Floods, fires, droughts show California needs bigger safety net for farmworkers, advocates say

January’s rains flooded farm fields and orchards. Many California farmworkers lost weeks of pay. Advocates say the state should help them weather such crises. A leading proposal would pay $300 a week to undocumented workers.

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