' “Pajaro became kind of Monterey County’s Siberia,” and Watsonville’s “fief,” [said hustoruan Sandy Lydon] — a place to house farmworkers. “Let’s be candid about it. Towns that have lots of agricultural laborers don’t want them living in downtown ... Historically, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors never paid any attention to Pajaro. And that was intentional.” '

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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-20/a-long-history-of-racism-set-the-stage-for-pajaro-flooding