The Revolution will be Televised
(All photos are Licensed in the Public Domain...Carl Finamore)
Cameras constantly record the movements of Hunters Point residents living in these sub-standard HUD units.
Where were the cameras when toxic wastes were dumped into the Bay?
Thousands of overwhelmingly African-American families in San Francisco's Hunters Point (HP) live above toxic landfill poisoned by the US Naval Shipyards which serviced nuclear-powered vessels for decades until it was put in mothballs in 1974.
On October 5, 1994, the US Navy was sued by a coalition of environmentalist, sports fishing and public interest groups who alleged that toxic discharges from Hunters Point Naval Shipyard were contaminating San Francisco Bay.
The lawsuit filed against the Navy with the U.S. District Court in San Francisco charged the Navy with 19,000 violations of the Clean Water Act. The violations are based on the Navy's own self-monitoring reports to the EPA and the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board.
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All Hail Downtown
Lennar has been commissioned by the City of San Francisco to develop 93-acres of formerly polluted sites just below HP housing units in photo left.
Community activists argue that Lennar is less interested in building low-cost housing as promised by the City and more inclined to build a Plaza Entertainment Center and football stadium benefiting its downtown benefactors in photo right.
For example, in 2007, the Company was allowed to convert 400 low-income rental apartments into high-end condominiums after arguing the firm wouldn't make a profit.
Lennar shoots for 25% return on its investments.
Community protests against Lennar also cite safety concerns. In July 2007, the city Health Department repeatedly cited Lennar for failing to keep track of subcontractors who were not monitoring asbestos-laden dust.
The has become the subject of a lawsuit against Lennar. Employees filing the suit in San Francisco Superior Court said the company violated state law by retaliating against them for raising questions about environmental problems at the construction site.
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Soil Still Hot
HP residents suffer a wide range of illnesses believed related to toxins in the soil and air. Of course, these dangerous particles circulate throughout the Bay Area.
In 2004, just prior to Lennar obtaining approval for development, Breast Cancer Action and the Breast Cancer Fund in San Francisco, both found that the ‘best established
environmental cause of breast cancer’ is ionizing radiation.
The San Francisco Bay Area has the highest incidence of breast cancer among measured metropolitan areas in the world.
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Show Us the Money
Despite a recently built modern light-rail system on Third St. linking BVHP to downtown, little commercial investment benefiting the community has occurred.
Light-rail will eventually connect the area to Chinatown and Fisherman's Wharf over a 25-year expansion program.
But there seems to be no short-term relief for the community which currently observes development all around it but none for it.
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Lowest Income, Highest Illness
Asthma is one of the most serious environmental health challenges facing residents of Bay View Hunters Point (BVHP). Additionally, health surveys show rates of cervical and breast cancer were found to be double the rate found in other parts of the Bay Area.
Hospitalization rates for congestive heart failure, hypertension, diabetes, and emphysema were found to be more than three times the statewide average. Bay View Hunters Point and the bordering neighborhood of Potrero Hill, account for more than half of all infant mortality in the San Francisco area.
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