Source: KQED Cassandra Garibay and Hiram Durán, El Tímpano This story was produced by El Tímpano, a bilingual nonprofit news outlet that amplifies the voices of Latino and Mayan immigrants in Oakland and the wider Bay Area. The original version of the story can be found here. Farmworkers sat in the crowd, […]
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% […]
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 Sophia Bollag Gov. Gavin Newsom, shown speaking about the mass shooting in Half Moon Bay in January 2023, has threatened legal action against the city for delaying a plan to build farmworker housing. Stephen Lam/The Chronicle 2023 SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday threatened potential […]
Source: The Mercury News By KATE TALERICO | ktalerico@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
Proposal for farmworker apartments in downtown runs into anti-development sentiment Trailers are seen from this drone view at California Terra Gardens in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Farm worker Chunli Zhao, 66, was booked […]
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 […]
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. […]
For Half Moon Bay’s Aging Farmworkers, New Affordable Housing Projects Offer Opportunity to ‘Rest With Dignity’
555 Kelly Avenue press list
Half Moon Bay City Council votes on affordable farmworker housing – The Mercury News
Half Moon Bay planning commission approves farmworker housing downtown
Gavin Newsom threatens Half Moon Bay with legal action over ‘egregious’ farmworker housing delay
After last year’s deadly shootings, Half Moon Bay said it would build more farmworker housing. NIMBYs are blocking it.
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