Everyone in our community deserves a safe, dry, and warm home to live and raise their families. Too often, those who grow our food are living in shipping containers, sheds, cars, or other substandard housing, said Santa Clara County Supervisor Sylvia Arenas, who helped write the bill.
The new law would streamline approval to allow developers to build up to 150 units of farmworker housing within 15 miles of grazing or farmland, which will help alleviate housing issues.
The bill comes after a 2018 report showed that the county needed 2,100 more units for migrant and year-round farmworkers, illustrating the urgent need for housing solutions.
By allowing projects up to 15 miles away from farmland, the law would permit developments to move closer to nearby municipalities so that they could more readily tap into existing water and sewage.
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