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Neighbors urge city to bar implosion of Candlestick Park, cite health risks and equity concerns
Summary
Multiple residents and neighborhood organizations told the Planning Commission the proposed implosion of Candlestick Park could harm Bayview–Hunters Point residents; speakers urged OCII and Planning Department to require mechanical demolition, release fuller EIR materials, and consider environmental justice impacts.
Residents from Bayview–Hunters Point and other neighborhood organizations pressed the Planning Commission on Jan. 8 to oppose any plan to implode Candlestick Park, saying implosion would generate respirable dust, exacerbate public-health inequities and bypass adequate community review.
Shirley Moore (public commenter) told commissioners she and neighbors oppose implosion and favor mechanical dismantling because of the likelihood of environmental and economic harm to residents who live within a few hundred feet of the stadium site. "We are…
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