Has Lennar gobbled up the Department of Public Health?
I found out that Lennar pays for the studies conducted by the SFDPH. Dr. Bhatia told me that there is nothing wrong with the air or the dust and that people couldn’t possibly be experiencing health care problems.
Navy said to be conducting background checks on activists
More than once, the Navy has been charged with dishonesty and concealment in an effort to minimize the hazards it has created — and not just in Hunters Point.
SF Health Dept. waited six weeks to notify community of Lennar’s huge toxic exceedence...
“It is ‘normal,’ he said, for a child to have nosebleeds and asthma.”
As court considers BVHP referendum, Lennar plows ahead
“My son is sick and my grandchildren are sick. I could hope that someone would have said ‘Hold it.’ We know that there is environmental racism.”
UN holds racism hearings in US
What’s different is you’re going to hear the voices of the people. You don’t usually hear the voice of the people.
All of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard must be cleaned to residential standards
The United States Navy has spent over $600 million trying to clean up the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. Most of the money was wasted - more then $300 million by International Technologies - with little supervision by the United States Navy Base Closure Team in past years.
Hunters Point is yours! Claim it!
A man who lives near the Shipyard called to say he’s been sick ever since the Navy’s 46-acre toxic landfill caught fire last August and to ask if a lawsuit is in the works.
Prop 98 would eliminate rent control and tenant protections
Prop 98 would terminate rent control and other tenant protections and would place homeowners at risk by allowing unscrupulous property owners to challenge existing building codes and zoning laws.
Polluter pays!
The 94124 zipcode ranks in the 80th percentile for particulates, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds. It ranks in the 90th percentile for sulfur dioxide.
Haitians demand food
Supposedly, the UN occupation and the 2006 election had allowed Haitians to forget that its democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, had been overthrown in a violent coup. The massive protest over food prices has shattered this facade.
The Liars’ Club, Pt. II
It would be a liability to accelerate the transfer of a federal Superfund site from the National Priority List with the data gaps that exist in the characterization of this property. The city admits it cannot clean up the Shipyard’s radiation-contaminated sites, which comprise the bulk of Parcels D and E. Parcel F, the Shipyard’s underwater region, has not been adequately studied.
Viequenses support Barack Obama
Vieques is an exquisite white-sand-trimmed island, a jewel in the blue Caribbean, where the 10,000 Viequenses fight valiantly for cleanup of massive contamination left by the U.S. Navy.
For Whom are Newsom and Maxwell developing the Hunters Point Shoreline
"One can only conclude that the real and unstated purpose of this project is to create a bedroom community for the affluent while making weak efforts to prevent dislocation of present residents."
On the road toward health
Step by step, access to healthy living is increasing with community efforts.
Lennar asks feds for help
With San Francisco having climbed deeper into bed with Lennar thanks to Prop. G's passage, the bad news coming from Wall Street and beyond can't exactly be music to Mayor Gavin Newsom's ears.
A journey into sound: an interview wit’ Fiyawata
They say that balance is the key to the universe, yet there are only a few groups in Hip Hop that include male and female musicians.
Poisoned by Redevelopment
“Last week a reading was over 21,000 particulates; 16,000 is an acceptable amount of dust you can breathe.”
Towards African-American unity and a Black united front
“Dr. King wants the same thing I want: freedom.” – Malcolm X
Lennar’s Prop G: Vision or Mirage?
Prop G is not about development – it’s about land banking for the future. Lennar will sell off its affordable housing obligations to nonprofits, then hold out to maximize its return.
Tortured Sudanese journalist Sami Al-Hajj released after 7 years in Guantanamo
Sami Al-Hajj was released after spending more than seven years in U.S. custody. He was released without ever being prosecuted.