TELL SUPERVISOR SOPHIE MAXWELL TO STOP SELLING OUT HER DISTRICT

TELL SUPERVISOR SOPHIE MAXWELL TO STOP SELLING OUT HER DISTRICT

Please use the following Press Release with links to e-mail every SF Supervisor and let them know what you think.

by Willie Ratcliff, Publisher, San Francisco Bay View

Thanks to the vigilance of Francisco Da Costa, we’ve just learned that Supervisor Sophie Maxwell has placed adoption of the Redevelopment Plan for the Bayview Hunters Point Redevelopment Project ON TODAY’S AGENDA for the Land Use Committee, which she chairs. (See http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=13956.)

No need to rush to City Hall, though. She introduced it under the “30-day rule,” which means it will only be read aloud by the clerk today – no discussion, no chance to testify. And it can’t be considered for at least 30 days from today.

Supervisor Maxwell represents District 10 and lives in Bayview Hunters Point, the largest neighborhood in the district. What she has done is to start the clock ticking ... and it’s up to us to determine whether it ticks toward doomsday or liberation day.

Are you ready to give control of Bayview Hunters Point to the Redevelopment Agency and their big developer buddies? Are you ready for Redevelopment to “repeople” the neighborhood – that’s their stated goal – and disperse long-time residents to the four winds, like Katrina evacuees?

If not, if you want residents – not Redevelopment – to be in charge of making this a thriving community, here’s what you can do:

<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Tell Sophie how you feel. Bombard her office with phone calls and emails: (415) 554-7670 and Sophie.Maxwell [at] sfgov.org. Email all the Supervisors at once at Board_of_Supervisors [at] ci.sf.ca.us.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Gather tons of signatures on the Limit Eminent Domain petition and recruit others to do the same. There are plenty of petitions at the Bay View, (415) 671-0789, or you’ll find them at http://www.LimitEminentDomain.org. Without the power of eminent domain, Redevelopment is toothless.

So the battle is joined. We’re going to win. But we’ll have to fight! WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED!

Bay View publisher Willie Ratcliff and Mary Ratcliff, editor, can be reached at publisher [at] sfbayview.com.