Our Voices Were Heard! Prop G Passes!

San Francisco voters have overwhelmingly approved a new and far more promising future for the residents of Bayview Hunters Point.

While votes are still being counted, Proposition G passed with over 60% of the vote, and Proposition F was defeated by an equal margin.

The Yes on G victory means that we can at last begin creating thousands of affordable homes, hundreds of acres of parks, 8,000 good paying jobs, an $17 million job training program, and a potential site for a new 49ers stadium.

Proposition G authorizes the land use provisions needed to create an integrated mixed-use development on 770 acres in the southeastern tip of San Francisco that is currently home to an abandoned Navy shipyard and Candlestick Point. It also rescinds the city’s obligation to provide $100 million in bond funding for a new football stadium.

The measure allows for the construction of up to 10,000 homes at the two sites plus space for retail, offices and more than 300 acres of park and open space. Thirty-two percent of the housing will be affordable—believed to be the highest commitment of its kind in the city’s history. Lennar Urban will donate $27.3 million to residents of the adjacent Bayview-Hunters Point to assist in housing purchases, either in the new development or the existing neighborhood.

Thank you to all the voters and community support! We can now begin the work necessary to clean-up and re-vitalize Bayview-Hunters Point for everyone.

Carter's Corner
By Johnnie Carter

Chronicle and Examiner Get It Right

Yes on G made a big splash in both the Chronicle and The Examiner. Both Rob Selna and C.W. Nevius seem to truly understand its benefits of historical units of affordable housing, environmental clean-up, jobs for people who need them and general renewal for a neighborhood thatís been neglected for far too long. read blog >>

Voices From The Community

Supervisor Sophie Maxwell
Supervisor Maxwell talks about how Prop G will improve transportation, shopping, and job opportunities in both the Bayview and San Francisco as a whole. It will also help keep people here in San Francisco, especially African-Americans.
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Johnnie Carter, former Community College Trustee
Speaking about the Kick Off Rally for Yes on G: "Fantastic Event, I think it that it was well-attended and great to have our elected family here..."
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Breaking News: SF Labor Council Supports Prop. G, Opposes Prop. F

	The City, Labor, ACORN, and other community groups come together to publicly announce historic agreement.

The San Francisco Labor Council, representing 150 unions and 100,000 men and women who work under union contracts in the City, announced its support for Proposition G and opposition to Proposition F this week at a press conference.

Tim Paulson, Executive Director of the SFLC, declared, "After a couple months of very intense negotiations, we have reached a core community benefit agreement with the Lennar Corporation." read more>>

Yes on G, No on F Supporters Turn Out for Early Voting at City Hall

Yes on G, No on F supporters rallied together in San Francisco's Civic Center for early voting on Tuesday, May 13. Voters, many of them young people who grew up in the City, waited in a long line on a remarkably warm day to cast their ballots at City Hall. If Proposition G passes, it will speed the long-awaited cleanup of toxins at the Shipyard, which was welcome news to voter Cheri Newton. "I personally used to work on the Shipyard at the Golden Gate Railroad Museum," she reported. "And it was filthy. It was horrible. I was scared to go to work in the morning because I didn't know what was back there." read more>>

Yes on G, No on F Rally Draws Hundreds

On April 26, hundreds of Bayview-Hunters Point residents packed the Marketplace Fellowship Church on Innes Avenue, just down the road from the abandoned Shipyard. People took time out of their bright Saturday mornings to hear community leaders and politicians argue in favor of Proposition G--and against Proposition F--on this June's ballot. read more>>

After Decades of Neglect, New Hope for Double Rock Housing Tenants

As part of the plan to provide additional affordable housing in the Bayview, the Jobs, Parks and Housing Initiative calls for the complete rebuilding of the Double Rock housing project, giving new hope to the low-income tenants who have endured decades of high crime, poverty and neglect. read more>>

Plan Aims to Accelerate Environmental Clean-Up of Shipyard

A chief aim of the Jobs, Parks and Housing Initiative is to accelerate the clean-up of the Hunters Point Shipyard. The shipyard will be cleaned under the close supervision of the Environmental Protection Agency, state environmental agencies and the San Francisco Department of Health. read more>>

Abandoned and neglected shipyard set for renewal

June ballot measure would bring jobs, housing & shipyard clean-up

Since the Navy closed the Hunters Point Shipyard in 1974, this once-thriving economic engine has stood abandoned and neglected. Today, that could all change—with a new plan to clean up and renew the Shipyard that could provide jobs, parks and housing to the neighboring Bayview and the City of San Francisco. read more>>