On Tuesday, Jan. 12, at 12 noon, a press conference will be held on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco by the Ohlone, the original people of the land. It will begin with a welcome and blessing by the Ohlone and, at its conclusion, they will deliver letters to the Planning Department calling for their inclusion in the planning process for Lennar’s development of Candlestick Point and the Hunters Point Shipyard and an extension of the draft EIR comment period.
Tags:
American Indian Movement West,
Ann Marie Sayers,
Anthony Sul,
archeological sites,
Board of Supervisors,
California Senate Bill 18,
Candlestick Point,
Candlestick Point-Hunters Point Shipyard Phase II Development Plan Project Draft Environmental Impact Report,
Carmen Sandoval,
Charlene Sul,
City Attorney Dennis Herrera,
Corrina Gould,
draft EIR,
Espanola Jackson,
Francisco Da Costa,
GreenAction for Health and the Environment,
Hunters Point Shipyard,
Indian Canyon,
Indian People Organized for Change,
International Indian Treaty Council,
Mayor Gavin Newsom,
Mishwa Lee,
Native American Heritage Commission,
Neil MacLean,
Ohlone,
Ohlone Cultural Center,
Ohlone Indigenous sites,
Ohlone Profiles Project,
POWER (People Organized to Win Employment Rights),
Rosemary Cambra,
United Native Americans
The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) predicts a 16-inch mid-century sea level rise, covering Bay Area coastal lands and eventually swamping downtown San Francisco up to Market Street. The primary global warming gas is carbon dioxide. Methane gas, heavily implicated in global warming, has been emitted for years from the Bayview Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. Sea level rise will release methane gas from wetlands and landfill, of which much of Hunters Point is composed.
Tags:
anti-corruption,
anti-discrimination,
Antioch,
atomic bomb “Little Boy”,
Bay Area Air Quality Control Management,
Bayview Hunters Point,
Bayview Hunters Point Naval Shipyard,
Biochemist Dr. Raymond Tompkins,
breast cancer rates,
British Petroleum (BP),
carbon dioxide,
Carol Harvey,
Chevron,
China,
collective bargaining,
dropping property values,
East Palo Alto,
EPA,
Francisco Da Costa,
green technologies,
human rights,
Hunters Point,
insurance rates,
ittle Hollywood,
Jaron Browne,
John Upton,
Lennar Corp.,
Marie Harrison,
Mark Leno’s Senate Bill 792,
methane gas,
Navy,
Pittsburg,
Potrero Hill,
POWER (People Organized to Win Employment Rights),
radiated materials,
radiation-contaminated by depleted uranium,
radioactive materials,
Sacramento,
San Francisco Bay,
San Francisco Bayview,
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom,
San Jose,
Stockton,
Sunnydale,
the Bay Area Air Quality Management District,
the Central Valley,
the Kyoto Treaty,
the precautionary principle in approaching environmental challenges,
The San Francisco Chronicle’s Heather Knight,
the San Francisco Department of Public Health,
the San Francisco Examiner,
the Stop Lennar Action Movement,
the U.S.,
the U.S. Navy,
toxic exposure,
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan,
U.S. Naval Shipyard,
United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen,
Visitacion Valley,
“United Nations Global Compact Center”
On Thursday, Sept. 3, at their weekly town hall meeting, the leaders of SLAM (Stop Lennar Action Movement) reminded the audience of the kind of power they have in the battle to save Bayview Hunters Point. Minister Christopher Muhammad, Archbishop Franzo King and Francisco Da Costa shared the latest news of SLAM’s progress and urged the audience to understand that by staying focused and vigilant and not letting anything turn them around, they will win the war.
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African Americans,
Antioch,
Archbishop Franzo King,
Bayview Hunters Point,
Chowchilla Prison for Women,
East Palo Alto,
exploiting the poor and disadvantaged,
Francisco Da Costa,
greedy politicians,
Hurricane Katrina,
Lennar,
Lower 9th Ward,
Mayor Gavin Newsom,
Minister Christopher Muhammad,
New Orleans,
Oakland,
Pittsburg,
Rev. Andrew L. Bozeman,
Sacramento,
Sen. Mark Leno,
SLAM (Stop Lennar Action Movement),
the Bay Area,
the Pacific Heights Mafia,
the power of God,
the United States,
unscrupulous developers,
Vallejo
The San Francisco Housing Authority plans to tear down thousands of homes in public housing and give the projects to Bridge Housing, the John Stewart Co. and Mercy Housing to prey on the poor and gentrify the areas. Bridge will have Potrero public housing, John Stewart has already started executing its plans at Hunters View in Hunters Point and Mercy Housing is waiting for the green light to gentrify and make hay while the sun shines at Sunnydale. Where are the people? They are fast asleep!
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AIMCO,
Bridge Housing,
District 10 Supervisor Sophie Maxwell,
Doug Shoemaker,
Francisco Da Costa,
Geneva Towers,
HOPE SF,
Hunters Point,
Hunters View,
Mayor Gavin Newsom,
Mercy Housing,
Potrero public housing,
Rubecon,
Ruben Santana,
Sunnydale,
Supervisor Sophie Maxwell,
the federal HOPE VI program,
The John Stewart Co.,
the Presidio of San Francisco,
The San Francisco Housing Authority,
the Tenderloin,
the White House,
Treasure Island
On Feb. 19, hundreds of people who have been attending town hall meetings in nine cities in and around the Bay Area – motivated by the BART police execution of Oscar Grant III and other critical threats to our communities – made the first of many Caravan for Justice trips to Sacramento.
Tags:
Asians,
Assemblymember Joe Coto,
Assemblymember Sandre Swanson,
Bill of Rights for police officers,
Blacks,
Caravan for Justice,
Francisco Da Costa,
incarceration,
Latinos,
Mayor Dellums,
Minister Christopher Muhammad,
Minister Keith Muhammad,
Native Americans,
Officer Mehserle,
Oscar Grant III,
police execution,
Polynesians,
SWAT team,
Three Strikes law,
Whites
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