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Residents urge council to address contamination, overdevelopment and affordability
Summary
Public speakers at the Feb. 24 meeting urged the council to tackle contaminated waste sites, overdevelopment, and lack of enforceable affordable housing measures, and called for a neighborhood bill of rights and independent investigations into alleged conflicts.
A broad swath of residents used the council's public comment period on Feb. 24 to press the City Council on three recurring themes: environmental contamination in historically marginalized neighborhoods, rapid and potentially unregulated development, and the need for enforceable affordable-housing protections.
Sally Barnes described alleged contamination she attributes to Ashley Chemical Company, saying she found records indicating ongoing waste sites draining through neighborhoods and linking the contamination to a family tragedy.…
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