The Coachella City Council has approved an ordinance to offer hero pay for farmworkers. The city says it's the first in the country to adopt such a rule for the farmworker community. Given that farmworkers are deemed essential during the pandemic and due to their often cramped living conditions, COVID infection rates among farmworkers are high. Donations have been focused on COVID safety items and other protective gear for the workers in the field. "We're distributing all those items as well as hazard, dust pesticide resistant masks for farmworkers who are in season and those that aren't working at the moment, but do get back to work when they do," Martinez said.