"I'm honestly scared," said Margarito Loza. He and his wife, Chabela, have lived at Spaletta Dairy for 35 years. Their 17-year-old son, Tony, is midway through his senior year at Tomales High School and is deeply concerned about where he will live next week and the toll the upheaval has taken on his family."
"There were 26 farmworker and tenant families living in the seashore last January when a landmark settlement between environmental organizations and ranchers ended most ranching in the park. The agreement set a deadline of Feb. 28, 2026, for all ranch tenants to leave; ranch owners agreed to vacate land many had farmed for generations by April 8, 2026."
"The nonprofit Community Land Trust Association of West Marin, known as CLAM, has been working through the rainy season to build a makeshift community of 14 tiny homes or trailers at the corner of Sixth and B Streets in Point Reyes Station, on a vacant property long known as the "Calf Lot.""
Margarito and Chabela Loza, who have lived at Spaletta Dairy for 35 years, face eviction by midnight Saturday, February 28, with no extension granted unlike other families at nearby dairies. Their 17-year-old son Tony worries about completing his senior year at Tomales High School amid the family upheaval. A landmark settlement between environmental organizations and ranchers ended most ranching in Point Reyes National Seashore, setting a February 28, 2026 deadline for all ranch tenants to leave. The Community Land Trust Association of West Marin has been constructing a temporary community of tiny homes and trailers at the Calf Lot in Point Reyes Station to house displaced farmworker families, with ten homes completed by Monday.
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