Half Moon Bay City Council votes to approve affordable housing development for senior farmworkers [Video]

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (KGO) — The Half Moon Bay City Council on Wednesday night voted unanimously to approve an affordable housing development for senior farmworkers. The city council meeting was contentious, as supporters and opponents of the project spoke.

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The development will be a five-story, 40-unit complex on Kelly Avenue in the city’s downtown business district.

It will also include a resource center for farmworkers and some parking on the first floor.

Supporters say the development addresses dire housing conditions coast side farmworkers currently face, especially after the deadly 2023 mass shooting at two farms that exposed their living conditions.

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But opponents argued the project was too big and would create …