[CPEO-IRF] Hunters Point Shipyard evictions (San Francisco, CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Shipping out the tenants 
Artists, others must leave before toxic cleanup at Hunters Point 

Cecilia M. Vega
San Francisco Chronicle
August 22, 2005 


>From train buffs and artists to skateboard-makers and the police SWAT
team, the eclectic mix that shares space at the Hunters Point Naval
Shipyard in San Francisco has one thing in common: Their landlord, the
Navy, wants them out. 

The tenants learned last week that they have six months before their
leases expire and the Navy embarks on a $80 million cleanup of the toxic
site that since 1991 has been on the Environmental Protection Agency's
National Priorities List. 

Those who enjoy the cheap rent and quiet isolation that come with
working at the former World War II-era ship repair hub knew they would
one day get their marching orders when the Navy decided it was time to
turn the land over to the city. 

...

For the entire article, see
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/08/22/HUNTERS.TMP

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., 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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