[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Former Naval Training Center, San Diego (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Liberty Station is a San Diego success story

By Wayne Raffesberger
U-T San Diego (CA)
July 27, 2013

Twenty years ago this month, the sky was falling economically in San  
Diego. After a nasty recession in the early 1990s that was  
particularly devastating to local industries, along came the BRAC  
(Base Realignment and Closure) process.

BRAC was a congressional effort designed to close military bases  
deemed unnecessary by the Department of Defense. Rumors swirled  
around town early that year that the Naval Training Center (NTC), the  
core of the Navy's presence in San Diego, could be on the list for  
closure. When the BRAC Commission held hearings in San Diego, every  
politician in the state, from Gov. Pete Wilson down to local San  
Diego City Council members, testified and urged the commission not to  
close the base. They detailed economic losses that would occur,  
losses of jobs, the danger to national defense readiness, and  
numerous other arguments. No one seriously believed that an integral  
part of the largest naval port in the world like NTC would actually  
be closed.

But in July 1993, the BRAC Commission stunned everyone, recommending  
closure of NTC. President Clinton agreed, virtually assuring  
congressional assent, which occurred a few weeks later. Seventy years  
of naval history at NTC began winding down, leading to the base’s  
ultimate closure in 1997.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jul/27/a-san-diego-success-story/

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