In the beginning, they were overlooked.
Ranchers and dairy operators were paid a combined $30 million in the legal settlement last year to relinquish their leases in the Point Reyes National Seashore. But the people they employed or to whom they rented housing—ordinary folks woven into the fabric of West Marin, nearly all Latino—received nothing.
In the aftermath of the lawsuit that forced ranch residents out of their homes, the community rallied to help.…