Proposition D

We support Proposition D that will advance the development of the San Francisco Central Waterfront (Pier 70), which, coincidentially enough, is where we live.


From the Voter's Handbook

Historic Pier 70

Pier 70 is a 65-acre brownfields site on San Francisco's Central Waterfront. For 150 years, this site has been used for shipbuilding and repair. Pier 70 is poised to become one of the City's most unique new neighborhoods, preserving the history that helped make San Francisco a world-class waterfront city.

The Port owns the largest floating drydock on the West Coast. The Port's ship repair operation occupies a 16-acre portion of Pier70. This Port tenant provides hundreds of high-paying skilled jobs.

The California Office of Historic Preservation determined that Pier 70 has 40 historic structures eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Many Pier 70 historic resources, including the Union Iron Works Building, are condemned. Without new funding, these resources could be lost forever.

Proposition D provides the Port Commission, the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors with tools to promote adaptive reuse of Pier 70, while preserving existing ship repair operations:

An option for the Board of Supervisors to approve a Pier 70 land use and financial plan, developed through a two year community planning process;

An optional new financing tool to pay for public improvements to Pier 70 such as:
waterfront parks, environmental remediation,
historic rehabilitation of Pier 70 buildings,
solar panels, rainwater recycling, and natural stormwater management, and
maritime terminals

These improvements will be paid for by existing City revenues and will be offset by future tax receipts generated by the development of Pier 70.

As we have seen in the northern waterfront, visitors and residents love the San Francisco Bay shoreline. It's time to extend this experience to the Port's southern waterfront.
A great waterfront makes a great city. Please vote yes on Proposition D.

Supervisors,Sophenia Maxwell*,Tom Ammiano*,Michela Alioto-Pier*,Bevan Dufty*,Kimberly Brandon, Port Commission President

For identification purposes only; author is signing as an individual and not on behalf of an organization.

(No arguments against Measure D were submitted)