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Lawmakers press agencies on how procurement preferences would favor farmworker housing
Summary
During debate on SB3233 SD1 HD1, committee members sought detail on how procurement scoring would give preference to farms providing workforce housing and warned small-scale farmers could be squeezed out. Agencies said the bill appears aimed at large-scale projects and requires interagency coordination to operationalize scoring.
Committee members on Wednesday pressed administration witnesses for operational detail on SB3233 SD1 HD1, a bill that would give procurement and lease-award preference to agricultural projects that include farmworker housing.
Leo Asuncion of the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development said the office stands on written testimony in support and called the bill ‘‘something that is needed.’’ Members asked how the…
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