The Southeast Sector of San Francisco.

Daily for the past 5 years we few honest Environmentalists from the Southeast Sector work hard and do not take one single cent from San Francisco Environment (SFE) and the City and County of San Francisco. The reason is simple - once you take money you have to tow the line and attend dog and pony shows as many fake environmentalists are doing today.I count Espanol Jackson and Lynne Brown from the Bayview Hunters Point among these few honest Environmentalists. I have never ever seen the panelists chosen to address Environmental Issues at the Southeast Sector Dog and Pony show as part of World Environment Day (WED) ever address one single issue linked to the Environment. I know each of them to be a sellout - take direct orders from the most corrupt Mayor ever to step City Hall in San Francisco - Willie L. Brown Jr. The organizers of the World Environment Day (WED) are hard pressed to recruit good honest environmentalists - the reason is simple hard working honest environmentalist do not seek fame and do not approve of " dog and pony shows ". So called environmentalists from out of State cities and towns cannot come here to San Francisco and pretend to understand our issues over night. The sad thing is that our City Offficials with Mayor Gavin Newsom leading the pack has no real idea about Environmental Issues.The White Boy has much to learn. His inner circle of advisors have a hidden agenda and his Chief Crony on Environmental Issues Jared Blumenfeld is as fake as they come - again and again SFE has used the Southeast Sector and the minorities, people of color, to make money and expand the SFE Department projects using grants and other monies outside the General Fund to waste millions - with over 58% spent on administrative expenses. The City and County of San Francisco (CCSF) had not taken a proactive role to clean the many toxic hot spots all over the City and especially in the Southeast Sector. It is shame that even though we have an Ordinance and brag about the Precautionary Principle - the City is pushing for 3 Combustion Turbines to be placed in the Southeast Sector - closer to Bayview.
This City does not follow its own ordinances - one of them the Precautionary Principle. We have the media that has not addressed this fact and never will because the local media - the Examiner and Chronicle - make news that is not pertinent to Environmental Issues. I have not seen them address the issue about the 3 Combustion Turbines. Our City being a Transit First City. The health of our youth. The despair of our Senior Citizens. We have not heard one single Environmental Group oppose this project which is going to kill thousands. Imagine using very expensive fossil fuel. Imagine the PM-2.5 ( tiny particles) and imagine the pathogens from the treated sewage water used for cooling the system. This City brags that we are a Transit First City. Today I had to wait to over one and half hours for the 9 San Bruno inbound. And then again for 1 hour outbound. Tried to explain to MUNI Customer Service but the telephone operator could NOT find one single person to take my complaint. Michael Burns the MUNI Director makes a lot of money over $280,000 plus perks. Others at MUNI make more. Our seniors have to wait for hours for a packed bus to arrive and when the bus arrives no one gives the Seniors a seat - they cannot since the bus is packed like sardines. Our Mayor does not understand the Energy issues and Infrastruture Issues - thousands of homes are slated to be built all over San Francisco - the Mayor's Office on Housing leading the pack. Not once have I heard a plan to address Clean Energy and a planned system to accept millions of gallons of raw sewage. I have not read a clear plan address the Housing Element. How can I? This City does not have one based on empirical data. We have a dual sewage system - during the heavy rains - RAW SEWAGE flows on the streets in the Southeast and in many areas homes and restaurants get flooded with Raw Sewage. Will the Dog and Pony shows address this real and concrete Environmental Hazards. Our children are dying slowing because pollutants are attacking their frail system all over the City and County of San Francisco. I want to hear the so called fake environmentalists address this issue. Millions of tons toxic soil was buried at Mission Bay instead of being taken away to a Hazardous Material Sites out of this City - I want to hear out so called fake Environmentalists address this issue. It is a shame that so many idiots disrespect the Earth - are not educated on issues and pretend to use one or two issues to call themselves Environmentalists. These jerks do more harm then good. Further those that do not live in San Francisco have really NO right to lie and say that they represent the constituents of San Francisco. Some of them work at Green Action and live in Fairfield. It is a shame to hear them on the Radio Station lie and speak about some half-baked truths. World Environment Day is a joke. Daily in our lives we should help to Respect the Earth. Daily we should remember that this land belongs to the Muwekma Ohlone - the First People of San Francisco. I have NOT seen at attempt made by the crooks to invite the Muwekma Ohlone - have not seen any attempt to invite the true Environmentalists that daily fight for the constituents of San Francisco. Go ahead and have your dog and pony shows and we will catch you after the show. AHs of the highest order! A stands for ass..

Francisco Da Costa
Director
Environmental Justice Advocacy