[CPEO-MEF] PROP P - 87% OF SAN FRANCISCANS AREN'T WRONG

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YES ON P COMMUNITY FIRST COALITION
5021 3rd Street, San Francisco, CA  94124, Phone (415) 671-2862, Fax 
(415) 671-2863

November 10, 2000

For Immediate Release

221,013 SAN FRANCISCANS TELL THE NAVY  CLEANUP UP THE SHIPYARD!

PROPOSITION P  THE LARGEST VOTE GETTER IN SAN FRANCISCO 2000 ELECTIONS

CAMPAIGN WILL NOW FOCUS ON IMPLEMENTING POPULAR MANDATE

Press Conference Monday, November 13, 2000, 10:00 a.m.,
Yes on P headquarters 5021 3rd Street

Contact: Yes On P Campaign, Lynne Brown Chairperson 415 285 4628, Olin 
Webb Treasurer, 415-671-2862, Saul Bloom, Arc Ecology 415-495-1786

Democrats and Republicans fight over who will be President, Democrats 
and Greens are fighting about whether Ralph Nader's role in the 
election. In San Francisco, everyone  Democrats, Republicans, and Greens 
 agreed on one thing  Proposition P.  With 86.4 percent of the vote, 
Proposition P garnered more votes than any other proposition, or 
candidate on the ballot in San Francisco.  Prop P is now a City policy 
establishing that the voters of San Francisco want as their "community 
acceptance criterion" under the Superfund law, the Navy to clean the 
shipyard to unrestricted use.

"There can be no mistake about it, the voters of San Francisco want the 
Navy and the EPA to get the Shipyard cleaned up," said San Francisco 
Board of Supervisors President Tom Ammiano, who lead the Board effort to 
place the initiative on the November 7th ballot, "Although Proposition P 
is a non-binding resolution, as a member of the Board of Supervisors of 
this City, I consider the vote by over 200,000 residents of San 
Francisco a popular mandate of the democratic process."

"The voters of San Francisco used the ballot box to stand together with 
residents of the Bayview Hunters Point Community to demand the cleanup 
of the Shipyard," said Lynne Brown, Chair of the Yes on P campaign and a 
community organizer for Communities for a Better Environment.  "The 
voters understand that Prop P is no paper tiger.  We intend to use this 
direct vote and plan to do whatever it takes to make sure that the 
politicians, regulators, and the Navy honor the will of the people."

### MORE ###

The next step for the Yes on P campaign and the Community First 
Coalition is to work with the City to bring the recently signed 
Memorandum of Agreement between San Francisco and the Navy into 
compliance with Prop P.  The MOA leaves the decision around the cleanup 
of Parcels E and F unresolved.  The focus of the Community First 
Coalitions discussions with the City over the implementation of Prop P 
will center around ensuring that Parcel E  the site of the landfill fire 
which still smoldering after three months  and Parcel F are dealt with 
prior to moving forward with development.

"We are concerned that the lack of closure on the cleanup of Parcel E 
means the Navy does not intend to comply with Proposition P," said Olin 
Webb, Treasurer of the Yes on P.  If the Navy wants to reach agreement 
over the MOA, it will need to address the landfill within this agreement 
and in a manner consistent with Prop P." 

"The Navy, the EPA, the State of California, the Mayor, the Board of 
Supervisors, and the Yes on P campaign now have the people's mandate for 
action," said Saul Bloom, Director of Arc Ecology and the author of 
Proposition P.  "People didn't vote for Prop P because it was 
non-binding, people voted for Prop P because they want the Shipyard 
thoroughly cleaned of toxic contamination.  Because Proposition P is 
based on United States federal law, we will seek to enforce adherence to 
community acceptance criteria wherever they are applicable within the 
cleanup process.  We will seek to ensure that all cleanup decisions are 
made consistent with the will of the voters of San Francisco as 
expressed in Prop. P.  Because of the support of the voters of San 
Francisco, we can truly say that the campaign to implement Prop P has 
only just begun."

### END ###

HOW PROPOSITION P STACKED UP

Despite being a nonbonding plebiscite, Proposition P has acquired a 
significant degree of moral authority as a result of the phenomenal 
showing of support for the initiative by San Francisco voters.  
Proposition P was the top vote getter on the San Francisco ballot.  
Proposition P garnered a total of 221,013; more votes than were cast for 
any other issue or candidate on the San Francisco ballot.  The size of 
Proposition P's victory demonstrates that public support for a thorough 
cleanup of the Shipyard crosses all party lines and represents a 
generalized agreement among all residents of San Francisco about the 
preferred level of toxic cleanup for the base.  


PROPOSITIONS, MEASURES, AND CANDIDATES APPROVED VOTES CAST IN SAN 
FRANCISCO
Proposition P+	221,013	86.4%
Proposition J+	214,924	83%
Vice President Al Gore*	201,482	76%
Measure A+	200,296	75%
Measure 36*	187,039	77%
Dianne Feinstein*	184,334	72%
Proposition D+	189,165	73%
Measure 32*	172,920	72%
Measure 39*	168,278	70%
Proposition Q+	173,029	67%
Nancy Pelosi*	152,479	85%
Measure C+	157,961	61%
Proposition H+	155,302	58%
Proposition E+	146,180	58%
Measure 34*	134,159	57%
Measure 33*	127,830	55%
Proposition O+	132,173	53%
Proposition L+	130,059	50%
John Burton*	98,639	80%
Carole Migden*	97,670	79%
Kevin Shelly*	90,787	82%
Tom Lantos*	37,453	78%

Sources:
+ - SF Dept. of Elections 11/10/00
* - SF Examiner 11/08/00
The Community First Coalition/YES on P Campaign extends its most sincere 
thanks to all of our endorsers

ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS
Bradley Angel, Greenaction
Carl Anthony, Urban Habitat Program
Saul Bloom, Arc Ecology
Barbara Brenner, Breast Cancer Action
Lynne Brown, Communities for a Better Environment
Margeurite Young & Scott Brunner, Clean Water Action
Jennifer Clary, San Francisco Tomorrow
Jim Chapell, SF Planning and Urban Research Assoc.
Rob Eschelman, Housing Rights Committee
Arthur Feinstein, Golden Gate Audubon Society
Peter Ferrenbach, California Peace Action
Ruth Gravanis, Treasure Island Wetlands Project
Robert Haaland, Housing Rights Committee
Randy Hayes, Rainforest Action Network
Sue Hestor, San Franciscans for Reasonable Growth
Amandeep Jawa, SF League of Conservation Voters
Jonathan Kaplan, San Francisco Baykeeper
Denny Larsen, Communities for a Better Environment
Beryl Magilavy, Sustainable City
Fran Martin, Visitacion Valley Planning Alliance
Jane Morrison, San Francisco Tomorrow
John Lindsay Poland
Tom Radulovich, BART Director
David Snyder, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
Debra Walker, Coalition for Jobs, Arts, & Housing
Calvin Welch, San Franciscans for Reasonable Growth
Claude Wilson, Southeast Alliance for Environmental Justice

ELECTED OFFICIALS
Supervisor Tom Ammiano, President Board of Supervisors
Supervisor Sue Bierman
Supervisor Amos Brown
Willie Kennedy, BART Director
Supervisor Leslie Katz
Supervisor Mark Leno
Assemblymember Kevin Shelley, State Assembly Majority Leader
Supervisor Mabel Teng
Supervisor Mike Yaki
Supervisor Leland Yee
Tom Radulovich, BART Director

PROMINENT BAYVIEW RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS & BUSINESSES
Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates
Dr. George Davis, BVHP Multipurpose Senior Center
Jill Fox, Friends of India Basin Park
Marie Harrison, Bayview Newspaper Columnist & Supervisor Candidate
Espanola Jackson, Community Activist & Supervisor Candidate
Dwayne Jones, Young Community Developers
Angelo King, Neighborhood Jobs Initiative Roundtable
Alex Lantsberg, Community Environmental Activist
Gaylon Logan, Infusion One
Jesse Mason, Bayview Hunters Point Advocates
Sophie Maxwell, President, Bayview PAC and Supervisor Candidate 
Mohammed Nuru, SF League of Urban Gardeners
Pauline Peele, ROSES
Karen Pierce, BVHP Environmental Health Task Force 
Willie and Mary Ratcliff, Bayview Newspaper
Linda Richardson, Former Planning Commissioner & Supervisor Candidate
Essie Webb, Community Activist
Olin Webb, Bayview Hunters Point Advocates
Claude Wilson, Southeast Alliance for Environmental Justice
Shipyard Trust for the Arts 

CITYWIDE GROUPS AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONSBayview Hunters Point 
Democratic Club
Harvey Milk Gay & Lesbian Democratic Club
Irish-American Democratic Club
National Women's Political Caucus, SF Chapter
Richmond Democratic Club
San Francisco Democratic Central Committee
San Francisco League of Conservation Voters
SPUR
San Francisco Republican Central Committee
San Francisco Tomorrow

NEWSPAPERSSan Francisco Bay Guardian
San Francisco Bay View
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Examiner
San Francisco Independent
The Argonaut

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