San Francisco can go forward with the redevelopment of the Hunters Point Shipyard after a San Francisco Superior Court judge ruled in favor of The City in an environmental lawsuit. Read More
As state budget wrangling continues in Sacramento, San Francisco’s Redevelopment Agency is waiting for the end — or a significant change — to what it does.
The end of the agency in The City could mean the ax for nearly a dozen projects that would provide hundreds of affordable-housing units, according to Redevelopment Agency Executive Director Fred Blackwell. Read More
A judge will likely have to decide the fate of an environmental impact report on major redevelopment plans for a former U.S. Navy base at Hunters Point, after discussions between activist groups and the developer, Lennar, bore no agreement. Read More
On Monday, representatives from community groups said government agencies colluded inappropriately with Lennar Corp. when investigating a cloud of asbestos kicked up in 2006 by contractors working on the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. Read More
A congressional rebellion against earmarks in Washington, D.C., might put several local projects at risk.
Cleanup of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard and Pier 70, along with some of Mayor Gavin Newsom’s projects, are losers now that the new Congress is curtailing earmarks. Last weekend, the $1.2 trillion federal omnibus spending plan failed to pass because Republican lawmakers refused to vote on a bill that contained what they referred to as wasteful spending. Read More
Power from the San Francisco-owned Hetch Hetchy system is providing electricity for the redevelopment of the shuttered Hunters Point Naval Shipyard.
Eventually the hydroelectric power, which is generated from the Hetch Hetchy dam in Yosemite, will power the new homes and offices in the area. Read More
A scaled-down version of a controversial bridge will be constructed as a key transit link for the massive redevelopment of San Francisco’s southeastern neighborhoods that was approved Tuesday. Read More
The Board of Supervisors will vote Tuesday on the Hunters Point Shipyard redevelopment. The 720 acres of waterfront property is hoped to one day be home to 10,500 residential units, 320 acres of parks and open space and 700,000 square feet of retail and entertainment space. The plan also includes a possible new 49ers football stadium should the team’s plans to relocate to Santa Clara fall apart. Read More
Uncertainty about cleanup plans and a proposal to build a bridge at a shuttered shipyard dominated an environmental debate about epic redevelopment plans during a City Hall hearing Tuesday.
One of the largest building projects in San Francisco history is planned on and around the shuttered Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, where a hotel, marina, entertainment arena and more than 10,000 homes could help restore long-lost economic prosperity in the area during the coming decades. Read More
Mayor Gavin Newsom won't be around Tuesday to see whether the Board of Supervisors approve some key projects, including the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard redevelopment -- the mayor is traveling to San Diego to hold press events and do some campaigning. Read More
