2014 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 07:40:43 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] REUSE, RADIATION: San Francisco (CA) mayor "doesn’t think contaminated Treasure Island is unsafe..."
 
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
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