Pelosi Announces San Francisco Funding in Department of Defense Appropriations Bill
Pelosi Announces San Francisco Funding in Department of Defense Appropriations Bill
Friday, September 29, 2006
Contact: Brendan Daly/Jennifer Crider, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today announced funding for several key San Francisco priorities â€" including $4.8 million in funding for planning and infrastructure improvements at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard â€" in the fiscal year 2007 Defense Appropriations bill, which overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives earlier this week.
"We are well on our way to converting the shipyard into a place of promise," Pelosi said. "This funding will help bring economic opportunity to Bayview Hunters Point."
The funds are dedicated to the continuing development of Parcel A and the early stages of planning and redevelopment of Parcels B and D, which are expected to be transferred to the City in 2008. The effort will focus on retaining and developing the existing artist collaborative at the shipyard, for which Pelosi has been a long-standing advocate. Funding will also be used to build infrastructure to house business development projects such as clean technologies and digital media industries at the shipyard.
Pelosi also worked to obtain the following funding for San Francisco parks:
- $2 million to continue the restoration of the parade ground at the Presidio’s Main Post and Educational Center. The parade ground will serve as the center of activity for the Presidio, and its restoration is part of an effort to create a site for public education about the impact of the military on American life. ÂÂ
- $2 million toward infrastructure work at Fort Baker. These facility improvements will be used to preserve the park’s open space and convent buildings to a conference and retreat center.
- $1 million toward the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center (Building 640), situated within the Presidio, which will serve as an education center and project to preserve the site of the U.S. Army’s first language school established in 1941. The center will memorialize the contributions of the graduates of the school, many of them Japanese Americans, who served their country with honor and distinction during World War II.