The Marin County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 26 approved the purchase of land to build a temporary homeless shelter for dairy and ranch workers who are expected to be displaced after dozens of farms on national park land were ordered to shut down by 2026.
The vote took place during a closed session. One board member recused himself.
The purchase was deemed necessary as 12 historic dairies and beef ranches at the Point Reyes National Seashore are forced to shutter by 2026 under a settlement between the National Park Service and environmental groups.
By February, 26 households of 89 people, many of them immigrants who have milked cows and mended fences, must leave the housing that came with their jobs that earn them less than $41,000 a year. The county declared a shelter crisis in March and is now working on a temporary refuge….