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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
National
Brian Osgood

California farmworkers cheer new housing in town scarred by mass shooting

Low wages mean that many farmworkers continue to labour into their 70s and 80s [File: Brian Osgood/Al Jazeera]

Half Moon Bay, California – Almost a year and a half after a mass shooting took the lives of seven farmworkers in the town of Half Moon Bay, California, a new project is seeking to address the poor living conditions experienced by many of the area’s agricultural workers.

On Tuesday, the city’s planning commission approved a proposal for a 40-unit building that will serve as lodging for elderly farmworkers, some of whom continue working into their 70s and 80s due to low wages and the sky-high cost of living.

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