[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, RADIATION: "Lawsuit seeks billions in damages, halt to development on Treasure Island" (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Lawsuit seeks billions in damages, halt to development on Treasure Island

By Jason Fagone, Cynthia Dizikes and Michael Cabanatuan
San Francisco Chronicle (CA)
January 23, 2020 

Dozens of current and former Treasure Island residents filed a class-action lawsuit Thursday saying that authorities lied for years about the extent of contamination there, exposing the residents and their families to radioactive substances and toxic chemicals.

“Untrue and misleading statements” about the island by government agencies and private firms created a false picture of safety, according to the lawsuit filed in San Francisco Superior Court. The plaintiffs have “suffered serious emotional distress from a fear that they will develop cancer.”

The complaint seeks $2 billion in damages from several defendants, including the city development authority on Treasure Island; representatives of the U.S. Navy, which polluted the island while running it as a naval base decades ago and is now responsible for cleaning it up; the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, which oversees the cleanup; the San Francisco health department; the Treasure Island Homeless Development Initiative (now called One Treasure Island); developers Lennar and FivePoint Holdings LLC; and the John Stewart Co., which manages leases.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Lawsuit-seeks-billion-in-damages-halt-to-14999773.php#

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org





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