SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS RADIO) – Gun violence and the plight of farmworkers took center stage at Tuesday's meeting of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors — the first held since the mass shooting in Half Moon Bay.
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"It'll take a lot of time to process this grief and we need to take the time to heal," said Supervisor David Pine as he opened the meeting. "I also feel a sense of anger. I'm angry that we have more guns than people in this country."
As part of the response to the horrific event where seven were killed and one was injured, supervisors voted to declare the coming week "National Gun Violence Survivors Week."
Meanwhile, the shooting has also drawn attention to the squalid living conditions faced by many farmworkers in Half Moon Bay, conditions that Supervisor David Canepa called "embarrassing" and "sad."
"It occurred in our county, but it occurs in every county in the state of California, probably throughout the United States," he affirmed.
Canepa is calling for more state and federal support to help get workers into better housing. "We owe it to the victims of this tragedy to improve the conditions under which they live and the betterment of our farmworkers," he urged.
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