A newly created advisory board to give Stanislaus County farmworkers an opportunity to hold people in power accountable has struggled to get off the ground as few have signed up to fill the positions.
The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors approved a Farmworker Advisory Committee in November. But since applications opened at the beginning of the year, the county has struggled to fill the 10 vacant farmworker positions necessary to establish a functioning board.
The goal of the Farmworker Advisory Committee is to create a bridge between farmworkers and the county and a forum for farmworkers to express their needs and work on solutions around housing, health, employment conditions, immigration and safety-net services…