In today’s newscast:
Monterey County supervisors ban RVs on Pájaro streets but delay enforcement
Should the residents of 10 RVs and trailers parked along two streets in Pájaro be forced to leave even if there’s nowhere for them to go?
Monterey County supervisors disagreed on the answer to that question during their meeting on Tuesday.
Supervisor Glenn Church, whose district includes Pájaro, initially proposed the RV ban in November after his constituents expressed concerns.
“It’s just become a big conglomeration of trash dumping, illegal business operations,” Church said during the meeting. “It’s a big problem.”
County staff have been working to find a different location nearby to serve as a safe parking program for the occupants—several of whom are farmworkers whose kids attend school in Santa Cruz County.
But a location hasn’t yet been found.
“We have to identify a location for people to be if we’re going to tell them, 'you can’t be here,’” said Supervisor Wendy Root Askew.
She joined Supervisor Kate Daniels in refusing to support any enforcement of an RV ban until the county finds alternative places for the families to go.
“I don’t feel comfortable with displacing children and working families,” Daniels said.
Ultimately, the supervisors agreed to move forward with a tepid compromise.
Monterey County will install signs banning oversized vehicles on Railroad Avenue and Allison Road, but will wait to enforce the ban until county staff identify other places for the occupants to go.
UC Santa Cruz plant sale this weekend
The UC Santa Cruz farm is having a spring plant sale on April 25 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the campus Hay Barn.
There will be flowers, vegetables, herbs, and strawberries—all grown by staff, students, and volunteers.
