San Francisco City College - 1400 Evans Avenue -
in the Bayview Hunters Point area -
has their own land and the ability to raise money -
to have their own Student Campus -
they are in the business of education -
providing Career Jobs.
Our infants, our children, our youth, our young adults, our seniors, those with compromised health - the many that have fallen on bad times.
Many dealing with chronic health problems.
Others deluded with - sub-prime loans - other pressing issues - too many to name - which have befallen our Sisters and Brothers - and here - we have " nefarious entities " - who have invaded our community - people who do not live in the community - they come into the community to prey on the community - making hay - while the sun shines.
Laughing all the way to the bank - thinking that money is everything and hurting the vulnerable - such evil tactics and ploys - will NOT be tolerated.
Take it from me - it will not. Others have joined me - stellar and astute Sisters and Brothers - who have had it - and can take it NO more.
Here are some key City and County of San Francisco laws - that spell out Conflict of Interest issues.
We need to be educated on issues - when our citizens in the Bayview Hunters Point area - are targeted - entrapped - by some San Francisco City officials who are so bold - that they do not give a hoot:
San Francisco City and Government California Code Section 3.206(a) provides that no officer or employee of the City and County shall make, participate, or seek to influence a decision of the City and County in which the officer or employee has a financial interest within the meaning of California Government Code Section 87100 et. seq. and any subsequent amendments to these Sections.
San Francisco City and Government California Code Sections 3.206(b) provides that no officer or employee of the the City and County shall make a contact in which he or she has a financial interest within the meaning of California Government Code Section 1090 et. seq. and any subsequents amendments to these Sections.
In order to determine whether a violation has occurred, one must establish whether 1) the individual with the potential conflict of interest is a public official; 2) the decision involves a contract and whether that contract is ultimately executed;
3) the individual made or participated in making the contract; and 4) the official has or had a financial interest in the contract.
Please read the following so that you get a better idea - after reading the final adjudication of the following case - the person involved in the case Juliet Ellis who works for the SF Public Utilities Commission :
http://www.fppc.ca.gov/content/dam/fppc/documents/Stipulations/2014/January/04%20Ellis%20-%20Stip%20and%20Exh.pdf
It is not easy to do a sound and through investigative reporting - without reading and reviewing thousands of pages - and recent when we got the information - using the Freedom of Information Act - we found so many discrepancies, so many conflict of interests, that we were forced to go to the San Francisco Sunshine Task Force and make our case.
Of course if some Whites had gone to the SF Sunshine Task Force - the SF Sunshine Task Force would have adjudicated the case in a a week or two - we had to wait for seven and half weeks and make a couple of appearances - send documents for review that we had already submitted - and go to the podium and plead our case.
Notice the gates - and the SF Bayview Opera House -
these gates remind one of jails -
who are these " sellouts keeping out " -
the sellouts must stay out of our community -
and who is behind this sordid mentality -
dividing the community - causing chronic divisiveness .
In the end we won - with an adjudication in our favor - 9 to 0.
The case was linked to the SF Bayview Opera House - a den of thieves - and now we are dealing with the SF Public Utilities Commission - again " a den of thieves " - consultants embedded the likes of Dwayne Jones - wheeling and dealing - making millions - while all the time our community is suffering.
For those of us who have lived and worked in the Bayview Hunters Point for the last 40 years and more - even 30 years and more - the changes have been many - but the most significant factor - affecting " people of color " - a decrease in the Quality of Life issues.
The rents are up, the opportunities few, career jobs forget about it - the homes have been gobbled up - everything is so expensive. The air foul - and all our neighbors that we have know for so many years - inflicted by diseases most chronic respiratory diseases, so many heart attacks, so many people who have suffered strokes - it is simply - heart breaking.
No one is addressing the contamination and pollution - even at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard - the congestion on our streets - our infants, children, youth, young adults, seniors, those with compromised health - others all suffering and slow dying - gone, gone, gone forever.
Many people of color lost their homes - because they fell prey to sub-prime loans.
Many of these homes were paid for - by the parents many came from the South and brought with them astute and stellar values - hard work and character - second to none.
All that went down the drain when family members decided to take sub-prime loans - easily available - one would ask for $100,000 and the banks would make available $200,000 and $300,000.
Those naive and vulnerable - who signed the papers - did not read the fine print - when the time came to pay the balloon payments - all hell - broke loose.
As often happens - if one is not educated on issues - one learns the hard way.
Some of us advocates have been on the front line - in the trenches - and there are now just a few of us, left - all people of color - trying to safeguard of basic rights - part of our United States Constitutional Rights.
The past Mayors - some to them lined up -
on the steps of SF City Hall -
one worse than the other - from left to right
Willie L. Brown Jr., Gavin Newsom, and Edwin Mah Lee.
Past Mayors and our SF Board of Supervisors - have failed us miserably.
Consultants embedded at 525 Golden Gate Avenue -the headquarters of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission - continue to wheel and deal.
More - linked with the Project - the Sewer System Improvement Project - a $10 Billion project - that is going through some very serious problems and continues to face hurdles - the so called experts, involved - are drowning " in the cesspool of their own creation ".
One good way to understand the situation at hand is to review this audit - done, not too long ago - that spells out well at least 80% of the on going problems at the Phelps Raw Sewage Treatment Plant :
http://sfcontroller.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Auditing/SFPUC%20SSIP%20Audit%20Report%203.8.18.pdf
Ben Rosenfield - 10 more years -
he has worked hard - with tenacity and fortitude -
we need some accountability more transparency -
we thank those that have serve the tax payers well so far.
San Francisco is blessed to have a Controller who has just been extended to be in place for another 10 years.
Auditing every pertinent issue - working with Harvey Rose who has been in place of over 30 years - reviewing the Budget and conducting analysis - has been a blessing - had, these two entities - NOT -been in place - all hell would break loose.
Here you have all the SF Supervisors -
commending a crook and smiling with glee -
such jackasses have to wake up to reality.
When we go to City Hall and speak at Public Comment - which now has been reduced to two measly minutes - advocates by far have refused to be treated like " chattel " - some " dirty rag ".
The voice of the people is critical - but there has to be substance to the talk - so that it leads to some concrete - walk.
Again and again - we have sell outs -mostly Black some of them have been investigated by Law Enforcement - but, they still hang around - talking from both sides of their mouth - not to be trusted.
Right now at the Phelps Raw Sewage Treatment Plant and surrounding are - all sorts of ploys and machinations are afoot.
The nurseries that have been shut down - the previous owners three of them each who paid $10,000 a month, rent.
The previous owner - have since been evicted. They each were paid $100,000 to move and did so - reluctantly.
Now, plans are afoot to have Azul a contractor to abate the contaminated land on which the 3 nurseries sat - and after abatement - which in this case is plain " capping " - placing some clay - few inches of clay - and then putting some dirty on top of it. Hoodwink us - and this abatement and mitigation must be vetted - by a second and third opinion. Now.
After this is done allowing some entities that I have named before - opening the nurseries - with NO valid justification - less expertise - what so ever.
The grants have already been disbursed - and behind this ploy - one again the perennial - Juliet Ellis - who must be fired.
The SF City Hall Campus situated
at 1400 Evans Avenue.
Plans are afoot to build a campus at 1550 Evans - when we know that City College already has a campus - be it that is it old and needs to be torn down and built - up again.
Why should we create problems trying to build a campus on land that is contaminated plus severely prone to liquefaction and flooding? We the tax payers who will foot the bill - those initiating the plans making in access of $250,000 with benefits - failing to represent us - and wasting - millions of tax payers money.
One or two make over $300,000 plus benefits - laughing all the way to the bank - failing to represent - failing to help the constituents - more from the Bayview Hunters Point Area.
This is a clarion call - wake up and stand up for your rights.
Stop listening to the sell outs - you know - who they are - they have no Blue Print - less one in writing - they talk the talk but have failed - to walk the walk.
The SF City College Board recently were given a presentation by the Dean who has jurisdiction over the City College operations at 1800 Oakdale - the Southeast Community Facility Commission Building - and the other City College Satelite situated on Evan Street.
This presentation was never, ever vetted by the community at large - and hence lies the crux of the problem. SF Public Utilities Commission - in the past has failed to keep its promises - nothing much changes now.
If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck - than there is no reason to doubt - that it is a duck? Go Figure.
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