HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (KRON) — The metropolis of Half Moon Bay held a remembrance ceremony to honor the lives of seven farm employees killed in a mass shooting final yr.
“We also recognize and remember that farm workers have been victims of crimes.”
A couple of hundred folks packed the Boys & Girls Club in Half Moon Bay, honoring and remembering the lives of seven farm employees who have been shot to dying final yr.
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Now the neighborhood desires to recollect and make a greater place for farm employees.
“Addressing the lack of decent housing for farm workers in the community, not be threatening to other people in the community, they are a part of this community,” Congresswoman Anna Eshoo mentioned.
The households of the victims have been there. Eshoo, together with different politicians, pledged extra assist and {dollars} for housing. Another difficulty Eshoo says extra must be carried out at a federal degree on gun violence.
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“There will probably be a congress that places gun violence on the prime of their agenda, addresses it for the security of each single neighborhood in our nation,” Eshoo mentioned.
The remembrance ended with a candlelight vigil and hopes that such a tragedy might make the neighborhood a stronger safer place.
President Joe Biden posted on social media Sunday, honoring the seven victims within the Half Moon Bay mass shooting. “Jill and I pray for the families of the victims,” Biden wrote on X.
