Editing Half Moon Bay, California (section)

===2024 blocking of affordable housing===
In 2024, Half Moon Bay politicians were criticized by California Governor [[Gavin Newsom]] for repeatedly delaying approval of a 40-unit apartment building for senior farmworkers.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Hughes |first=Thomas |date=2024-05-12 |title=Newsom blasts Half Moon Bay planners over delay on farmworker senior housing project |url=http://localnewsmatters.org/2024/05/12/newsom-blasts-half-moon-bay-planners-over-delay-on-farmworker-senior-housing-project/ |website=Local News Matters |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-10 |title=After mass shooting that killed farmworkers, Gov. Newsom urges Half Moon Bay to stop delaying housing project |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-09/gov-gavin-newsom-urges-half-moon-bay-to-stop-delay-of-farm-worker-housing |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Newsom threatened to take legal steps against the city if they continued stalling on the housing.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramirez |first=Len |date=2024-05-13 |title=Political pressure mounting for Half Moon Bay to build housing for retired farmworkers - CBS San Francisco |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/political-pressure-mounting-for-half-moon-bay-to-build-housing-for-retired-farmworkers/ |website=CBS News |language=en-US}}</ref> Half Moon Bay Commissioner Rick Hernandez said that they were resistant to approving the senior farmworker housing because "we love the character of our small-town community" claiming that once this proposal is approved, it will [[Slippery slope|trigger more requests]] for other constructions.<ref name=":1" />