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Board forms ad hoc to explore housing options for farmworkers and special-needs populations
Summary
Supervisors authorized creation of an ad hoc subcommittee to study short- and long-term housing strategies for farmworkers and other special housing-needs groups and appointed Supervisors Barajas and Frerichs to the panel.
The Yolo County Board of Supervisors voted May 20 to create an ad hoc subcommittee to evaluate housing options for special needs populations, with a particular focus on farmworkers. The board appointed Supervisors Oscar Barajas and Don Frerichs to lead the subcommittee.
Department of Community Services staff said the issue emerged from a January 28 County presentation on farmworker health and well-being, which identified affordable and nearby housing as a top priority for protective health outcomes. Staff presented a draft scope and a housing “matrix” that lists short-term actions (for example zoning and permitting changes and…
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