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Dozens of homes built for San Mateo County farmworkers 3 years after mass shooting

Source: CBS San Francisco, By Max Darrow   In the aftermath of a tragedy, hope is often what keeps people moving. In Belinda Hernandez Arriaga's case, it's a hope that farmworkers will have a better life as a result of a day that changed Half Moon Bay […]

Farmworker housing at 555 Kelly is slowly moving forward

By Holly Rusch, Daily Journal staff Full article and source: San Mateo Daily Journal   Half Moon Bay slowly moving forward with farmworker housing. Questions remain on parking, traffic safety as advocates push for progress Half Moon Bay is moving forward with drafting a lease agreement for a 40-unit, five-story […]

ALAS and 555 Kelly Featured in KQED: California Nonprofit Empowers Half Moon Bay Farmworkers with Healing, Resources

Source: KQED Author: Blanca Torres Ayudando Latinos A Soñar (ALAS) founder Dr. Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga poses for a portrait at the ALAS office in Half Moon Bay, California, on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. Hernandez-Arriaga founded ALAS in 2011 to support the Latino community in Half Moon Bay. (Juliana Yamada/KQED)   This […]

Half Moon Bay Farmworker Housing Gains Approval After Push by Newsom

Source: KQED By: Tyche Hendricks Ayudando Latinos A Soñar headquarters in Half Moon Bay July 25, 2023. (Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote/CatchLight Local)   Half Moon Bay planning commissioners approved a new apartment building for low-income senior farmworkers on Tuesday night, following a protracted debate that drew a strongly worded threat […]

Half Moon Bay farmworker housing plan reluctantly OK’d after Newsom’s criticism

Source: San Francisco Chronicle By J.K. Dineen [caption id="attachment_12256" align="aligncenter" width="720"] A rendering of the proposed housing project for farmworkers at 555 Kelly St. in Half Moon Bay. Van Meter Williams Pollack LLP[/caption]   Ten days after being admonished by Gov. Gavin Newsom for twice delaying approval of 40 units of […]

Senior and farmworker housing proposed for 555 Kelly Avenue, Half Moon Bay

Source: SFYIMBY BY: ANDREW NELSON 5:00 AM ON JUNE 30, 2023 [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="777"] 555 Kelly Avenue aerial perspective, rendering by Van Meter Williams Pollack (newest renderings are on VMWP)[/caption] New renderings have been published for a five-story affordable housing infill at 555 Kelly Avenue in Half Moon Bay, San Mateo County. […]