We need your HELP

EMERGENCY! SPREAD THE WORD: STOP LENNAR'S BULLDOZERS!
NO DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUNTERS POINT SHIPYARD UNTIL IT'S CLEAN!
ATTEND TUESDAY'S BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING! BRING A CROWD!

The message below was forwarded to us. It's an excerpt of an update from Sophie's office. It shows that this week's Bay View editorial contains a big mistake.

We'd been told that the Board of Supervisors had voted to postpone final action until January on this package of legislation that gives the green light to Shipyard development.

NOT TRUE!!! The final vote is coming at this Tuesday's meeting of the Board of Supervisors. And at this point, we have ONLY TWO VOTES against it, Daly and Gonzalez.

So it looks like we have two things to do - in a hurry! Lobby the rest of the Supes, especially Ammiano 554-5144, Peskin 554-7450, Sandoval 554-6975 and McGoldrick 554-7410. And we need bodies at the meeting. These items are second on the regular agenda, so people need to be there shortly after 2:00.

Spread the word for all supporters of environmental and economic justice to be there:
- SF Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting
- Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2pm
- Legislative Chamber, 2nd Floor, City Hall

For folks who need more information about the crisis at the Shipyard, the 12/8 Bay View editorial, despite the error on the date of the vote, should be a big help. It's at http://www.sfbayview.com/120804/lennarbuyssupport120804.shtml.

Remind the Supes that at least one of the sponsors of this legislative package, Mayor Gavin Newsom, should recuse himself due to egregious conflicts of interest! That alone should STOP LENNAR'S BULLDOZERS!

Willie & Mary Ratcliff

SF Bay View

(415) 671-0789

From Supervisor Sophie Maxwell:

LEGISLATION PENDING AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS



2. A package of legislation co-sponsored by Supervisor Maxwell and Mayor Gavin Newsom that would enable the first phase of development to proceed at the Hunters Point Shipyard passed the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday on a 9-2 vote. The legislation will be heard again for second reading this coming Tuesday, December 14, along with a few additional pieces of companion legislation, resolutions that require one vote for approval.



Should this package of legislation pass, we anticipate demolition and grading activities at the Shipyard, closed by the Navy in 1974, will begin this February. Phase I of development will create 1,600 new units of housing, including at least 32% (and possibly 44%) of all units to be affordable based upon a Bayview-specific income standard. In addition, other benefits include: 30% of all development is set aside for community-based developers (with an additional 6 acres of land set aside for community development of community facilities), an estimated $35-40 million in net revenue from land sales will be reinvested in the Bayview Hunters Point community, and 35 acres of new open space and parks will be provided.