Residents of Pajaro and Planada want state aid to help alleviate debt incurred from rebuilding after January floods. Local officials want some money to go elsewhere.
Nicole Foy
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8 months after storms, California disaster relief slowly flows to undocumented workers who lost homes, income
Gov. Gavin Newsom promised $95 million would help undocumented workers rebuild after winter storms and floods. Months later, $18 million is being doled out and there are translation issues with the state’s website.
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California to send $95 million to undocumented flooding victims months after promising ‘rapid response’
Gov. Gavin Newsom in March said state relief would soon help flood victims who don’t qualify for federal emergency relief, including those affected by disastrous flooding in Pajaro. The state has yet to name nonprofits that will dole out the aid.
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Floods, fires, droughts show California needs bigger safety net for farmworkers, advocates say
January’s rains flooded farm fields and orchards. Many California farmworkers lost weeks of pay. Advocates say the state should help them weather such crises. A leading proposal would pay $300 a week to undocumented workers.