San Francisco school board backs halt-and-study approach for Hunters Point Parcel A

The San Francisco Board of Education on Sept. 20 adopted an amended resolution urging city officials to make independent health analyses public and to support an immediate halt to construction at Parcel A of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard if any independent study shows threats to students and families. The measure passed after community leaders delivered emotional testimony alleging increased nosebleeds, asthma and other illnesses near the project and after the city's public health director defended the regulatory review of the site.