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out and they started shooting. like, lots of shots. ama: the suspect was arrested and taken to the hospital. officials did not provide any information's on the chp officer, the surviving hostage or the suspect dan: thanks for joining us. we moved to developing news. we are seeing surveillance camera images of some of a bob lee's final moments. the executive was stabbed to death on tuesday morning in san francisco. it happened by main and harrison streets in the east cotton neighborhood. there is a growing memorial, with flowers and cards, his murder is the 13th this year in the city. ama: lyanne melendez, spent the day looking at the cases to see how many police have closed. let's hear from stephanie sierra first. reporter: we have just seen the
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surveillance video showing the final moments of the app founder, probably. he called 911 himself and said, help, someone stabbed me. moments later, this video was recorded. these images obtained by the daily mail show the 43-year-old stumbling along main street in san francisco's rink on hill neighborhood -- rink on hill neighborhood. he attempts to use the call box, then falls to the ground. sources say he had to stab wounds in his upper left chest. he was on the ground for 10 seconds before standing up. we know he was walking towards a police car. minutes later, lee died at the scene. >> we have leads to follow up on. i can't disclose what those are. it's early on in the investigation. i'm hopeful and confident. reporter: the district attorney told abc 7 news i-team, she is not received information that lee was targeted. >> the killer is on the loose.
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reporter: do you have any reason to believe the public should be scared? >> any time we have someone who has committed murder, we should be concerned if they are still out and about on the streets. this is one that will take time to solve. reporter: have you seen the surveillance video? >> i have not. reporter: do you have access to that now? >> i'm sure they would give it to me if i requested access, it is similar to the pelosi case. reporter: the i-team was told investigators found the silver kitchen knife with a four inch blade in the caltrans parking lot across the street. it's unclear if that was the weapon used in the attack. would you consider it unusual for a kitchen knife to be used in an alleged targeted attack? >> as a former prosecutor in our homicide unit, i've seen murders committed in various types of ways. reporter: sources tell us that lee was staying at one hotel a half-mile away from the port side apartment building, where lee was found outside.
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sam owns the convenience store across the street. >> i know this neighborhood has been going backward. reporter: this does not happen a lot? >> not really. no. we never see nothing like this. reporter: the moments that led up to the attack remain a mystery, the da dispels rumors that the attack is part of escalating violent crime in san francisco. >> i would ask people not to rush to judgment about this murder. we have nothing with respect to how this happened, whether or not this was a repeat offender, or if this was a targeted attack. >> the investigation is turning forward. and there is a lot that has been done. we -- i'm hopeful on this. ama: sources tell us lee's cell phone and wallet were not stolen during the attack. both items were recovered at the scene. as fpd -- sfpd is with surveillance, monday night
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to early tuesday morning, around main street descendant in as soon as possible -- to send it in as soon as possible. dan: a death is furthering the narrative that san francisco is not safe. even though that is not what the numbers show. phil matier spoke with us earlier today about what is driving that perception. >> we have so many things coming together at once that are not good. we have tech layoffs, reduced workers in the inner core, businesses boarding up daily. we have the homeless problem. we have all of these things coming together. we're going to have less money to deal with. now, we have this. it's a city that has been a success because of its image. now that's one of its biggest challenges. ama: because this is a high-profile case, the police department is giving bob lee's death a lot of attention. dan: lynn melendez is here to shed light on other cases.
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reporter: 13 victims in san francisco. people don't always give us their names. not all of them get the attention that perhaps they should receive. what we're trying to do is look into the number of cases that are cleared and those that go unsolved. there have been 13 reported homicides in san francisco so far this year, according to police records. the latest one, which has received the most attention occurred on april 4. the victim, bob lee, a tech executive. it remains unsolved. to be fair to the families, we took a closer look at the other 12 cases. 40-year-old gavin boston, security guard was killed on january 4 at the japan center. two teens were arrested. police solved two other homicide cases this year. one in the excelsior district in january, the other in the hunters point neighborhood in february. two people were arrested for the two separate crimes.
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three more murders occurred in march but the victims remain unidentified. another homicide on april 1 in the tenderloin also remains open and active. this woman and her son one of the 2023 homicides. the 32-year-old was shot and killed on june 19, 2022 in the marina district while visiting san francisco. a surveillance camera captured the suspects car, yet no one has been arrested. there's a $50,000 reward for any information. the family spoke to abc7news from arizona. >> the car pulled up, they had brief conversations are the driver side window. he backed up. and they shot him, twice. reporter: san francisco investigators had an abysmal record when solving homicides and arresting suspects. in 2009 and the following years, the clearance rate improved.
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reaching a high in 2018 of 96%. by 2021, the last year, this data is available, the solved case rate was 75%. why? it may be due to staffing levels. there were in 2018 when the clearance rate was so high. in 2021, that number went down to 2100 and 29. -- 2129. >> i am sure they are overwhelmed and are doing everything they can. you put yourself in our shoes you will never think it is enough until it is solved. reporter: a police spokesperson told us that the clearance rate for this year, meaning those that have been solved is 85%. last year it was 75%. 25% have not been solved. samuel saint peter's case is one of them. i promised the parents we would give the police tip line 415-5
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it must be hard for the parents who live in arizona to get information about their son's murder. dan: he is so detached from the thing. reporter: the father said it is frustrating. ama: thank you. dan: to see a house -- how safe your neighborhood is, use the safety tracker, it is an interactive tool on her website to look up different crimes in different cities. see how crimes have gone up and down, and how they compared other places. it's on the homepage of our website, abc7news.com. ama: fire officials conducted their first burn, they conducted the burn on hillside on angel island, despite the rainfall, officials say the burn is needed as the state prepares for a hot and dry summer. >> regardless of the conditions during the winter, we want to be ahead of that in reducing the amount of moderate pines in the islands. ama: fire officials cannot predict how fire season will go but the burns like this -- that
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burns like this will reduce wildfire threats. sections of el camino real were closed, they removed debris between cyprus and howard avenue. we are expecting more rain in the bay area. dan: abc7news meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking that. sandhya: some showers are beginning to move in into the north bay. santa rosa, a trace amount, along with ukiah. let's get into live doppler 7 radar. around santa rosa, south santa rosa, heading into hellman lane, wet weather. very spotty and light in nature, a light level one storm that was spread rain across the entire area, especially during the morning commute. tonight, it is spotty. 5:00 a.m. tomorrow, your commute or getaway will include the what whether. the rain will be gone by the time the giants home opener takes place. we have a one, tomorrow morning wet weather and much better conditions for easter.
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full forecast is coming up. dan: very nice. coming up next, a community effort to combat drug overdose deaths on the streets of san francisco. ama: the mass shooting at half-moon bay, reveal the crisis on the coast that is causing farms and agriculture to disappear. it's half hour special you will see tonight, starting at 6:30. stay with us. jeremy renner, the diane sawyer interview, a story of terror, survival and triumph airs at 10:00. then at 11:00, a bay area native killed in a freak accident in the sierra. how his family survived.
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dan: building a better bay area means a safer area. and accidental overdose deaths have dropped, but this trend could change this year. as tara campbell found out today, people are showing up by the hundreds to say enough is enough. reporter: a packed house in san francisco's mission district. people calling on local leaders to do more to get drugs off the streets and people into treatment. jackie berlin's son is battling addiction to fentanyl. jackie has been calling for a crackdown on the open-air drug market and easier access to treatment for years. >> i need more people to come alongside us. they have said the same thing. stronger we will be together. reporter: the supervisor is candidate -- candid with his own struggle with addiction and the reason he ran for office. he was with the sfpd prior to that. >> i spent two years in the
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police department, previewing the monthly report on drug overdose deaths. month after month, i looked at a number knowing i am one bad decision away from being in that number. reporter: the chief medical examiner's report shows there is no sign of it slowing down. more than 133 people have died of a drug overdose in january and february combined, according to preliminary numbers. last year, over 100 people died of an overdose in the first two months. the year before that, 135. in each of those years, nearly 650 people died of a drug overdose. a number that could be exceeded if this year's pace keeps up. >> my sense is that the community has -- has had enough of excuses. they want answers about what we're doing. reporter: the mayor recently asking the federal government for more help, getting drug dealers off the streets. and the city is considering establishing safe consumption sites.
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these are places people can go to use their drugs under supervision, in case of an overdose. >> what we need to do is really focus in on making sure that people are staying alive, overdose prevention size are what we are talking about -- sites are what we're talking about, making sure people have linkage to health care. >> it is encouraging to make -- that we have a couple hundred people here. we can make progress. reporter: tara campbell, abc7 news. ama: the oakland mayor says the city is rebounding from the ransomware attack that tripled -- crippled services and put employees information at risk. >> we are close to 100% up and running. it's the backlog. the backlog of entering the data that we were not able to enter, safely into our systems. that is what we are working on right now. ama: she appeared on midday live at telling us the city is working closely with the fbi on the investigation. the mayor addressed prime
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targeting local businesses, saying she is concerned and will take the steps necessary to make is this owners feel safe. dan: let's go to the weather update forecast. ama: grabbed the umbrella. sandhya: hang onto those umbrellas. tomorrow morning. it's going to be wet across the entire region. let's look at live doppler 7. the front is beginning to approach northern california. we are seeing rain up there. a few showers have developed, not just in ukiah but around santa rosa. trace remounts -- amounts into petaluma, a few drops showing up on radar. we take a look at the wider perspective, most is cloud cover. not all of this is hitting the ground but we will continue to see spotty showers tonight, before the main rain event arrives. let's talk about our drought. minor improvement in the past week around the state. you'll notice the latest category which is the yellow, went from 45% to 44%.
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28% to 25% this week. these numbers are going down in the first three categories. the two worst extreme categories are not covering california anymore. still drop freak locally -- free locally. hopefully we will keep it going. temperatures, 50's and 60's, today's highs were in the upper 50's to low 70's in places like gilroy. either at or above average, some areas are lagging a few degrees. live views from our tower cameras, cloud cover overhead and a gorgeous shot where we still have snowcapped mountains. for big home opener tomorrow, the giants take on the royals tomorrow. it will be fine, the rain will be gone. 57 at 1:35. first pitch will be cloudy. some sun breaks by 4:00 p.m., you're looking at 59. it cannot be better timing on that storm. live doppler 7 will be tracking more weather.
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on the golden gate bridge you can see -- you can see cloudy. wet and breezy for the morning drive and much warmer for easter weekend. on our storm impact scale tonight, tonight, tomorrow morning is a one, a light to moderate rain. a slick morning commute or get away you're off tomorrow. breezy and the highest totals are in the north bay. 7:00 you see the showers in the north bay as we head, towards 5:00 a.m. this is one the widespread will occur -- widespread rain will occur. 8:00, scattered showers continuing. 10:00 a.m., still around as we head into 1:30 in the afternoon. it will be long gone and cloudy skies for the rest of the day. rainfall estimates with the system, highest in the northern part of our viewing area with .4, santa rosa, ukiah. san jose, 100 of an inch. ierr nevada, winter weather advisory starts at 11:00 a.m. tonight, about 5500 feet.
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looking at two to eight inches of gusty winds, higher totals for theeaks, the snow willise tomo's and 50's, don't forget the umbrellas. for the afternoon it will be a cloudy day, cooler than today, mid-50's to low 60's. the accuweather 7-day forecast, one for tomorrow morning. after we are looking at a big warm up for the holiday weekend. warm for easter. mid-60's to mid 70's. we'll keep it on the mild to warm side, cooling off next week. sunday looks like the warmest of the season, so far. looking good. dan: thanks. ama: a spectacular super bloom is in full effect at the uc botanical garden at berkeley. a burst of color in flowers and lay the south african area. the recent storms played a part in the super bloom. if you want to check -- catch a glimpse, you need to act quickly. the super bloom lasts a few
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weeks. >> there's going to be the blues, coming into bloom right now. blues and purples. those are going to be the primary colors. there's a lot of plants in a small area. i would say look closely. there is going to be more than what you see at first glance. ama: you can also expect to see birds attracted to nectar from the super bloom. the botanical garden is more than 30 acres with more than 10,000 plants, including endangered and rare species. dan: coming up, the world's largest robot competition, meet the teams and their machines going head-to-head here in the bay area. >> allays emergency restrictions are in effect. make sure there's enough water for the operation. more than 2.3 million people are under a water advisory. >> the epa announced it will restrict some cancer-causing -- ♪
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reporter: in the first round of competitions, team usa literally destroyed his competition. his competitor tapped he moved on to round two of his event. >> it is intimidating. it is tough to get the nerve up, first time, especially at a big event like this, to be able to start the show off. it feels good to come off a win. reporter: welcome to the robo games. after a five-year hiatus in part due to the pandemic their back. over the next four days at the alameda county fairgrounds, 179 teams from 20 countries will compete for gold, silver and bronze in 54 events. the founder founded the in 2004. >> bug robots that have a solar panel on them, it is just which robot can go fastest, using the
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solar panel with the same sunlight. e attion. all the way mhi always a crowd favorite. >> all the way up to 250 pound robots, which can absolutely liquefy a human being reporter: this canadian husband-and-wife, say it is not just about taking out the competitors robot. it's about proving that your concept can work. >> their strategy that goes into it, it's picking a box that can be built -- bot that can be built. >> thee competition in brazil, this is what we call the world champion. reporter: brazil is ready to defend its world titles but over the past five years they know the technology has improved. they are excited to see how the competition stacks up. >> we want to see how it is going, how our robot is going, how the other robots are going. it's different here to brazil. reporter: at the robo games.
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abc7news. dan: it is just fascinating to watch. ama: it is. dan: the mechanical genius that goes into it. ama: could you imagine us trying to put something together? [laughter] dan: no. coming up, a special presentation of abc7news at fix: 30, two months after -- 6:30, two months after the shooting at half moon bay we are uncovering what is driving farmers away. >> it going to disappear. >> how much are you charging them? ama: abc7news luz pena takes a deep look at the severe housing crisis that has farmworker families crammed into one room and how that is impacting the future farming in this picturesque part of the bay area.
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the tragedy went beyond the deaths. the shooting revealed a dreadful housing conditions for farmworkers. dan: luz pena and photographer edward gonzales remained inside the community, long after the shootings and gained access to residents and farms to investigate the conditions on the ground. ama: we bring you the special eye-opening how far our -- half-hour report, hitting crisis and tragedy at half moon bay. luz: with 40 miles of steep bluffs the san mateo county coast is a paradise. multimillion dollar homes nestled between farms, paint a picture of cynic wonder. if we look closer, there is a harsh reality. not even this view can hide. a secret that was easy to keep up to january 23 when prosecutors say a disgruntled
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farmworker, open fire on fellow workers, at two mushroom farm's. >> shooting v mushroom. luz: the mass shooting, al farmworkersl. authorities say, 66-year-old he killed his coworkers and drove to his former job at concorde farms and killed three other people he used to work with. he told i upset over working long hours. a breaking point for him, might've been a $100 repair bill from damaged equipment. as authorities investigated the tragedy they were confronted with the secret. deplorable conditions. farmworkers and their families were living in them.
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days after the shooting, san mateo county supervisor ray mueller visited the site. >> it is a storage shed. luz: he posted photos on twitter. they show a gathering space of plywood for floors, walls made of plastic, camping stoves for cooking. >> horrible, horrific, deplorable conditions. we saw what looked like sheds, storage containers that people were living in. no installation or running water, know where you would ever want to prepare food. it's a mess. luz: cal osha is looking into health violations as well as labor violations and some workers say they were being paid below minimum wage. abc7news to spend multiple days in the san mateo county coast searching for answers. nobody here pays rent? how do these workers fall through the cracks of labor laws and basic housing standards? and did frustration over living
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and working conditions lead to this tragedy? it turns out, a social services agency has known about this for years. to them, this is no secret. >> this is nothing new for us. on a regular basis we knew for the -- we have been giving food, giving them rain, whatever we can do to make a difference economically. luz: nonprofits have been advocating for better housing for farmworkers for years. [speaking spanish] farms allow these groups to provide workers, the agencies know the living conditions are bad but they worry about the reality of working it. the site to get shut down. the residence, evicted. they could easily end up homeless. >> i've been a social worker for five years. i have many times walked into
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situations where there were concerning living conditions and you are faced with the reality that if i make report, or if i tell this family to make this worth then they are not going to have any housing available to them. luz: it is a catch-22, generated by the high cost of housing. >> housing industry is very expensive. that's why there farmworkers. they live anywhere they can. they're renting a small space, garage, living room, a couch. yes, a place to sleep, that's it. luz: we went to the small plaza at half-moon bay street. this is where farmworkers pass the time, they say the spaces like a living room until it is time to sleep. >> we have a lot of cultural celebrations. this is where they hang out. people get together to socialize. we're the community members because they are not able to go where they sleep. they only go there to sleep. >> do people have a place to
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spend the night? yes. do they have a proper place to live? some. luz: how many farmworkers in this area live in crowded conditions? >> most live in crowded conditions. because the rent is so high, two families rent one place so they can afford the cost. i know families who live in trailers and they pay $1000 a month. ti's the only way they -- it is the only way they can afford to pay for it. luz: like the rest of the bay area, half moon bay, pescadero and other communities along the san mateo county coast, face housing crunch. an average one-bedroom list for nearly $2500, out of reach for a farmworker making less than $30,000 a year. >> farmworkers not only live on the forms crowded, some in bad conditions but also live in no community, they rent an apartment or house, they rent a room. they get together with two or
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three other families and they rent a room. that's the parents, plus either 1, 2, or three kids in the garage. luz: this is the vice mayor of half moon bay and the former program director. he estimates that there are about 2000 farmworkers at half moon bay, at least half need better housing. >> is a cultural community, farming, ranching, fishing. every day we see less farmworkers in the community. less farmers in the community. luz: reality is that the lack of housing is now transforming the economy around half moon bay. the agricultural industry has taken a hit in recent years. in 20, the industry $150 million. those numbers plummeted by 2020 one to 98 -- 2021 to $98 million. farmworkers say they are struggling to survive.
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>> if we lose our farmworkers, the farming industry of the coast is going to disappear. the key is to build housing. we need the housing. luz: coming up. >> we are headed to the farmworker trailers. luz: a rare look inside the homes of farmworkers in the san mateo county coast and why the lack of housing is putting the agricultural industry at risk.
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luz: in 2017, san mateo had 2 farms. five years early -- earlier, only 81 farms remained. many left because they simply cannot find farmworkers i can afford to live in the area. farmworkers are less than 50% of the poverty, in one of the most expensive places to live in the country area >> this is not like houston. luz:
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his fa owned the yankee flowers for four generations. >> i grow pumpkins, flowers. luz: now he makes money, year-round as a landlord. not just the former. you are only renting here to farmworkers. >> no, i'm not going to say that. i started out doing that. but what you do what you have a farmworker family and all of a sudden they have a chance to make more money, doing something else, and their living here, do i throw them out? we are headed to the farmworker trailers i have. luz: how many do you have? >> i have seven. i was approached to help some workers. that is how i started doing it. luz: how many do you have? >> we have, probably, a total everybody on the ranch, there probably 60. luz: not all of them work here? >> no. luz: -- >> i've a
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that works in three permanent guys that work. luz: how much are you charging them? >> it varies. i don't want to get into it. usstarts l of -- you know it varies. luz: what is the range? >> from like $1200 up to $1700. there may be two or three people breaking that up. luz: besides the seven trailer homes for families, they also have two barracks style homes for single men. ramon homes with his wife and two kids. he showed us his home. so you have lived here for how many years? >> over 25 years. luz: and how much do you pay for rent? >> nothing. he provides the rents for the workers. luz: can you show us around? >> yes, this is the kitchen,
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couch and tv. we have two bathrooms. luz: this is not how many workers live. >> not all the bosses provide good housing. luz: afterwards, burns agreed to show us the home for single men. >> i have 10 workers, here. five rooms. and the conditions are going to be different here than it was in the family's trailers. there's a lot of wear and tear. you will see that there are some fair -- floors that need to be repaired from where and tear on the linoleum. luz: how much of farmworkers thing to live here? >> here they pay $300 a month. luz: everything here works? >> oh yeah. all the refrigerators, the stoves. microwaves, whatever they got, it works. if it doesn't, they tell me, we fix them. we're not going to have them live here just to collect rent. but there is a cost to take care of these houses. a big hot -- cost. luz: has zeus has lived here for
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-- jesus has lived here for six years even though he does not work at the farm. what you think about living here? it's good? [speaking spanish] you would like three-star hotel but you can afford it, it's too much. everything jesus owns is in this room, packed to the ceiling, are his belongings and tools, along with his roommates. inside a drawer, he keeps juszczyk lock -- ziploc bags, a stack of photos, this is a glimpse into his dreams. you bought this in mexico, so when you go back, that is what you're going to work on. what the little that he makes working at a nearby farm, he pays for rent and food, the res,
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hoping to open a business one day. his family keeps them going. those are your daughters? [speaking spanish] that one doesn't know you in person, you've never met her? what is her name? carmela. how old are they? 26 and 18. this one doesn't know you? you have never met her in person? when this room gets tough -- cold he goes back to this drawer. you put them away. and that is your dream. to go back to mexico one day, to live a good life over there. >> i would love to have a better place for all of them but i can't afford it either. sure i would like to get new ones, but that is expensive. you have to have the revenue to do that. so, we try to do what we can do.
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that's what we're here for, to try to survive. z:artment ofenroental health ins em. only those with five or more farmworkers require permit. smaller properties are outside the scope of infected -- inspectors, as are those are not registered with the county housing program. if no one complains, they remain hidden. they remain secret. san mateo county say neither california terror garden nor concord farms, were permitted for employee housing. housing here is inspected every year, burns is also the president of the san mateo county farm bureau. he said, the bureau did not know people lived at the farms where the shootings took place. >> we do not realize what was going on there. we didn't even know the people. they don't associate with us. they never come to the farm
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bureau. we were totally surprised with what went on there. luz: farmworkers are also afraid to report poor living conditions, mostly because of their immigration status. more than half of the farmworkers in this county are undocumented. they live in the shadows. rogelio has worked in farms for 22 years. he has two jobs to provide for his family. his daughter who is a college student hopes to become an immigration lawyer one day, to help this community. [speaking spanish] speaking up. if someone has asked their landlord to fix something, they're going to hesitate to bring it up. they don't want to put their house in jeopardy forever anything. ' time foth to speak up.
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but it is also time for them to be heard. luz: up next. >> it should not be a tragedy to make things happen. luz: this tragedy has propelled san mateo county to do something about housing conditions for farmworkers. we tour housing complex bucket set the example it's spring! non-drowsy claritin-d knocks out your worst allergy symptoms including nasal congestion, without knocking you out. feel the clarity and make today the most wonderful time of the year. claritin-d.
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luz: eight families lived at california terror garden, they paid $300 of rent. the operators of the mushroom farm at disputed accounts that people lived in deplorable conditions. they say state officials inspected the mobile homes. after the shooting the units were red tagged. the residence had to move out. california terra garden is working with officials to build regulated housing on another part of the farm. san mateo county is also set up a task force to inspect all the farmworker housing along the coast.
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but, expensive. >> we have a moment in san mateo county to really do something that will strengthen our agricultural economy. luz: supervisors approved $750,000 to house the families affected by the shooting. that, covers only one year. san mateo county have a loan program, for landowners to build or refurbish housing for farmworkers. officials say, they need help from the state to meet the need. >> the county cannot solve this problem. and it's simply, we don't have the resources. luz: out of the 36 farms that i know. two were successfully able to add housing to their farms in the last 15 years i have been here. i have witnessed, also places that i visit, where the
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mattresses on the side of the living room, which is also the dining room, and often also the kitchen. there's mattresses on the side because they put them down at night, for an extra space for people to sleep. luz: jimenez is searching for solutions, we met him at this old nursery that closed in 2019. >> this property has potential. it's a possibility for community members to start their own business as a nursery owner, to be a distribution center, a possibility to build, farmer housing. you work and live in the same location but with proper housing. it should not be a tragedy, to make change happen. it should not take seven people to lose their lives, to make something like this happen. it's unfortunate that many people try to ignore what is happening in the communities. luz: jimenez is also looking at
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lots owned by the city that are big enough to build 100 or more units. the dream is to build more homes, especially for farmworkers, similar to this complex. this is an affordable housing committee -- community. the associate director of development gave us a tour of their site. >> it's 160 units. luz: at some point the people who farmworkers but at this point they may be construction workers or doing other types of jobs, because of how hard-hit the industry is right now. >> that is definitely possible. there are some people that moved in here -- here who were not farmers 50% of the people that lived here were not farmworkers. that circumstance may change. luz: the site has a bawsca ball court, soccer field -- basketball court, soccer field, a child center. there are 240 people waiting to
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rent the unit here. they are developing multiple projects from petaluma to santa cruz, and this housing development near half moon bay. >> working on another project, just 10 miles north of here in moss beach, which will be 71 units and include 18 units that will be reserved for farmworker households. we need to continue to serve other people, not just farmworkers. farmworkers are a key part of the equation. i want to make sure we are serving broader people who need housing as well, since the need is so great. having access to an affordable home is really just a foundation for having better health, higher quality of life, being able to accumulate intergenerational wealth and pass it on to your kids.
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like time stands still, timestr. >> agricultural is going downhill. in the next 10 to 15 years, there would be little agriculture if we don't do something now. luz: after the m county officials are feeling the pressure to do something. >> it is hard enough right now for farmers and ranchers on the coast to make it. there's a very strong argument to go ahead and have the county provide this housing, let farmers and ranchers focus on farming and ranching, and provide equity, and ensure the public health of farmworkers, that no one gets into a situation where the most vulnerable are swept through the cracks. [speaking spanish]
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luz: now that the secret is out, farmworkers are hoping to feel valued, when they say housing is the start. and we are your bargain bliss market. what's bargain bliss? you know that feeling you get when you find the name brands you know and love, but for way, way less? that's bargain bliss. it's grocery outlet's 20% off wine sale going on now till april 11 we have hundreds of wines sure to pair with any gathering. so act now because these deals won't last long. stop in and save today ♪ grocery outlet bargain market ♪
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farms have gotten letters requesting compliance with housing regulations. the process will also include on-site inspections. if you or someone you know is in need of housing or information on housing rights, you can go to abc7news.com/takeaction. you will find information on donating to and from -- organizations, for those impacted by the half moon bay shooting.
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