epa did a complete scan of service levels of radiation on the hunters yard -- hunter's point shipyard. they found no risk. we ask them to do it periodically on a regular basis to confirm that. i do not know if there's any form -- anything more technical. with that, i will turn it over to david tom. >> i am david

it would transform and revitalize the hunters point shipyard. the corporation has proposed a plan to build more than 10,000 homes along with retail and business facilities. nearly half the area would remain as open space. but the hangup over the years has been on contamination in the ground and the effort to clean it up. ktvu's randy shandobil brought us this report five years ago. >> reporter: so old, so decrepit, it looks like a depression-era ghost town, but potentially this is actually some of the most valuable real estate in california, san francisco's hunters point shipyards with its views of the bay. ♪ memories, light the corners of my mind ♪ >> reporter: about the navy first closed the shipyard 31 years ago, this was the no. 1 song. 1974. american troops were returning from vietnam. watergate was bringing down president nixon. decades later, the potential here remains untapped. navy briefly recommissioned part of the shipyard in the 1980s and then shut it down again, but today, hunters point is for the most part still a contaminated wast

i will use hunter's view as a model. a couple things we have been able to achieve, we have been able to refer folks that did assessment to various programs. whether it be to ramp referral, to the jobs now program, or whether it be to work with other programs, positive directions that would work out with substance abuse issues, whether it is sending them to other types of work readiness programs around the city, to get them ready for sector academies. so we have had a lot of success in doing referrals. we have had a lot of success in doing placements. which were able to place out of doing that connection work about 50 individuals the first year. the first year the funding for this program was supported by the children's youth and families as well as the mayor's office of housing as well as the redevelopment agency. we have been able to create a model that is sustainable as the supervisor said over the long

bbq hunters point community has an opportunity to ensure -- the bayview hunter's point community has an opportunity, so we fully support this, and we ask you to support this moving forward. supervisor mar: i want to say that, from my understanding, you check in with a door knocking and engagement with residents around the area, and a lot of your kids about organizing people to speak for themselves, -- i know the a lot of your work is about organizing people. i know that also you are involved with the environmental justice and health care and the informative protection, as well, so that i hope that a court or a sick continues to organize. -- that acorn or ace continues to organize. i just wanted to ask you to respond to the criticism. >> at the beginning of this process, we reached out to over 100 organizations in bbq hunter's point. many of whom signed on note -- in the bayview hunters point. many of whom signed on. they also supported supervisor daly's measure that would have brought in 50% rentals into the bay viewb -- ayview. i am trying to find the right words here. the idea is t

i have lived in baby-hunters point for 28 years. i'm a third-generation homeowner and business owner in bayview. i began my career in the bayview hunters point working green action for help and environmental justice, working on the debut hunters point diesel pollution projects, and from there, i began my work with my current position, giving low-income homeowners and bayview hunters point and potrero hill free-soiler panels and educating them on the benefits of going grain and how to install solar panels. it's that's the guts of what it means to be green, how this can help your family save money on your pg&e bill and also have clean energy. from there, i started my own nonprofit organization to help the ill, underserved, and homeless. there's many people within the city that cannot afford to go to high schools and colleges, and i stood on a foundation within my organization to help them and the homeless as well. i also reactivated the harvey matthews/baby-hunters point club to give the community a voice, an opportunity to speak and

hunter: it's a continuum. at one end, you have your regular maintenance that you do every day on the system, and at the other end, long-term planning so that every year we're repairing, replacing the right things, and we don't have to do it all at once, which is, quite frankly, what we're having to do in atlanta now. griffin: we have thousands of assets that we have to keep track of. we have to always know their condition and continuously plan for their refurbishment at the right time. one of the things we're required to do under the consent decree is inspect our system. we're trying to find where there's leaks. so we blow smoke into the sewer pipe. man: we're locating places where water from the surface to the ground is running into the sewer pipe and overloading the system. hunter: we have 1,600 miles of sewer. we are evaluating every linear foot of that system. is the pipe leaking; are you having a lot of infiltration or inflow? thornell: every time it rains, water will come down, go into the pipe, enter th

we haven't evicted anyone in over a year from hunter's view. but if you are not in that process, then you have the right to return. and we are tracking every individual who has lived there from the beginning of this process so that if they have to move out for any reason, whether it is medical or it's a disability or we can't accommodate on the site, later when the buildings are put back together, we can give those families an opportunity to return. that's what formalizes -- that was formalized in a board resolution by the housing board. so it is not only our intent, it is the board's policy. >> and out -- president maxwell: and out of all the people who have moved from hunter's view, how many have left the site? >> to our knowledge, there have been several who left the site for medical reends or to accommodate their disability. when you think of that, it was an opportunity for people to get closer to the medical communities for treatment or an opportunity to -- for them to get closer to families who could help. but we tracked those folks. as w

we have created a hunter's view on site. thanks to the housing authority, they have allowed us to use that authority to not only locate our services work, but we are also going to locate the 10ant association there, -- tennans association there, so you have that nice synergy to create a true hub of activity. supervisor mar: what is urban strategies? >> that is the human capital arm , mccormack, bair, and toliver. they are going through to focus on the human capital development piece. they have a long history of doing this. this work in all kinds of cities around the country. once development is imminent, they come in and establish the work that stablizes the families to prepare them for development. we talked about this a little earlier, but we are proud to announce, the phase one was relocated successfully. several of those went off site. but that was a blend of the housing authority and the residents working together to very well the relocation plan and very well it. we are proud of that process. on the service connection

we're not going to use eminent domain in bay view hunters point. what a great consolation. you're not going to use eminent domain. on top of that, try to institutionalize agreements so it attempts to lift all vote. when i hear that's trying to allay concerns or multiply my concerns, that's not enough. and it doesn't satisfy them well enough. i think it's important that we try to, i think, navigate what is obviously a very complex process that the city attorney has outlined for us. knowing very well that redevelopment law supercedes municipal law and that there's been examples that have come before us that even when we have exercised our legislative influence on this process and when we've given our blessing for projects on bay view hunters point or elsewhere, they unilaterally change after they have left the decision making authority of the board of supervisors because the way that redevelopment law operates allows for that superceding authority to take place. so i don't see why we cannot advance a proposal and advance it with the kind of considerations and conditions that

after several weeks of hard work, we have enjoyed the groundbreaking at our first place, hunters view it. the purpose of today's hearing is for staff to provide an overview of the program and to give a progress report on several development sites in the pipeline. we wanted to bring in here today. it is not because anything horrible was happening, just that we wanted to update people. >> there are some wonderful things happening. we see this as an opportunity to get the public up-to-date. we will go as fast as you want us to go. there is a little bit of background. we will try to get into what happened last year with the important money the city invested. we have two senior folks working on this. we have others here, so we're all here to provide some feedback. >> we have organize this into three kinds of key areas. just as a reminder, the city in this affordable housing dollars, block grant dollars, and there is lots of different ways in which we are investing, so our point here is to kind of help people understand where our money is going. supervisor maxwell is very familiar. in 2006

and then you have bayview hunters point. a lot of people keep year for jobs. and then potrero hill is very different because is kind of a new yuppie population, and little hollywood and dog patch. >> historical, district and has been home to shipyards, heavy industry, and a naval base. now, the naval base and most of the shipyards and factories are closed, but the environmental problems continue to impact the district. let's hear how residents are responding to the environmental and health issues they are facing. >> it was hard to breathe last night. i woke up coughing, you know? those are the things that we go through because of the contamination out here. >> this community has a history of issues, environmental issues that have been let go, just run amok. sitting in a meeting once with the health department, we discovered haphazardly that they had known for years that in bayview hunters point, african- american women under the age of 50 had the highest rate of breast cancer in the entire state, but the health department has noted for years, and they failed t

espinola jackson, it gave you- hunter's point. -- bayview-hunter's point. the redevelopment agency should have this information because it was done years ago. i attended every meeting dealing with the bridge. not at one time did anyone of us say we wanted to have a bridge in back of us. my question was, what would make you think that we would like to have a bridge in back of us? i took these off of the email. and i contacted mike snyder. he said he was going to be here, from city planning. when i opened it up, the first thing i saw, at no. 9, but and you have that, is whereas in 1997, that is false information, and i wanted to know, and i went through all of these papers. eckhard on page one, two, three, four to four, 5, 6 -- on page one. i then went to where his name is. he said he would be year. cutting and pasting it. -- he said he would be here. present maxwell: next speaker, please -- president maxwell: >> the important opportunities in district 10 -- the employment opportunities. the second level of priority should be within san francisco. traditional

approval of redevelopment planned amendment for hunters point, shipyard and funding changes to the city's general plan and planning code and zoning map. approval of a number of process and implementing agreements, including an interagency cooperative agreement, tax allocations agreement, site specific amendments to the subdivision code and to the health code and approval of land assembly agreements with the state lands commission as well as people findings supporting all of those actions. as was noted earlier, each of these specific items have been thoroughly veted at numerous public meetings over many, many months at the bay view pac, hunters point, the redevelopment agency commission, the planning commission and the land use committee of the board of supervisors among many others. the actions are relevant because they help implement the redevelopment of candle stick point and the rest of hunters point shipyard. collectively that redevelopment encompasses 10,500 residential units. more than 30% of which are affordable units as we've been talking about. more than 300 acres of new parks an

we've been got by a hunter. hey! my cousin, wake up. no. not a good morning. we've been caught by a hunter. pass the word but be quiet okay. okay. wake up, wake up, wake up. wake up. wake up. wake up. wake up. wake up. wake up. hey! did you wake up? we've been caught by a hunter. right. i got a good plan. just do what i say. at the count of three, you flap your wings as hard as you can. right? 1, 2, 3 - flapping! i can't move. [help me screaming] very good. whoa. i'm going high. very good. wow. what is that. the lake. not the lake. big river. wow. what? many bridges. the bridge is very old. so, don't go plenty more all right. so. this is a real birds eye view. very good. someone is flying like me. i remember his face in my japanese history book. his real name is,foto shim. hi. good to see you. so, many messengers down there. so, they are waiving you. why are they waiving me. to take me. the end of my life. i'm dying now. oh, my god. so, any way i don't want to - that the river. must be the sticks i don't want to cross the sticks and die because i have no money

represent 150 unions in san francisco, and many thousands of our boat members live in the bayview-hunter's point area. -- many of our members live there. there really is a path to getting this done, and as you know, the entire labour community supports the project moving forward. we have been working on it for quite some time. this really probably is a model project in many ways for the rest of the united states, the deliberations, the environment to review, putting affordable housing together at an unprecedented level, as well as the work force development, so i am urging you to obviously move this forward we will be tomorrow to hope we see this they move through the board of supervisors. so many people have been waiting on this in the community. they can finally see a true path to move forward, so we are asking you to support this through the move tomorrow. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am linda, were presenting a society, which is one of the organizations which have signed on to -- representing a society. we will see you tomorrow. i wanted to make a couple of comments. i appreciate

how we're dealing with this at hunters view is how we're dealing with this at potrero. to the extent possible we are creating a street grid that will feel more like a typical san francisco neighborhood. where we can't connect those streets because there are buildings on the site, we are creating pedestrian kecks, and where -- a lot of those pedestrian connections are already there, but they are a little more informal. we are formalizing them. we are making them safe. we have the lighting. and we will also be maintaining them. chair maxwell: and i think for those of us who -- i mean, san francisco is built on hills. we are used to that terrain. i keep hearing it, but that should not be any -- i don't think that should be a deterrent to connecting streets. we managed to do it on lump barred and all the other streets. here it has been, no excuses, get it done. that's what architects and designing is about, finding out a way, planning how to do it. so we have been doing that. supervisor mar, do you have anymore questions? ok. questions, comments. public comment is closed. t

and the controversial hunters point shipyard development wins key approval from the san francisco board of supervisors. also, state supreme court chief justice ronald george's surprise announcement of his retirement. justice ronald george's surprise announcement of his retirement. coming up next. captioning by vitac, underwritten by fireman's fund ♪ >> belva: good evening. i'm belva davis, and welcome to "this week in northern california." after our two-week hiatus. join meg tonight on our news panel, john wildermuth, reporter for the "san francisco chronicle," on the controversy over development at hunters point shipyard. louis freedberg, senior reporter and adviser for california watch on the state's shrinking school year. and robert gammon, associate editor with the "east bay express" on cuts in the oakland police department. and starting with carla marinucci, political reporter for the "san francisco chronicle." so carla, tell us about the reports that meg whitman, the candidate, may be thinking about making a substantial gift to the gop. >> yeah, belva, we found out this week at th

you can see the hunters point transit center. the roadway improvements within the bounds of each site plus connected to thivity -- on this slide, you see the transit improvements that would be undertaken. the bridge in a stadium scenario is approximately $82 million in a non-stadium scenario where it is only serving clean mass transit by pedestrians, it is about $68 million. the route around that we talked about that we analyze and did not consider, rather is not part of the proposed plan but was part of our analysis, the orange line is about $58 million. it would deal signals for the 15 interceptions. it gets to be quite expensive as well at $58 million. supervisor mar: thank you for the breakdown. there is the $35 million item for the interchange on the hearty extension. that is more of the county planning process. i wonder how our partners have been involved in this county approached. is that $35 million approved by our san mateo partner? >> the supervisor is conducting the viscounty improvements. they are working with other c

this week, the big news is the hunters point shipyard and candlestick project. it would create over 10,000 new units, $7 million of commercial space for the city, a performing arts center, an artists' colony, and possibly a new waterfront stadium. the committee heard presentations from the mayor's office, the development agency, and planning department staff. it was one of the series of informational hearings about this project. this week focused on the 12 draft oriented -- ordinances. you heard these your june 3 joint hearing. well you're hearing lasted 13 hours, the brief hearing was only three hours long. all the ordinances were released from the 30 day hold this week. they are available for committee action. president ch addressed various -- president chiu addressed various actions, including expansion of the center and a workforce development for at- risk job applicants, and upgrading a tower. the minutes that could be adopted were adopted in the hearing. the actions were passed out of committee with the decision. final actions on these items are scheduled

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item 13, this is also in response to written objections to the adoption of amendment to the hunters point shipyard. >> item 27 is from the land use committee. this is a resolution adopting findings and the californian firm. quality act. items 28-36 are the resolutions and ordinance that pertained to the shipyard project adopted under ce #q -- ceqa. this is under the planning code, the building code, the infirm. code, the public-works code. >> we will have a long discussion on this. why don't we start with supervisor maxwell? >> thank you, today we have a rare opportunity to advance the great work of a number of community members to have hoped and work for this revitalization of the shipyard. today, we can align ourselves with those who since 1974 who have dreamed and brainstorm about how to fill a hole that was left in our community. thousands and thousands of people worked every day. some critics have worried that this will be difficult for the area. many people want change. asked the residents of alice griffith if they are comfortable with the changes? they are demanding new opportuniti

my understanding is that there is one of these in place for the hunters point shipyard.i don't believe there's one for candlestick point. part of why we think that is important, i don't know why it broader simmons. >> what about the shipyard? >> i believe the project developer covers the entirety of the shipyard. we understand and i know that miss simmons has been working with many of you on this, but ultimately a solution has been crafted around to be workable. we believe there will be opportunities for getting changes. this would be a compromise with labor. if we were to do mandatory local hiring, that would be a compromise with labor? >> to the extent that whatever was adopted by this board inconsistent with the currently in place numbers that cover the shipyard, we could not legally compelled the developer or the agency to do something. this would not be the case with candlestick point. i think as a practical matter to the extent that there are some global compromises worked out, we would be very willing to work with you and the developers and the staff by making any

we had a chance yesterday to be out in hunter's point and right here and devil's rock and we celebratedduation of heritage camp and kids and celebrating eight week intensive camp experience that we started last year. it's interesting last year we celebrated as we celebrated this event for a celebration for what is right in the community of san francisco and not always to focus on what is wrong. this year we have more

my understanding is that there is one of these in place for the hunters point shipyard.i don't believe there's one for candlestick point. part of why we think that is important, i don't know why it broader simmons

then the parties agreed and the agencies have the right to make performing changes to the bayview hunters point project. such changes -- should not be subject to the redevelopment plans regarding the city regulations. they agree to make changes to make it consistent with this section 4.2. as everybody knows here, this board of supervisors, many of you, colleagues, are making great leaps in leadership in fortifying the work force roles, with supervisors campos, mar, and others. i think we should also be very careful lining of the law and the conditions with what we are hoping is advanced and implemented by and development. in truth, the redo a lemon law, as is required by project labor agreements, -- in truth, the redevelopment law, as is required by a project laboring agreements. what i am worried about is in the private sector. what i am worried about it is.in this job industry, what are we going to do in order to usher in as many people as we possibly can and may not want the construction jobs, which is pretty much been a company strategy of redevelopment over years, and because this is

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then the parties agreed and the agencies have the right to make performing changes to the bayview hunters point project

hopefully by then we will either work this issue out or we will not have and we'll go back to the hunters bay view. supervisor mirkarimi: i withdraw the order. supervisor daly: there are a number of people here for the bay view shipyard plan. what would be your -- president chiu: it is my understanding that city staff are poring over the dozen amendments that have been made to the hunters point shipyard project and when that is resolved, i understand there's some questions and some ambiguities and there are answers that will be provided when they're ready to go. they're supposed to alert me and we will bring that back. what i would like to do at this point is call up items 44 through 53. the resolutions of necessity for the central subway. >> pur opportunity to a motion approved on july 22, the board of supervisors have agreed to sit as a committee of the whole to hear items 44 and 45, a public hearing to senior adopting a resolution to acquire real property interest by eminent domain for the central subway third street light rain extension at 801 market street. also pur opportunity to a