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“Marin County eloteros cannot stop working” Eloteros, otherwise known as street corn vendors, are among the working class who do not have the option to perform their work remotely from home during the pandemic. The streets of Canal are regularly filled with one to five eloteros at a time around the neighborhoods.  According to the Marin Health and Human Services, Marin County has reached nearly 5,000 total COVID-19 cases as of Friday. The data shows the Canal area in San Rafael as the community most impacted by the rise in cases. Canal is a community of color, largely comprised of low-income immigrants who are Latino. Many in this working-class area of San Rafael do not have the option to work from home. Brothers Edwin Graciano, 19, and Ulises Graciano, 22, are among the eloteros who consistently work in the Canal neighborhoods. They live in Richmond and cross the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge in order to sell in the area. For them, business in the Canal area is their most stable locati...

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