But for a community that has been hearing about this project for years, the groundbreaking came with a message.<\/p>\n
“Keep your word. Finish what has started!,” said Dr. Veronica Hunnicutt, chair at Hunters Point Shipyard Citizens Advisory Committee.<\/p>\n
The massive redevelopment will eventually transform 270 acres along San Francisco’s southeast waterfront to include homes, shops, restaurants and more than 100 acres of parks and open space.<\/p>\n
MORE: SF’s Candlestick Park to be demolished for housing, outlet shopping mall<\/a><\/p>\n About 40% of the planned housing will be affordable, and advocates want to ensure Bayview residents are prioritized first.<\/p>\n “When this housing is built, we will make sure that they get an opportunity to be present,” said Dr. Hunnicutt.<\/p>\n The groundbreaking, a project decades in the making.<\/p>\n “We are not breaking anything, but we are building something today,” said Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi.<\/p>\n MORE: EPA letter reveals Navy’s downplay of radioactive soil in SF’s Bayview<\/a><\/p>\n Speaker Emerita Pelosi tells ABC7 Eyewitness News political reporter Monica Madden, the next test is follow-through.<\/p>\n “What do you think the federal government’s role should be? Just making sure that this project actually continues,” Madden asked.<\/p>\n “Accountability is very important,” Speaker Emerita Pelosi said.<\/p>\n Pelosi is pointing to the neighboring Hunter’s Point shipyard as a cautionary tale, after falsified testing data cast doubt on a federal clean up.<\/p>\n “Transparency. So we can see what’s going on. And again, holding members responsible for not getting the job done,” she said.<\/p>\n
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