San Mateo County supervisors voted unanimously to earmark $750,000 to cover living and housing expenses of victims' families in the deadly Half Moon Bay mass shooting.
San Mateo County supervisors on Tuesday earmarked money for their short-term living expenses, including housing.
San Mateo County supervisors, during the lunch hour, voted to spend $750,000 to cover housing and living costs for the victims' families. The county will handle those costs for the rest of the year."To go out and take a look at all of the places farmworkers are living and make sure they’re up to health and safety standards," said District 3 Supervisor Ray Mueller.This came after the deadly mass shooting on Jan. 23 at two mushroom farms in Half Moon Bay.
Added community activist Victoria Sanchez DeAlba, "We need affordable housing now. Affordable housing now…They’ve already been talking to state leaders here. Congress too."
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