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Residents press DBI, Health Department and air regulators over missing dust and asbestos monitors at Candlestick demolition
Summary
Residents and community groups told the Building Inspection Commission they cannot find monitors listed in reports, allege unsigned independent evaluator checklists and asked that the city require third‑party verification; DBI said inspectors visit daily and DPH committed to convene an interagency task force to verify monitor placement and reporting.
San Francisco residents and public‑health advocates told the Building Inspection Commission on March 18 that particulate and asbestos monitoring at the Candlestick Park demolition site is incomplete, inconsistently installed and not transparently reported, and they asked the commission to use permitting authority to ensure proper monitoring and enforcement.
Shirley Moore of the Clean Air Initiative and the Candlestick Point Neighborhood Committee said community members are worried that high‑reach excavation will send dust into nearby neighborhoods and that residents lack access to accurate monitor data. Andrew Graff of Golden Gate University’s Environmental Law and Justice Clinic said public‑records requests returned independent evaluator checklists that were unsigned and…
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