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Bayview residents urge PUC to speed Southeast projects, prioritize local hire and community benefits
Summary
Multiple Bayview Hunters Point residents told the PUC during public comment that sewer-system work should create career opportunities, protect residents from odor and health harms, and deliver tangible neighborhood benefits; commissioners and staff pledged outreach, a contract-assistance center and local-hire goals but did not provide dollar-by-dollar commitments.
At the Public Utilities Commission’s Aug. 28 meeting, several Bayview Hunters Point residents pressed commissioners to convert planned sewer-system investments into immediate, measurable local benefits.
Speakers representing neighborhood groups and the Black Human Rights Leadership Council urged the PUC to ensure construction and contract awards for the Sewer System Improvement Program lift local employment and training. Diane Wesley Smith asked the commission to form a dedicated committee to address long-standing community problems and to “show good faith by creating a committee to work with us,” citing decades of…
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