The Half Moon Bay City Council voted unanimously to deny appeals attempting to block 555 Kelly, a 40-unit, downtown apartment complex for senior farmworkers, clearing the way for the project to continue. Congratulations to Mercy Housing and to ALAS, who has compiled this impressive list of […]
Half Moon Bay residents appealed approval of senior farmworker housing. Here’s what the City Council just decided
Under the threat of legal action from Gov. Gavin Newsom, council decides on the fate of the housing project Nonprofit developer Mercy Housing is applying to build a 40-unit, 100% […]
Half Moon Bay Farmworker Housing to Go Forward After Council Rejects Appeals Source: KQED Author: Vanessa Rancaño The entrance to Concord Farms in Half Moon Bay on Jan. 3, 2024. (Beth LaBerge/KQED) Half Moon Bay officials cleared the way for an embattled affordable housing project for farmworkers to move forward, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Source: KTVU
By LaMonica Peters Dozens packed a city meeting in Half Moon Bay on Tuesday, where the community is divided over an affordable housing project for senior farmworkers. Gov. Newsom is urging city leaders to approve the plan that would bring 40 units of living space […]
Source: San Francisco Chronicle By J.K. Dineen RVs and trailers, where farmworkers were presumed to reside, sit inside the fenced area at California Terra Garden as police investigated the scene near Spanish Town shops off Highway 92 in Half Moon Bay, after four people were shot and […]
Source: HMB Review
During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic crisis, which continues to have a profound impact, we responded by making regular visits to farms and meeting with farmworkers. Recently, we spoke with six campesinos who shared with us the countless years they’ve dedicated to working the land, growing and […]
A year after Half Moon Bay mass shooting, farmworkers still waiting for better housing Source: San Francisco Chronicle
By Jessica Flores [caption id="attachment_11824" align="alignnone" width="720"] Amairani Cortes walks to the gate at California Terra Garden in Half Moon Bay on Jan. 26, 2023, days after the mass shooting […]
Half Moon Bay gets $2M for farmworker housing By Mark Sayre
Source: Half Moon Bay, KTVU FOX 2 It has been a tough year in the coastal community Half Moon Bay – still reeling from a shooting in January that left seven farmworkers dead. That shooting prompted calls for […]
555 Kelly Avenue press list
Half Moon Bay City Council votes on affordable farmworker housing – The Mercury News
Half Moon Bay Farmworker Housing to Go Forward After Council Rejects Appeals
Half Moon Bay Farmworker Housing Gains Approval After Push by Newsom
Half Moon Bay planning commission approves farmworker housing downtown
A Half Moon Bay tragedy exposed ‘deplorable’ living conditions. A plan to help is being stonewalled
A letter of support for senior farmworker housing at 555 Kelly
The need for farmworker housing and 555 Kelly Avenue in the San Francisco Chronicle
555 Kelly in Half Moon Bay gets $2 Million for farmworker housing