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Greed drives EVIL folks to lie and bluff and that is all what Candlestick Point is about.

by Francisco Da Costa
The City and Count of San Francisco is bent on building 10,500 homes in the middle of Chernobyl - using Lennar a Rogue Developer to carry on the City's devious ploys. There is over 2 million tons of very toxic soil and most of it radiological in nature at Hunters Point and the surrounding area. Now Mark Leno has a Bill - California Senate Bill 792 that can make it possible for Candlestick Park to be exchanged for Parcel E and E2 that is very toxic on the Shipyard. Mark Leno and others are comparing the toxic land on Hunters Point to Crissy Field. This is
LIE and if something is not done about this - thousands will be adversely impacted.
The Op Ed piece that you can read below that was posted by Michael Cohen, the Director of the Mayor's Office of Economic Development and Workforce in the SF Chronicle is a LIE:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/cohen/detail?entry_id=40840

First and foremost no where in his article does he mention that the land we are talking about is prone to liquefaction and flooding.

Secondly, the land has radiological elements that must be mitigated by the United States Navy.
The U.S. Navy polluted the land for over 40 years.

Recently, California Senator Leland Yee and Assembly person Fiona Ma and Tom Ammiano sent a letter to the Mayor Gavin Newsom - requesting him to remove the over 1.5 million tons in and around Parcle E and E2 on Hunters Point and abate the site. Force the U.S. Navy to take some responsibility and do RIGHT by the constituents of San Francisco and humanity.

Well, Mayor Gavin Newsom backed by Nancy Pelosi, Diane Fienstein, the Rogue Developer Lennar, Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, some Black sell outs the likes of Aurelious Walker, Angelo King, and Linda Richard, and of course the Pacific Heights Mafia - want to build 10,500 home on very toxic land - most of it radiological in nature on Hunters Point Naval Shipyard.

When, I read this Op Ed that the SF Chronicle should be ashamed of itself to publish and I say this because this Conceptual Plan defies standards - there is no sound Environmental Impact Study or Report to back it. It makes no sense, in this day and age to expose INNOCENT people to radiological contaminants.

What is Lisa Jackson the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency going to do about this?
What are the California Regulator State Agencies doing about this nonsense?
What are the SF Board of Supervisors doing about this nonsense?
Why is the State of California - the Senators and Assembly person listening to Mark Leno who is doing WRONG by the people?
Where is Congress on this one.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has an Environmental Department - what are doing about this scandal? What about Health and Safety?

Where is the Center on Disease Control on this one? Where is the SF Health Department on this one? Knowing that there are over 2 million tons of radiological contaminants and allowing folks to cap the land to build homes and call pollute land Open Space that can be used for Recreation?

What is the radiological elements seep into the Bay? Who is responsible for this mess?

Where is President Barrack Obama on this? The White House has the documents - why are they not acting on the "crooks" and taking them on and to justice?

It goes against the Precautionary Principle that cautions anyone to stop and halt any project that will adversely impact any life. San Francisco has the Precautionary Principle on its books.

Here, already the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has fined Lennar on Parcel A at Hunters Point - for bombarding the community with toxic dust, lead, mercury and Asbestos Structures. Many children and elders are suffering from bloody noses, headaches, breathing problems and so on.

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District fined Lennar $515,000. This is a fact.

It is a shame that this City of Saint Francis - supposedly a City that should have compassion - chooses to look the other side and adversely impact thousands of innocent children and elders.

May be it is because they are of color? So, why are so many San Franciscans not taking Mark Leno to task for initiating a California Senate Bill 792 that will make it easy for a Rogue Developer like Lennar - to swap the State Park Land and build homes - in exchange for Open Space that is very toxic in nature and will be capped to satisfy some mundane purpose. Lacking health and safety concerns.

Senator Mark Leno wants to run for Mayor of San Francisco. No one in their right mind will vote for this man - who has been slick before but this time around - he will be exposed on the floor in Sacramento.

Senator Mark Leno should know: "once bitten twice shy" - but, he continues to challenge the constituents of Bayview Hunters Point that he is represents - but, has not held one single meeting in all the time he has been in Sacramento to listen and address their concerns.

Now, Mark Leno has the audacity to challenge Senator Leland Yee and Assembly persons Tom Ammiano and Fiona Ma that very well know that Hunters Point Naval Shipyard must be cleaned and be cleaned to Residential Standards by the United States Navy.

By initiating California Senate Bill 792 - Senator Mark Leno is encouraging the United States Navy to shirk its responsibilities and look the other way - fail, to mitigated and abate the entire Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. This is wrong and a blatant slap on the face of decent San Franciscans.

Senator Mark Leno has lied to the California Senators and Assembly persons that Hunters Point is clean. It is not. In the year 2000 over 87% of the voting population of San Francisco mandated the the entire Hunters Point Naval Shipyard should be cleaned to Residential Standards.

That has not happened. More over the many parcels at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard still come under the jurisdiction of the United States Navy. Why has Senator Mark Leno at this critical time when the community is fighting the U.S. Navy for not doing its job - by NOT cleaning the Shipyard - why is Senator Mark Leno aiding the abetting the U.S. Navy to do wrong.

Recently, the U.S. Navy emboldened by Senator Mark Leno and others such corrupt politicians has disbanded the Restoration Advisory Board. The only community entity that can and should work with the U.S. Navy on the clean up of the Shipyard - giving Community Input.

The Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in on the Superfund List. One the worse of the worst polluted sites are placed on the Superfund Site. The Superfund Site demands - community input. The Muwekma Ohlone the First People of San Francisco - exercised its Right of First Refusal in 1991:

http://www.muwekma.org

We know that the very corrupt John Murtha - who happens to be Nancy Pelosi's good friend and who is a "thug" - used his influence to pressure the Under Secretary of the U.S. Navy to hand over Parcel E to the City and County of San Francisco - who in turn handed it over to the SF Redevelopment Agency.

The remaining parcel on the Shipyard - B, C, D, E, F, G, and so are still under the jurisdiction on the U.S. Navy. These parcels cannot be transferred until the State and Federal Regulatory Agencies - sign on the Record of Decision.

The SF Redevelopment Agency - a dubious quasi-State agency has failed San Franciscans. And on Parcel A at Hunters Point has adversely impacted the health of thousands. Now, Senator Mark Leno wants to transfer over 900 acres to SF Redevelopment Agency through his California Senate Bill 792 - so that the SF Redevelopment Agency can turn over the land to Lennar the Rogue Developer to build 10.500 homes in the middle of Chernobyl. This will never - happen.

The people cannot be fooled all the time. And I am sounding this CLARION call because I know what is going to happen to Hunters Point Naval Shipyard before the year 2012.

If the radiological elements are not removed thousands will die all over San Francisco. The Bay will be polluted and the extended Bay Area will suffer. People in the East Bay, Marin County, and many other areas. There is no time left and the window of opportunity is very small - if we do not force the U.S. Navy to remove the millions of tons of radiological elements - it will be a crime against - humanity. Michael Cohen please make note of this - and stop your devious, non factual Op Ed pieces on behalf of Caligula - Mayor Gavin Newsom.

The experts know this and we are going to expect the Big One any time soon. It is the responsibility of the U.S. Navy to clean up the mess the U.S. Navy created. The U.S. Navy experimented with Depleted Uranium on the Shipyard. Buried large animals at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard that were radiated.

The worst parcels are E and E2 and to clean up these parcels and maintain a standard over $800 million must be expanded. The U.S. Navy polluted the land and the U.S. Navy must clean the land.

Now, finally why do we want to build over 10,500 homes in San Francisco in these difficult Economic Times? Greed brought us to these times. And we have not learned much. Remember the likes of Goldman Sacks, Leahman Brothers, other of their ilk. Why does it have to be the ones like Diane Feinstein, Richard Blum, the Pacific Heights Mafia, CBRE - that have to focus on land in areas where the poor have made their dwelling.

In all the deliberations no one is talking to the community. The ones taking orders from Caligula - Mayor Gavin Newsom are Aurelious Walker, Linda Richardson, Angelo King, Veronica Hunnicutt, Dwayne Jones, Amos Brown, Calvin Jones, Willie B. Kennedy, Doris Vincent, Sophie Maxwell - all Black and all very corrupt.

Thousands of Pacific Islanders, Asians, Latinos, Native American, decent White and Blacks - live in and around Bayview Hunters Point, Little Hollywood, Visitation Valley, Sunnydale - and are not consulted.

Well you cannot fool all the people - all the time. This time Mark Leno, Gavin Newsom, Nancy Pelosi the Liar, Diane Feinstein, Richard Blum, John Murtha, and the other scum bags will be exposed.

http://www.hunterspointnavalshipyard.com

Francisco Da Costa
Director
Environmental Justice Advocacy


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