Pass: 99,008 / 62.49% Yes votes ...... 59,423 / 37.51% No votes

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Candlestick Point includes the Alice Griffith Housing Development, the Candlestick Point State Recreation Area and the City-owned stadium leased by the San Francisco 49ers. That lease will expire in 2013 unless the 49ers extend it. In late 2006, the 49ers announced their intent to explore relocating to Santa Clara. The new conceptual framework endorsed by the Board and Mayor includes both a site in Hunters Point Shipyard for a 49ers stadium and a non-stadium alternative.

In June 1997, the voters approved two measures related to developing Candlestick Point: Proposition D, which allowed the City to issue lease revenue bonds of up to $100,000,000 for a stadium development; and Proposition F, which changed City zoning to allow a stadium and related shopping/entertainment center to be built (see legal text beginning on page 167). The City did not issue the bonds or develop the project.

THE PROPOSAL: Proposition G would make it City policy to encourage, subject to public input and the environmental review process, the timely development of Candlestick Point and Hunters Point Shipyard with a mixed-use project including:

• over 300 acres of public park and open space improvements;
• between 8,500 and 10,000 homes for sale or rent;
• about 700,000 square feet of retail uses;
• about 2,150,000 square feet of green office, science and technology, research and development, and industrial uses;
• a possible arena or other public performance site;
• a site in Hunters Point Shipyard for a new stadium if the 49ers and the City determine in a timely manner that the stadium is feasible;
• additional green office, science and technology, research and development, and industrial space, and/or additional housing if a new stadium is not built.

• producing tangible community benefits for the Bayview and the City;
• reconnecting the Hunters Point Shipyard and Candlestick Point with the Bayview and protecting the Bayview's character for existing residents;
• producing substantial new housing in a mix of rental and for-sale units, both affordable and market-rate, and encouraging the rebuilding of the Alice Griffith Housing Development;
• incorporating environmental sustainability;
• encouraging the 49ers to remain in San Francisco by providing a new stadium site and supporting infrastructure; and
• requiring the project to be financially sound, with or without a new stadium.

Proposition G would repeal Propositions D and F, approved by the voters in June 1997.

Should the proposed initiative be approved by the voters, in my opinion, in and of itself there would be little direct impact on the cost of government.

The ordinance proposes a development plan for the Bayview Hunters Point and Candlestick Point areas which would encourage new business, housing, retail and parkland development and allow for construction of a new football stadium and other development projects. The development plan would eventually require changes to the land uses, height and density limits and other elements of the City's Planning Code and other laws. If the plan results in development that would not have occurred otherwise in the designated areas, property tax revenues and sales tax revenues to the City would certainly increase.

Current estimates are that approximately $1.5 billion for transportation, utilities and other infrastructure improvements will be needed over a multi-year period to develop these areas under any scenario. These costs would be primarily funded through private capital and through taxes and fees generated directly by the projects themselves.

The Planning Department, the Economic and Workforce Development Department and other City offices would incur added costs to administer the plan, however, as is the case for most City planning processes, these costs can be recovered through fees charged to development projects.

This statement does not address the potential impact of this development plan on retail businesses or the local economy.

Meaning of Voting Yes/No

A YES vote on this measure means:

If you vote yes, you want City policy to encourage timely development of a mixed-use project in the Bayview on Candlestick Point and Hunters Point Shipyard. This project would include a new 49ers stadium or a non-stadium alternative. You also want to authorize the City to transfer park land in Candlestick Point for non-recreational use if the land is replaced with new public parks or open spaces of at least equal size and the transfer meets the measure's objectives. You also want to repeal Propositions D and F, approved by the voters in June 1997.

A NO vote on this measure means:

If you vote no, you do not want City policy to encourage timely development of a mixed-use project in the Bayview on Candlestick Point and Hunters Point Shipyard, including the possibility of a new 49ers stadium or a non-stadium alternative. You do not want to authorize the City to transfer park land in Candlestick Point for non-recreational use even if the land is replaced with new public parks or open spaces of at least equal size. You do not want to repeal Propositions D and F, approved by the voters in June 1997.

Proposition G will help speed the clean up of the Shipyard and turn this environmental hazard into affordable homes, livable wage jobs, and parks for all San Franciscans.

Created through years of community input and strongly supported by Bayview-Hunters Point leaders, Proposition G will help bring economic vitality to this neglected corner of the city + including thousands of construction jobs and 8,000 PERMANENT JOBS following completion of the project with a priority for neighborhood residents.

Proposition G's plan calls for transforming the neglected Shipyard and Candlestick Point parking lots into:

• OVER 300 ACRES of parks, open space and recreation fields + the largest park expansion in 100 years.
• AS MANY AS 2,500 AFFORDABLE HOMES and up to 7,500 more homes and apartments, including many for working families, built using the latest GREEN BUILDING practices and TRANSIT FRIENDLY planning.
• A SCIENCE AND TECH PARK FOR GREEN TECH BUSINESSES to improve the environment and provide jobs to local residents.
• A permanent home for existing Shipyard artists.
• A unit-for-unit replacement of the dilapidated Alice Griffith Housing project + without displacing tenants. Proposition G also accommodates a new, world-class football stadium for the 49ers + with no new taxpayer funding.

The Hunters Point Shipyard is an embarrassment to our city. We've waited too long to clean up the toxics, improve children's health in the area, and revive this economic engine.

It's time to take action. Please join us in support of Proposition G's plan to clean up the Shipyard and turn this neglected land into productive uses.

Find out more at http://www.CleanUptheShipyard.com.

VOTE YES on G.

Senator Dianne Feinstein
Mayor Gavin Newsom
Supervisor Sophie Maxwell

The federal government recently committed $82 million towards ongoing toxic cleanup at Hunters Point. More is needed, but Prop G does NOT add ANY new money for cleanup. Lennar is already building housing in the Shipyard, without Prop G.

Read the text: Prop G only "encourages the rebuilding of Alice Griffith." It DOESN'T replace it. Nowhere does it require 25% affordable housing. It only "encourages" new rental and condos. But Lennar broke the exact same promise in the Shipyard and is now building zero affordable rental units.

Prop G "encourages" jobs but doesn't have a plan to hire local residents.

There is no park expansion in Prop G. It only requires Lennar to replace parkland it develops for highrises. The replacement parkland is parking lots for the new stadium and thin shoreline strips.

Lennar's plan did NOT go through the usual planning process but was created in back room political deals.

Prop G is financed by redevelopment money funded by taxpayers, without spending limits. Lennar wants $350 million for the stadium alone. Last fall, Moody's reduced Lennar's rating to "Junk Bond" status. Prop G is a corporate bailout at taxpayers' expense.

With so much at stake, we can't bet our future on vague allusions. We need a plan that delivers Bayview revitalization, jobs, and affordable housing + not empty promises.

No on Proposition G.

Sierra Club
POWER
League of Conservation Voters
Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club
Chinese Progressive Association
St. Peter's Housing Committee

Proposition G is a sweetheart deal for Lennar, an out-of-state developer that has already spent over $1,000,000.00 on its political campaign. It doesn't require Lennar to pay for the public land for its development and places no limits on the public funds for the project. Proposition G hands Lennar a blank check.

Proposition G is ballot box planning at its worst. It authorizes transfer of parkland to the developer before Lennar completes environmental review. Transit "improvements" promised by Lennar will primarily benefit new luxury condo owners, not the rest of Bayview. In fact, the plan proposes to build a high-speed road and bus line that completely bypass the Bayview neighborhood.

Proposition G claims to improve city and state parks when it really allows Lennar to build luxury high-rise condos on public parkland. It would dismantle a state park and trade city parkland for parking lots. It also endangers a wildlife habitat restoration area funded by the state. If you read the legal text of Prop G, you'll find it riddled with weasel words including "encourage" and "should." Prop G actually contains language that specifically allows Lennar's development to be different than the project described!

That's why housing advocates, environmental groups, and community organizations are opposing Proposition G. We favor a community-based plan that will guarantee affordable housing, jobs benefits and top-notch parks for the Bayview community and the city.

Vote No on Proposition G.

Sierra Club
People Organized to Win Employment Rights
Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club
Chinese Progressive Association
San Francisco League of Conservation Voters
St. Peter's Housing Committee

Ten years in the making, Proposition G is a community-led plan to transform the Hunters Point Shipyard and the parking lots of Candlestick Point into jobs, parks and housing for all San Franciscans. No existing housing will be lost or neighbors pushed out.

The basis of Proposition G is a conceptual framework agreement that went through scores of public meetings, involving hundreds of Bayview residents. It was approved by the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor.

PROPOSTION G IS NOT A BLANK CHECK. It's one step in a long public process that will include a full environmental impact report and approvals by up to 19 different regulatory agencies.

PROPOSITION G IS SUPPORTED BY THE BAYVIEW. The residents and community leadership of the Bayview support Proposition G because it revitalizes the community.

PROPOSTITION G WILL IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT and protect the health of the Bayview by speeding the clean up of the Shipyard, creating productive space for the benefit of the entire city.

If Proposition G is defeated, the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood will be forced to wait another 10 or 15 years for a new plan of action.

Proposition G is endorsed by the San Francisco Democratic Party.

This is a choice between real, positive change and no change at all + and the choice is clear.

VOTE YES on G.

Senator Dianne Feinstein*
Mayor Gavin Newsom
Supervisor Sophie Maxwell

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