)
AB 1246
Alcoholic beverages: distilled spirits.		Aye
2025-09-11		E & J GALLO WINERY ($6,000 campaign); Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC ($5,000 campaign)
AB 2173
Tribal gaming: compact ratification.		Aye
2026-08-25		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($3,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1641
Postsecondary education: segments: tribal colleges and universities.		Aye
2026-08-26		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($3,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1264
Pupil nutrition: restricted school foods and ultraprocessed foods of concern: prohibition.		Aye
2025-09-11		PEPSICO, INC. AND AFFILIATED ENTITIES ($6,000 campaign); THE WONDERFUL COMPANY LLC ($2,500 campaign, $35 gifts); CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION ($81 gifts)

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2025 Annual
Senator, State Senate		2026-02-181 real property, 18 gifts
2024 Annual
Senator, State Senate		2025-02-271 real property, 21 gifts, 3 travel

Findings

Worth a look Lobbying · the statement

Lobbying reports name $392.09 in gifts to them in 2025 from 3 sources this statement doesn't list

Lobbyist employers' reports to the Secretary of State (Cal-Access) list activity expenses that benefited them in 2025, $50 or more from each of these sources, none named among the statement's gifts or travel: FanDuel Group, Inc $204.84 (food, beverage & entertainment); DRAFTKINGS, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES $135.19 (food, beverage & entertainment); DART CONTAINER CORPORATION $52.06 (food / beverages).

What to check
  • Whether they attended or accepted it: the report is the lobbyist employer's account.
  • What Schedule D doesn't require (Form 700 instructions): gifts returned within 30 days; free admission and food at an event where they made a speech, from its organizer; up to two tickets to a campaign or 501(c)(3) fundraiser from the organization holding it; informational material; plaques worth less than $250.
  • Whether it's on the statement under another name.
  • That the report's beneficiary is this person (matched by name and office).
FanDuel Group, Inc $204.84
DRAFTKINGS, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES $135.19
DART CONTAINER CORPORATION $52.06
Rule: Lobbying gifts not on the statement
“A gift is reportable if its fair market value is $50 or more. In addition, multiple gifts totaling $50 or more received during the reporting period from a single source must be reported.”Form 700 (2025/2026), Instructions – Schedule D ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Behested payments

Of $52,532 paid at their request since 2024: 1 source ($7,477) is a registered lobbyist employer

Payments made at their request (Form 803) from sources that also appear in Cal-Access: Niagara Bottling, LLC ($7,477 to SD 16 Clean Drinking Water Project; lobbyist employer).

What to check
  • Context: behested payments are legal and public; this puts two public records side by side.
  • Whether the official later acted on matters involving these sources.
  • The full Form 803 reports (available from the FPPC on request).
Rule: Behested payments from donors or lobbyist employers
“Unlike gifts and contributions, there are no limits on the amount of payments an official may behest.”FPPC, Reporting Behested Payments – Form 803 ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Lobbying

28 of their donors and benefactors lobbied on 270 bills they voted on

Employers that lobbied on bills they voted on (as their lobbying reports name the bills) and that gave $78,150 to their campaign, $561 in gifts reported by lobbying interests, $7,477 in payments at their request. Largest: PHILLIPS 66 ($11,800); NIAGARA BOTTLING ($7,477); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($6,500); PEPSICO, INC. AND AFFILIATED ENTITIES ($6,000); E & J GALLO WINERY ($6,000). They voted aye on 239 of the 270.

What to check
  • Context: lobbying a bill and funding a member are both legal and public.
  • A report names the bills an employer lobbied on, not which side it took: read the bill and the employer's position before drawing anything from a vote.
  • The bills on their page, sorted by how much these interests gave.
Rule: Bills their donors lobbied on

How this rule works

Context Campaign money · the statement

2 sources on this statement also gave to their campaign

Listed here and among the campaign's contributors in Cal-Access: California Democratic Party ($1,696,416), California Democratic Party ($1,696,416).

What to check
  • Context: a donor who is also an employer, client or gift-giver is public on both records.
  • Whether the official later acted on matters involving them (votes, contracts, recusals).

Gifts: California Democratic Party p.3Gifts: California Democratic Party p.4

Rule: Campaign donors also on the statement

How this rule works

Context Campaign money · the statement

2 sources on this statement also gave to their campaign

Listed here and among the campaign's contributors in Cal-Access: California Democratic Party ($1,696,416), California Democratic Party ($1,696,416).

What to check
  • Context: a donor who is also an employer, client or gift-giver is public on both records.
  • Whether the official later acted on matters involving them (votes, contracts, recusals).

Gifts: California Democratic Party p.3Gifts: California Democratic Party p.3

Rule: Campaign donors also on the statement

How this rule works

Behested payments

What Melissa Hurtado reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $52,532 in 11 payments to 11 recipients. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.

Largest recipients: SD 16 Clean Drinking Water Project $7,477 · Caroline Rose Cano $6,500 · Gisel Hernandez Maravilla $6,500 · Women in California Leadership $5,055 · Sofia Yaneth Guerrero $5,000

Paid byTo, forAmount
Niagara Bottling, LLC
Diamond Bar · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor		SD 16 Clean Drinking Water Project · Assist constituents who lack access to clean drinking water
Charitable · 2026-08-05		$7,477
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation
Los Angeles		Caroline Rose Cano · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2024-07-23		$6,500
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation
Los Angeles		Gisel Hernandez Maravilla · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2024-07-23		$6,500
California Resources Corporation
Los Angeles · campaign donor		Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization.
Charitable · 2025-08-05		$5,055
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation
Long Beach		Sofia Yaneth Guerrero · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2025-07-15		$5,000
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation
Long Beach		Alystine Briceno · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2026-07-22		$5,000
Cal Fire Local 2881 Issues Committee
Sacramento		Shafter Lions Foundation · Civic Donation for Community Event
Charitable · 2026-07-30		$5,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Samantha Garcia · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2024-07-29		$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		LindaMarie Herrera · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2024-07-29		$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Denise Martinez Mendez · Minerva Scholarship recipient.
Charitable · 2026-08-04		$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Alyssa Paredez · Minerva Scholarship recipient.
Charitable · 2026-08-04		$3,000

From the FPPC's Form 803 data (search and download). “Campaign donor” links to a donor who gave to two or more 2026 state candidates.

Reported by lobbying interests

What lobbyist employers, lobbyists and lobbying firms told the Secretary of State they spent on Melissa Hurtado since 2024: $998 across 10 items from 10 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.

Reported byWhat, whenTo them
FanDuel Group, Inc
$205 in all		Food, Beverage & Entertainment at California Tribal Business Association · 2025-01-16 · report$204.84
CALIFORNIA CITRUS MUTUAL
$195 in all		Reception @ 195.49 each. at Morton's Steakhouse · 2024-02-21 · report$195.49
CHUKCHANSI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
$150 in all		GIFT BASKET at PICAYUNE RANCHERIA OF THE CHUKCHANSI INDIANS · 2026-02-10 · report$150
DRAFTKINGS, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES
$135 in all		Food, Beverage & Entertainment at California Tribal Business Association · 2025-01-16 · report$135.19
SIDEPRIZE LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES D/B/A PRIZEPICKS
$108 in all		Food and Beverage at Camden Spit & Larder · 2025-06-16 · report$107.59
CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION
$81 in all		Food and beverage at Ella Dining Room and Bar (Visa) · 2026-03-18 · report$81.12
DART CONTAINER CORPORATION
$52 in all		FOOD / BEVERAGES at MAYAHUEL · 2025-02-25 · report$52.06
THE WONDERFUL COMPANY LLC
$35 in all		ONE CASE OF PISTACHIOS at WONDERFUL PISTACHIOS · 2025-08-11 · report$35.26
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
$24 in all		BEVERAGES at TEQUILA MUSEO MAYAHUEL · 2025-07-15 · report$23.95
AERA ENERGY LLC
$13 in all		LUNCH at SEQUOIA SANDWICH · 2024-03-13 · report$12.99

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Campaign money: State Senate District 16

$3,175,802itemized, 379 contributions
$1,419from the candidate (incl. loans)

Plus $1,752,887 in 97 contributions reported within 24 hours since their latest full report, which ends 2026-09-19: not yet in the totals above (they'll move into them, not be added twice, when the next full report comes in).

California Democratic Party $532,387 2026-10-08 · Fresno County Democratic Central Committee $375,000 2026-10-09 · San Diego County Democratic Party $200,000 2026-10-08 · San Mateo County Democratic Central Committee $200,000 2026-09-29 · Democratic Party of Orange County $100,000 2026-10-06 · Napa County Democratic Central Committee $100,000 2026-09-30 · San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee $100,000 2026-09-28 · Tehama County Democratic Central Committee $100,000 2026-09-29 · California Nurses Association PAC (CNA-PAC) Small Contributor Committee $9,300 2026-10-02 · California Professional Firefighters PAC Small Contributor Committee $5,900 2026-10-02

Where their outside money comes from

IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders

Plus $1,419 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $1,797,817

Other (described)$1,546,873
Fundraising events$75,375
Legal and accounting$62,807
Campaign paraphernalia, misc.$54,201
Office expenses$23,214
Contributions to others$16,050
Literature and mailings$10,404
Civic donations$3,750
Candidate travel and meals$2,095
Filing and ballot fees$1,347

Largest payees: Greenstripe Media, Inc. $658,510 Other (described) · Yosemite Consulting, LLC $364,286 Other (described) · Grindstone Field Solutions, LLC $244,727 Other (described) · Three Point Media, LLC $104,482 Other (described) · Prepaid Expense Card Solutions, Inc. (PEX) $100,667 Other (described) · Daniel C. Weitzman Consulting, LLC $74,296 Fundraising events · Deane & Company $62,807 Legal and accounting · COGS South Signs $29,851 Campaign paraphernalia, misc.

Payments on their full reports (Form 460 Schedule E) covering 2025–2026, by the FPPC's expense codes; a consultant's payments to others (ads, mail) show under the consultant.

Top contributorsTypeTotal
California Democratic Party
Sacramento		Party$1,696,416.50
Democratic Central Committee of Siskiyou County
Lakeport		Party$100,000
Democratic Party of Orange County
Anaheim		Party$100,000
Napa County Democratic Central Committee
Sacramento		Party$100,000
San Diego County Democratic Party
Sacramento		Party$100,000
San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee
San Francisco		Party$100,000
San Mateo County Democratic Central Committee
Lakeport		Party$100,000
Tehama County Democratic Central Committee
Sacramento		Party$100,000
Association of California School Administrators PAC Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$23,600
SEIU California State Council of Service Employees Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$23,600
California Professional Firefighters PAC Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$11,900
Angelique Ashby for Senate 2026
Sacramento		Committee$11,800
California State Council of Laborers PAC Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$11,800
Christopher Cabaldon for Senate 2028
Sacramento		Committee$11,800
Dave Cortese for Senate 2028
Oakland		Committee$11,800

Committees: Valley Families for Melissa Hurtado for Senate 2026, Hurtado for Senate 2018, Hurtado for Senate 2022. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.

Outside spending for and against them

$237,354spent supporting them
$612,354spent opposing them
SpenderAmount
Legislative Action PAC, sponsored by Legislative Action California
general · latest report		against$612,354
Coalition for Valley Values for Hurtado and against Kaur for Senate 2026, sponsored by Housing and Energy Providers
primary · latest report		for$190,479
Working Families for a Stronger California, Sponsored by LCCC PAC, A Bi-partisan Coalition of Municipal, County, Latino Appointed and Elected Leaders PAC
primary · latest report		for$36,226
Advance California, Sponsored by California Apartment Association
primary · latest report		for$10,649

Independent expenditures reported within 24 hours (Form 496), from 2025. The candidate doesn't control them.

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 state candidates.

DonorTo themCandidates fundedBy party
California Democratic Party
Party committee · Sacramento		$1,696,41737
Democratic Party of Orange County
Party committee · Anaheim		$100,0002
Tehama County Democratic Central Committee
Party committee · Sacramento		$100,0002
Association of California School Administrators PAC Small Contributor Committee
Group or PAC · Sacramento		$23,60038
SEIU California State Council of Service Employees Small Contributor Committee
Labor union · Sacramento		$23,60015
California Professional Firefighters PAC Small Contributor Committee
Labor union · Sacramento		$11,90040
Angelique Ashby for Senate 2026
Candidate or officeholder committee · Sacramento		$11,80012
California State Council of Laborers PAC Small Contributor Committee
Labor union · Sacramento		$11,80038
Christopher Cabaldon for Senate 2028
Candidate or officeholder committee · Sacramento		$11,8008
Dave Cortese for Senate 2028
Candidate or officeholder committee · Oakland		$11,8006
Limon for State Controller 2030
Candidate or officeholder committee · Sacramento		$11,8005
Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians
Tribal government · Oakhurst		$11,80027
Richardson for Senate 2028
Candidate or officeholder committee · Inglewood		$11,8005
Phillips 66
Business · Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer		$11,80043
Sasha Renee Perez for Senate 2028
Candidate or officeholder committee · Sacramento		$11,8005