[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, RADIATION: San Francisco (CA) mayor "doesn’t think contaminated Treasure Island is unsafe..."

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Lee doesn’t think contaminated Treasure Island is unsafe, has no  
plans to move residents

By Marisa Lagos
San Francisco Chronicle (CA)
April 22, 2014

Mayor Ed Lee is concerned that some Treasure Island residents don't  
feel safe living on the former Navy base but doesn't think anyone's  
health is at risk, despite mounting evidence that radiological  
contamination is far more widespread than authorities initially said.

Lee is also not convinced that the city - which is responsible for  
the 2,000 families living on Treasure Island, many of them formerly  
homeless - needs to move people off the island. Supervisor Jane Kim,  
whose district includes the island, last week told The Chronicle that  
she is in discussions with the city agency that oversees the island  
on possible relocation plans for residents, who are also raising  
concerns about mold problems in the decades-old housing.

...

For the entire article, see
http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2014/04/22/lee-doesnt-think- 
contaminated-treasure-island-is-unsafe-has-no-plans-to-move-residents/

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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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