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Citizens Advisory Committee Approves Design for Community Built Homes at Hunters Point Shipyard

San Francisco Sentinel | July 16, 2009

The Hunters Point Shipyard Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) has approved the designs for the next 157 homes to be built by community developers on a hilltop parcel overlooking the former Navy base. read more>>

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No More Delays in Revitalization Efforts

Gavin Newsom | San Francisco Chronicle | July 12, 2009

With fresh headlines and new speculation in recent days about whether the 49ers will stay or go, the big picture in San Francisco remains the revitalization of the Bayview, Hunters Point and Candlestick Point neighborhoods. read more>>

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49ers need to stay true to San Francisco

Carmen Policy | San Francisco Chronicle | July 12, 2009

The 49ers will always be synonymous with San Francisco.

From the gritty, die-hard plays at Kezar Stadium to the absolute football magic the team created at Candlestick Park, the San Francisco 49ers are inextricably linked to the city by the bay. read more>>

The Man Who Cried Dust
Christopher Muhammad's fight with Lennar over toxic dust has resulted in a restraining order against him, an accusation that he's a shakedown artist, and grudging respect from his rivals.

Lauren Smiley | SF Weekly | June 30, 2009

When Nation of Islam minister Christopher Muhammad walked into a community meeting at the Bayview Opera House this spring, everyone knew he'd come to yell at people who don't agree with him. For the past three years, Muhammad and his followers had noisily criticized a housing development at the old Hunters Point Shipyard, which they contended was exposing children at the Nation's nearby private school, the Muhammad University of Islam, to toxic dust. What no one anticipated was that the night would end with someone getting a restraining order against him. read more>>

Land Deals Help Builders Stay Alive

Michael Corkery | The Wall Street Journal | June 22, 2009

In Indio, a small city east of Los Angeles, the supply of foreclosed houses for sale is plentiful. Even so, work crews are finishing a batch of new homes for Lennar Corp.
While the recession wiped out many small builders, mortgage lenders and homeowners, the nation's biggest builders have hung on, in part through favorable land deals, loan agreements and tax strategies. read more>>

Plan would transform parkland

John Upton | San Francisco Examiner| June 3, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO — As California lawmakers consider shuttering state parks, San Francisco officials are pledging that state-owned parkland and nearby shorelines in The City’s southeast will be restored into parks and native habitat. read more>>

Hunters Point Shipyard and Candlestick Point: A Dream Deferred is Not a Dream Denied

City Brights | Michael Cohen | SFGate | May 29, 2009

Imagine that the City of San Francisco could build the largest park in San Francisco since Golden Gate Park in the Bayview Hunters Point - where there is not nearly enough parks and open space - right on the water without spending any City money. read more >>

Don’t halt the dream of a Hunters Point rebirth

San Francisco Examiner | April 26, 2009

After years of community-led discussion, the first new homes are set to take shape at the Hunters Point Shipyard in the coming months. We are finally turning the corner in this neighborhood by turning abandoned land into parks, jobs and much-needed affordable housing read more >>

Demolition plan turns into rehab effort for art studios

San Francisco Examiner | March 18, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO – Officials are scrambling to quickly spend a $2.1 million grant on a former Navy fallout shelter at Hunters Point Shipyard, after artists who lease studios in the dilapidated building objected to its demolition. read more >>



Shipyard cleanup continues

Robert Selna | San Francisco Chronicle City Insider | March 31, 2009

Despite the tough economic times, funding for the on-going effort to remove industrial toxins and other pollutants from the Hunters Point shipyard appear to be in the hopper for the coming year. read more >>



City Insider: Shipyard Living

Robert Selna | San Francisco Chronicle | April 7, 2009

By mid-2011, you might be able to buy a townhome or rent an apartment at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard - if things go according to plan.

Developer Lennar Corp. is working to remake the former Navy base and Candlestick Point into neighborhoods with 10,500 housing units, retail and commercial development, parks and possibly a new football stadium. read more >>

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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 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. read more>>

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Yes on G early voting  

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>>

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Yes on G Rally  

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>>

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Lavelle Shaw, President of the Double Rock Tenants Association  

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>>

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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>>

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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>>

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Prop G Wins Big

Robert Selna | San Francisco Chronicle | June 4, 2008

San Francisco voters appeared to overwhelmingly approve Proposition G on Tuesday, endorsing plans for a major housing and commercial development at the Hunters Point Shipyard and Candlestick Point and also keeping alive hope of holding on to the 49ers football team. read more >>

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Choosing a future for San Francisco's Bayview

Robert Selna | San Francisco Chronicle | May 22, 2008

It would be the biggest single redevelopment project in San Francisco since World War II, a transformation of a neighborhood that has languished for decades as renewal plans have come and gone. On June 3, voters will be faced with two ballot measures focused on remaking 720 acres at the old Hunters Point Naval Shipyard and adjoining Candlestick Point, an area about the size of New York's Central Park and twice as big as Treasure Island. read more >>

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Lennar attracts major backer for S.F. projects

James Temple | San Francisco Chronicle | February 5, 2008

Lennar Corp., the busiest housing developer in San Francisco, landed a significant investor for its proposed mega-projects at Hunters Point Shipyard, Candlestick Point and Treasure Island. read more >>

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Initiative filed seeking approval of Bayview project

Bonnie Eslinger | The Examiner | November 21, 2007


SAN FRANCISCO - Proposed language for a ballot initiative that would seek city voter approval for the redevelopment of Candlestick Point and the Hunters Point Shipyard — which could include a new stadium for the San Francisco 49ers — was filed Tuesday.read more >>

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Lennar Mentors Bayview Hunters Point businesses

San Francisco Sentinel | July 28, 2007

Lennar’s Mentorship-Protégé Program celebrated the partnership of mentoring firm Ranger Pipeline with two Bayview Hunters Point businesses: Oliver Transbay Construction and Let’s Get Busy Contractors, Thursday at Jewel restaurant in Bayview Hunters Point. read more >>

 

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