[CPEO-BIF] Santa Clara Technology Campus, Santa Clara, California

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[While the cleanup of this property is a good thing, market forces, not cleanup, will generate jobs. Cleanup merely enables the creation of the jobs. It may be hard for people elsewhere to believe, but that isn't necessarily a good thing here in Silicon Valley.  Housing prices are astronomic Traffic is impenetrable. We have too many jobs.- LS]


News Release
California Department of Toxic Substances Control
December 5, 2013

DTSC cleans up land in heart of Silicon Valley

The California Department of Toxic Substances Control is proposing a cleanup plan that could help
generate more than 7,000 jobs in the heart of Silicon Valley – one of the most dynamic growth regions
in the state.

Southern California-based Irvine Company owns the 16 acres near Highway 101 and Bowers Avenue
that comprise part of the proposed Santa Clara Technology Campus. The company is cleaning up the
property voluntarily, and industrial-style structures are being razed to make way for sleek new office
buildings.

The site was an orchard until the mid-1970s and then housed offices, manufacturing and commercial
and light industrial businesses. The buildings have been vacant since 2004, and DTSC is supervising
the cleanup of arsenic, lead and pesticides found in soil,

…

For the entire release, see
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/upload/OEA_Success_Tech-Campus.pdf


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
LSiegel@cpeo.org
http://www.cpeo.org




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