Bayview Referendum Qualifies for Nov. Ballot, Halts Takeover!!

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>From Beyond Chron: Bayview Referendum Qualifies
>for Ballot, Puts Halt to Redevelopment Takeover
>by Randy Shaw‚ Sep. 13‚ 2006
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>The San Francisco Department of Elections
>announced late Tuesday that a citizens-sponsored
>referendum on the creation of a Bayview-Hunters
>Point Redevelopment Area has qualified for the
>ballot. This immediately suspends the Board of
>Supervisors transfer of control of nearly 1500
>acres in Bayview to the San Francisco
>Redevelopment Agency. Referendum backers turned
>in over 33,000 signatures, far more than the
>20,800 needed. The referendum will be decided by
>San Francisco voters in the November 2007
>election, which also includes the mayor's race.
>Brian Murphy O’Flynn, a leader of the petition
>drive, noted “The referendum finally gives San
>Francisco the chance for a citywide discussion
>on the future of Bayview-Hunters Point, and the
>future role of the San Francisco Redevelopment
>Agency. We believe the community can be best
>improved without residents ceding control of its
>future to the Redevelopment Agency bureaucracy.”
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