of the city, of the state, of the navy, and of the nation at heart. what we have achieved here can serve as a template for future transfers of military bases across the country. i am also very grateful to the speaker for her leadership on energy and on energy legislation and for her commitment, along with the president, to change the way we use and produce energy in the united states and building toward a new energy economy. it is of tremendous importance, the way we produce energy and the way we use it, to the navy and marine corps because how we power our ships and our aircraft fundamentally about national security, just as energy reform for the country at large is about energy independence, national security, as well as about economic development and job creation. here on treasure island is -- as the mayor so eloquently pointed out, there is an opportunity to demonstrate what happens when sustainable development and sustainable usage is considered from the very beginning of a project. here on treasure island, there is an opportunity to build a work

the navy had a. charge of delivering the terrible messages and he said to my mom look three me that was my mother's nickname i come to give you the message that you have to move from this area because the navy has bought it and my mother who never went to school was not a professor who understood that she was born in this area and was raised there because she said to him look this is mine this is my house i have lived here all my life she did not believe him because she thought it was unheard of. and we stayed the next day the bulldozers arrived to knock down the house. on the muscle and my mother only had time to run into the house inscribed a bed sheet book and i don't know because we were not rich we were poor and humble people but it was our. pick up some john is it some pots tied to bed sheets by the four corners and run to the street to watch the machine knocking down the house and police and first i thought it was a big toy four years old totally innocent but my mother when i looked at her fac

this is the eastern end of the island which is where all the bombs. drop. the navy used to. these eight thousand acres. and the. fish and wildlife. from here on. this is the home of the. sector. and this is. the area. and from there. when the winds blow in this direction. any contamination that is produced bombs. depleted uranium so on and so forth that are used in the target area they carry a. population area. for the last sixty years we have been breathing. and the reason why we have. over a twenty seven percent high cancer rate than the rest of the island of puerto rico but look at this beautiful. miles and of clear waters white thing. not a beer cans. and example for the rest of the country. to relieve you. is worth every little bit of struggle. to get him back. there. this. is not convenient for a small community in one thousand be believed on the name the legend he now is said impressively. and then all the communities like ok now australia and then people that go on the internet is dizzy how we do know how the how we fight would you do the same. thing. oh this. oh. th

joined the. navy will leave. it to. when my friend i one month we bury him coming to the meeting showing people how. how we do see even disobedience while hopping when they come to us so i fall in love with this stall. for all the things that i see the my life i work in this because for almost eight years when i was like seventeen years old. and i was a commercial artist and i did so many things in my life so i said the most interesting part of my life is getting involved with this people in this struggle because this is a really hostile deal with life with people so i fall in love with this. and here i you know. this is. the roof the whole thing about this struggle is that different people do different things and different people contribute to the struggle in different ways my in my part is i both human the struggle on the comedy. i don't do it for profit i work for nothing and this is something that i love to do i give all of my time in this and many other people do the same thing you know the artist who they're your

this is the eastern end of the island. all the bombs. drop. the navy used to. these one thousand acres. and the. fish and wildlife. and from here on this is the. sector. this is. the area and from there. when the winds blow in this direction. any contamination that is produced bombs. depleted uranium so on and so forth that are used in the target area they carry a. population area. for the last sixty years we have been breathing. and the reason why we have. percent higher cancer rate. but look at these beautiful. miles on and off. white thing. not a beer cans. an example for the rest of the country to relieve you. is worth every little bit of struggle. getting back to. the old. days. is not convenient for a small community in one thousand be believed on the name the legend he now is set in presley. and then all the communities like ok now australia and then people that go on the edge of the ages dizzy how we do know how the how we fight with the same . fight this fight this. fight because santa. and the navy gets over ninety a million dollars a year for renting

the navy never had more than a person out on the. became kind of thing. for weaponry you know try a french exercise and as all british jazz. they were advertising they used by any allies already qualified certified inventor try anything here. a second to a good doing is advertised. as to their shooting gallery and be acres for any size you and i. may wonder if a fleet of. worldwide inventory of events from no and non conventional weapons. figures has no traffic jams there are no chimneys there are no plastic factories on the hills dumping stuff and so the old mill stream. there's nothing between us on the coast of africa. three thousand miles of open ocean and one bombing range. meanwhile where are. all these heavy metal oracles which you're identified as explosive residue. i played soldiers where. i had no idea of heavy metals and p.c.b. . the continue to fight sort of napalm and so forth. we're talking about a silent invisible killers in the air that i get angry i get angry and hazy has poisoned me. always on my wife or even my children poison my grandc

this is the eastern end of the island which is where all the bombs. drop. the navy used to. these one thousand. fish and wildlife. and from here on this is the. sector. this is. the area and from there. when the winds blow in this direction. any contamination that is produced bombs. depleted uranium so on and so forth that are used in the target area they carry a. population area. for the last sixty years we have been breathing. and we have. percent higher cancer rate. but look at these beautiful. miles on and off. white thing. not a beer can in sight. an example for the rest of the country to really view. is worth every little bit us strong. getting back to. the old. days. is not convenient for a small community in one thousand be believed on the name the legend now a set of precedent. and then all the communities like ok now australia and then people that go on the internet as disease how we do know how or how we fight with the same. thing. all this. time oh this is going. to send it back. and the navy gets a win a million dollars a year for renting their fire range in the

[applause] the honorable secretary of the navy, ray davis. [applause] and the honorable mayor of the city and county of san francisco, gavin newsom. [applause] today we stand on the brink of the future of this island by commemorating the historic agreement with the transfer of the formal the -- naval station from a united states navy to the city and county of san francisco. i know i speak for many people who have worked extremely hard to make this day a reality, people on all sides of the table, across organizations, when i say that it is truly an honor and a proud moment. i would like to take a moment to acknowledge our many partners and supporters who are here today. please forgive me if i do not mention everyone. there are too many of you to name individually, but i would like to recognize, and if you would please stand, former mayor willie brown, current and past members of the treasure island development authority board of directors. our treasure island citizens advisory board, and the treasure island homeless development initiative, one

and then let them make the navy base and there's. we did heavy metals testing on everybody in our family doug read the little babies all three generations every single person that was tested in this family for heavy metals is contaminated at toxic levels. been through neutering cancer extraction of my reproductive organs radiation treatments etc. i mean you never know is it going to come back is it going to spread is it going to do this out of the other you have to take it day by day we're trying doing and i feel great. and if it comes back i feel that. i've got a hell of a lot more knowledge right now as to how to keep myself feeling good. what i must deal with right now is a health situation in this community where the rate of cancer is twenty seven percent higher than the rest of puerto rico and growing. if you do get cancer you have fifty percent more probability of dying here than in for three. kids between the age of eleven and nineteen have more than a fifty percent chance contracting cancer and their peers in puerto rico the

but as it notes, the navy's methodology is not the same as the city's. that the city practices under our planning requirements and so on. and -- but it only applies those new standards to buildings built after 1947. so the treasure island church because it existed before 1947 just doesn't get considered. it's like it doesn't exist. the navy didn't identify this as a historic resource. in looking at all those issues, and public assembly, and so on i was really struck with the fact that that church obviously played an important role in the history of the island all through ther-ea of world war ii, korean war, vietnam war. it was a very central focus of community for the military personnel who are certainly a part of the history of treasure island and san francisco. and i really find its omission inexplicable in my mind. i just want it noted. the navy assessment cannot be relied on as satisfactory for our local approval process. we have our own standards. and they should be applied to the pre--1947 buildings as well as the post-1947 buildings. perhaps that

and we just kept at it and kept going but some changes began in the struggle to get the navy out from the street fighting to political fighting. a very neighborhood when my mother was still alive one sunday we felt the rumble of five bombs exploding i threw myself to the ground and yelled my god they're bombing us. this is an accident that could have killed after that and also. fell in the garbage dump during a lunch between the legs of the workers another incident or accident or error so we had been alerting people. about the chance of an accidental killing a civilian. all that happened was foreseen like the book by god. we had already created a climate of danger and uncertainty. the only thing that was missing occurred when david was killed. given that we can't do something bad would happen what else could we expect we said a bomb would kill someone said and done. when we went to camp garcia in the. people well there are two or you look none of us are in a position to this one just got here. about the need to handle things in iran and i think we'll have to wait even the captain at l

the navy wants to build a ship." and they said, "no, i can't give you any steel." >> erika: but scott persisted. and he eventually got enough steel for the navy to use. the ship was built in a dockyard in new orleans. construction took a little over three years. in march 2008, the "uss new york" was launched. when you first saw the ship built, describe what the moment was like. >> it's kind of like what everybody says. i mean, the hair went up on the back of my head. i've always been a very emotional person, and that's basically, the "uss new york" is built on emotion. it's recycling that emotion. taking america's worst day and turning it into our greatest national symbol. and i felt that, as i was going in there that day. that this was something special that not only i, but you know, the nation can rally around. >> erika: at 684 feet, the ship is longer than two football fields. it has a crew of 360 sailors and can carry up to 700 marines. it sailed up to new york for the commissioning ceremony. as it passed the sit

and we just kept at it and kept going but some changes began in the struggle to get the navy out from street fighting to political fighting. if this very neighborhood when my mother was still alive one sunday we felt the rumble of five bombs explode i threw myself to the ground and yelled my god they're bombing us. whether this is an accident that could have killed us after that and also. fell in the garbage dump during a lunch between the legs of the workers another incident or accident or error so we had been alerting people. about the chance of an accidental killing a civilian. all that happened was foreseen like the book by god. we had already created a climate of danger and uncertainty. the only thing that was missing occurred when david was killed. given that we can't do and warning that something bad would happen what else could we expect we said a bomb would kill someone said and done. when we went to camp garcia and the people who were there to argue look none of us are in a position to me i just got here. about the need to handle things and then i will have to wait even the

you and we just kept at it and kept going but some changes began in the struggle to get the navy out from the street fighting to political fighting. a very neighborhood when my mother was still alive one sunday we felt the rumble of five bombs explode i threw myself to the ground and yelled my god they're bombing us. whether this is an accident that could have killed us after that and also. fell in the garbage dump during a lunch between the legs of the workers another incident or accident or error so we had been alerting people. about the chance of an accidental killing a civilian. all that happened was foreseen like the book by god. we had already created a climate of danger and uncertainty the only thing that was missing occurred when david was killed. given that we can't do something bad would happen what else could we expect a bomb would kill someone said and done. when we went to camp garcia in the. you know there are two or you look none of us are in a position to i think i just got here. you know about the need to handle things in the manner i like we have to eat even the cap

and we just kept at it and kept going but some changes began in the struggle to get the navy out from street fighting to political fighting. if this very neighborhood when my mother was still alive one sunday we felt the rumble of five bombs explode i threw myself to the ground and yelled my god they're bombing us. whether this is an accident that could have killed us after that and also near. fell in the garbage dump during a lunch between the legs of the workers another incident or accident or error so we had been alerting people. about the chance of an accidental killing a civilian. all that happened was for seem like the book by god. for toll. we had already created a climate of danger and uncertainty. the only thing that was missing occurred when david was killed. given that we can't do and warning that something bad would happen what else could we expect we said a bomb would kill someone said and done. when we went to camp garcia and the people who were there to argue look none of us are in a position to me i just got here. about the need to handle things and then i will have to

really were i think app on the the navy sure very badly you could have cleared out the whole thing on day one you will but it's already in renal cell. but they didn't do it they did not react. it gave the civilians are opportunity they're bringing in technicians scientists experts and do some testing that the navy would never have a while so the longer we stayed there the more scientific reports were coming out which really made the position worse and raise our awareness or the fact that this is really a matter of survival not. people could go in there and study the land study what the contamination in particular is you know what kind of heavy metals what's been being used out there and then put some real pressure on the navy what kind of bombs what's happening why are we all getting sick. despite persistent protests the united states insisted that because it was critical to national defense and was determined to keep the training and testing alive i may fourth two thousand u.s. authorities arrested and jailed hundreds of protesters many of whom had occupied the target area for over a

really were i think kept on the the navy sure very badly you could have cleared out the whole thing on day one of those folks already marine assault. but they didn't do it they did not react. it gave the civilians are opportunity they're bringing in technicians scientists experts and do some testing that then i would never have a while so the longer we stayed there the more scientific reports were coming out which really made the position worse and raise our awareness or the fact that this is really a matter of survival. people could go in there and study the land study what the contamination in particular is you know what kind of heavy metals what's been being used out there and then put some real pressure on the navy what kind of bombs what's happening why are we all getting sick. despite persistent protest the united states insisted that because it was critical to national defense and was determined to keep the training and testing a lot if i may fourth two thousand u.s. authorities arrested and jailed hundreds of protesters many of whom had occupied the target area for over a year

and we just kept at it and kept going but some changes began in the struggle to get the navy out from street fighting to political fighting. if i gotta get this very neighborhood when my mother was still alive one sunday we felt the rumble of five bombs explode i threw myself to the ground and yelled my god they're bombing us. whether this is an accident that could have killed us after that and also near. fell in the garbage dump during a lunch between the legs of the workers another incident or accident or error so we had been alerting people. about the chance of an accidental killing a civilian. all that happened was foreseen like the book by god. we had already created a climate of danger and uncertainty. the only thing that was missing occurred when david was killed. given that we can't do a warning that something bad would happen what else could we expect a bomb would kill someone said and done. when we went to camp garcia and the people who were there to argue look none of us are in a position to me i just got here. about the need to get things in there and i will have to eat ev

the navy wants to build a ship." and they said, "no, i can't give you any steel." >> erika: but scott persisted. and he eventually got enough steel for the navy to use. the ship was built in a dockyard in new orleans. construction took a little over three years. in march 2008, the "uss new york" was launched. when you first saw the ship built, describe what the moment was like. >> it's kind of like what everybody says. i mean, the hair went up on the back of my head. i've always been a very emotional person, and that's basically, the "uss newyork" is built on emotion. it's recycling that emotion. taking america's worst day and turning it into our greatest national symbol. and i felt that, as i was going in there that day. that this was something special that not only i, but you know, the nation can rally around. >> erika: at 684 feet, the ship is longer than two football fields. it has a crew of 360 sailors and can carry up to 700 marines. it sailed up to new york for the commissioning ceremony. as it passed the site

we have been engaged in the island's impacts on the environment since the navy controlled it. and we have been watching it grow. been very, very excited about it. we have invested tens of thousands of dollars in review and assistance on this project. and we would love to see it succeed. we want to see the jobs. we want to see the new vision for treasure island be implemented, but we want to see it properly sized for the carrying capacity island so we can make this project as successful as possible. so we are asking for an additional two weeks so we could do the review of the eir necessary to make that happen. as you know we do these things during christmas and thanksgiving and summer vacation. i just cut mine short to be here today. i would very much appreciate more time to be able to go ahead and review this. all we are asking for is two weeks. thank you very much, commissioners. >> thank you. >> good morning. rosy masters, resident of ydi and board of directors for the ybi mutual benefit corporation and mutual development corporation. i, too, would like to request a two-week

he went off to the navy and then off to the family business at fort bragg. eventually, don and his family opened up de thel monte fish company end of the money in business at pier 45. john and his family have been a mainstay of our fish processing business at pier 45. he has been extremely instrumental in being an important part of the fish industry that ultimately got to the pier 45 area so that we could have a viable fish processing industry. he was born in san francisco in 1927. he is been married 59 years to his lovely wife mabel. he is the father of three boys and one girl. his daughter of genejanette helo run the family business in san francisco. our hearts go out to his family and his nine grandchildren. i would like to take a minute to remember john. he has not been well for a couple of months now. as been an incredible force here on the waterfront. we're very much in his debt. that concludes my report. >> thank you for that. i want to share some thoughts with the family the family has been integral and a part of history at fisherman's wharf. we hope

if you are 30 or younger, you could go back to 1974 when the navy ceased operations in the shipyard, in 1988 when they shut everything down. in 2004, we got that first conveyance agreement and began to see some progress on the shipyard. of course, that progress is modest compared with the progress we are marking today. that progress includes the extraordinary effort of all of those you see behind me and countless others that made this happen over the course of these 30 plus long years. we are blessed to have had visionary leadership. members of the board of supervisors have come and gone. mayors have come and gone. and legislative leaders in sacramento, as well as the federal government, that have long recognized the extraordinary opportunity and the principal opportunity that we have to anchor the fate and future of the city in the southeast sector, and to fulfil the promises we have made for a generation to the people who live in the southeast sector, and were a big part of building the city for a generation. they watched that promise go away when the navy decided to exit the city

with the navy. it is a public-public-private partnership. and number of those individuals are here today. 8000 housing units. 32% of them below market value. 500 rooms and hotel. the most sustainable brain development in the country. we have been talking about it for 20 years. we are now delivering on it. we are a few months away from finalizing the eir but the deal is signed. trust me, this deal was dead a couple of years ago. it was going nowhere. these guys started to panic, for good reason. now it is real, it is happening. 2000 construction jobs every year. you can extrapolate that out over the 10-year construction phase. that is a big deal to this city. hunters point, arguably, even bigger. 700,000 square feet of new retail. 10,000-seat performance than you. 69,000-seat nfl stadium. for someone. [laughter] rebuilding griffith public housing. mary mentioned hope sf. rebuilding public housing, not waiting for the federal government. west point, hunter's point. we are going to start in sunnyvale a

the navy is not saying how much it cost to repair them. it was between $50,000 and $100,000. >>> stay down! head down! stay down! >> that's the sound of a flight attendant during an emergency landing ate, fk. -- landing at jfk. witnesses say the sparks blue as one of the wings drug on the tarmac. but the plane landed safely, and no one was hurt. the faa is investigating. with will be right back. [ male announcer ] barbara boxer. she fought to get our veterans the first full combat care center in california. her after school law is keeping a million kids off the street and out of gangs. and she's fighting every day to create new jobs. i'm working to make california the leader in clean energy. to jump-start our small businesses with tax credits and loans to create thousands more california jobs. i'm barbara boxer, and i approve this message... because i want to see the words made in america again. in 2008 i quit venture capital to follow my passion for food. i saw a gap in the market for a fresh culinary brand and launched behindtheburner.co