"When they were on a site, they had their eyes open and if there was anything they thought was a residence that had some health and safety issues, they were authorized to also inspect. We wanted to make sure that if there was housing on these lands that it was safe," said Justin Mates.
"About 60% of all the units we inspected were in compliance - about 40% were not and required some corrected action," said Mates. "Our main focus was current agricultural and ranch operations that provide housing to their employees."
The task force's extensive inspections uncovered homes hidden in plain sight, revealing alarming code violations and unsafe living conditions for farmworkers that have persisted for decades.
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