A levee break in the small community of Pajaro has forced virtually the entire town to evacuate. County Supervisor Luis Alejo says most residents are immigrants and low-income Latino farmworkers 'who have the least.'
"This was a tremendous amount of rain, a direct hit, this atmospheric river that was full, full, full of moisture," Nicholas Pasculli, the county spokesperson said, "Monterey County was in its path, and it was in its direct path.""Most are low-income Latino farmworkers, many immigrants," Alejo said, "This is the worst thing that could have happened to them at this time. These are residents who have the least.
Alejo is calling on Governor Gavin Newsom and President Joe Biden to bring in more federal resources to Monterey County.Flooding forces evacuations in Monterey Co. after levee breach with more heavy rain expected He says what happens to this community, made up of mostly farmworkers and agricultural land, will have large-scale impacts.
"This should have been the beginning of the harvest season. Now this is going to have an impact on our food supply," Alejo said, "Beyond that, the impact to jobs is going to be enormous. It's going to be severe because these farm workers are not going to be out of work for a very long period of time.""We're probably gonna return maybe like in three weeks," Garcia said, "We don't know yet, it depends on the weather.
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