Nancy Palandati

Nancy Palandati

Nancy Palandati
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Law Offices of Nancy A. Palandati

Nancy Palandati, Law Offices of Nancy A. Palandati, CA
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Nancy Palandati, Law Offices of Nancy A. Palandati, CA

"This is better than nothing," said Nancy Palandati, an attorney in the Santa Rosa office of California Rural Legal Assistance, which provides services to farmworkers.

Nancy Palandati, California Rural Legal Assistance

Nancy Palandati, California Rural Legal Assistance

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Day laborers can be easy targets for unethical employers, said attorney Nancy Palandati with California Rural Legal Assistance.

"They don't get paid what was promised, the checks bounce, they don't get paid at all -- and the employer is nowhere to be found," Palandati said.

Illegal immigrants are also vulnerable, she said.

"We have found that there are employers who especially want to hire undocumented workers.They are less likely to know their rights and less likely to complain," even though they are protected by state labor laws just like U.S. citizens, Palandati said.

There's another rumor that they are going to redevelop it as affordable housing for farmworkers," said attorney Nancy Palandati.
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Palandati said the letter is puzzling because it warns that the park is facing a possible closure, yet it claims that no solid decision has been made on what will happen.

"We are kind of sitting here in limbo," Palandati said."We have no idea what the owner is planning to do with the property."

The letter, dated July 23, indicates that the owner may be seeking permission to rezone the 1.25-acre parcel, Palandati and Mossinger said.
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Adding to the confusion, Palandati said, was that residents were not notified that the park was sold twice in less than a month.