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ACTIONS & UPDATES

  • Sign & Call: Support Make Polluters Pay
  • Rally May 27: Make Polluters Pay in Sacramento
  • Oppose AB 306: Stop the Rollback on Energy Efficiency Codes
  • Oppose AB 881 and SB 614: No CO₂ Pipelines
  • Oppose Trump’s Budget: It will harm the health of Americans
  • READ: Dr. Bob Gould’s speech from April 4 Stand Up for Science & Sanity Rally, Palo Alto
  • PHOTO: April 5, Hands Off Rally, San Francisco!
  • READING: Recent articles to help you keep up with the news
  • READ our response to the current attacks by the new administration: Standing Together for Justice and Health for All

ONGOING!

  • UPDATE: Air District Advocacy for Zero-Emission Water and Space Heater Rules
  • Keep Coal Out of Oakland!
  • Save Rooftop Solar in CA
  • Ask San Francisco to fund their Climate Plan
  • Close Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant
  • Demand the Cleanup of Bayview Hunters Point in San Francisco
  • And more below

Big Oil Caused This

Make Polluters Pay!

This year California is going to make the polluters pay for the climate devastation they’ve caused (because we’ve paid enough!). Thousands of Californians are calling on the California legislature to pass the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act (Senator Caroline Menjivar and Assemblymember Dawn Addis, (SB 684 / AB 1243) to get the fossil fuel companies to pay their fair share. Now is your opportunity to be part of this historic campaign.

ACTIONS

1. SIGN

SF Bay PSR wrote a letter for health professionals and advocates to sign in support of Make Polluters Pay. Your health voice can make a difference!

READ the letter and SIGN HERE

Note: SF Bay PSR never shares your email or info with other groups.

2. MAKE A CALL

We still need to gain votes to get the bill out of committee, please make calls to the following key Assemblymembers:

  •     Asm. Stefani, AD 19 – San Francisco: (916) 319-2019
  •     Asm. Papan, AD 21 – San Mateo: (916) 319-2021
  •    Asm. Bauer Kahan, AD 16 – San Ramon: (916) 319-2016
  •    Asm. Zbur, AD 51 – Santa Monica/Beverly Hills/Hollywood: (916) 319-2051

Script template:

Hello my name is ___ and I am from____ and I am a ________(physician, nurse, public health expert, scientist, health advocates, etc.). I am asking [Assembly member  ____ ] to vote yes on the polluters pay climate superfund bill.  This bill will make the world’s biggest fossil fuel polluters pay their fair share for the climate damages they have caused in California.

MORE INFO

While companies made billions of dollars despite decades of warnings of the accelerating dangers of climate change, Californians have increasingly faced rises in wildfire occurrence, flood occurrence, sea level, pollution levels, extreme heat, drought, and more. There have been numerous documented cases of fossil fuel companies polluting waterways, soil, and the air through oil spills, explosions, and fires, with further damage being caused by everyday industry practices. The costs in medical expenses, insurance rates, housing, and utility bills have undoubtedly been influenced by the actions of California’s biggest polluters driving our climate crisis. Yet the costs of these climate events fall on those who had no say in the extraction and destruction of our environment.

These funds will be used to respond to climate catastrophes, build climate-resilient neighborhoods and sustainable infrastructure, support workers suffering from climate-related health harms, and usher in a thriving and fair transition away from fossil fuels.

It’s time for polluters to pay for destroying our health and the health of our planet!

Thank you for taking action!

May 27 rally

Make Polluters Pay Action Events

Hosted by Oil & Gas Action Network
Sponsored by Last Chance Alliance, Fossil Free Media, SF Bay PSR, and more

Sacramento Polluters Pay Rally
Tuesday, May 27, 4:00pm
CA Capitol, west steps, 1315 10th Street, Sacramento

Wear your white coat, if you have one for your work.

RSVP: Email us at info@sfbaypsr.org Subject: May 27 Rally. We will connect you with other SF Bay PSR and local health professionals and advocates to meet or carpool.

Your tax dollars are subsidizing Fossil Fuel Companies to produce: Wildfires. Floods. Pollution. Cancer. Asthma. Climate Chaos. Disinformation. Corruption. Economic Inequality. Environmental Racism. California is poised to finally hold polluters accountable for the billions of dollars of damages and harms they have caused for decades. Join us for this historic and inspiring rally.

BRAVO! Dr. Bret Andrews, SF Bay PSR board member, joined up with PSR-LA; Dr. Linda Rudolph, Climate for Health leader; Jane Fonda; and CA community groups at the Make Polluters Pay press conference in Sacramento on April 29, 2025.

Trump’s Executive Order and How Make Polluters Pay Campaigns Across the Country Can Respond

On April 8, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Justice to target state climate laws and lawsuits that hold fossil fuel companies accountable. The order explicitly targets New York and Vermont’s climate superfund laws and threatens ongoing climate accountability litigation nationwide. Th executive order is a clear attempt to shield polluters from paying their fair share of climate disaster costs. This executive order is a shameless attempt to ensure the burden falls on working families instead of fossil fuel billionaires.

  • This Is a Fight We’re Ready For—and One We Can Win
    • Trump’s executive order isn’t a setback—it’s proof that climate accountability is working and Big Oil is running scared.
    •  Democratic officials should respond with lawsuits defending their authority to hold polluters accountable.
    • Trump campaigned on “states’ rights” but now attacks states exercising their legitimate power. This hypocrisy exposes that his administration serves corporate interests, not the constitution or constituents.
  • Turn Defense into Offense
    • This executive order should inspire MORE states to pass climate superfund laws against Big Oil, not fewer. Nothing in this order prevents states from continuing to advance climate accountability.
    • Every state not yet considering climate superfund legislation should take this as their cue to introduce bills immediately. A coordinated response will make federal interference more difficult.
  • Highlight the Human Costs and Political Risk
    • As climate-fueled disasters ravage communities nationwide, voters will not look kindly on officials who protect fossil fuel profits over people paying for recovery costs.
    • This executive order forces a clear choice: either fossil fuel companies pay for the damage they knowingly caused, or struggling families and taxpayers do.
    • Every climate disaster now becomes an opportunity to highlight how Trump is attempting to block recovery funds that should be obtained from the companies that fueled the crisis.

We need more heat pumps like this for improved air quality and more efficient heating and cooling!

Oppose AB306: Stop the Rollback on Energy Efficiency Codes

AB 306 (Schultz, Rivas) would exacerbate California’s energy affordability crisis by banning local governments from adopting building codes that encourage energy efficiency in newly constructed homes. By both blocking local energy efficiency policies and pausing statewide residential code updates until 2031, the bill would lock households into higher utility bills while infringing on local authority and putting efficiency, HEALTH, and resilience benefits at risk.

ACTION

SEND a  letter opposing AB306 here.

AB 306 has advanced to the Senate and poses a serious threat:

  • It would undermine local authority and jeopardize HEALTH, climate resilience, and affordability
  • Block local energy efficiency policies
  • Pause state residential code updates until 2031
  • Lock households into higher utility bills

AB 306 risks preventing updates to address earthquake risk, flooding, energy storage systems, energy and water utility costs, and more. It also would prohibit updates that simplify the code or reduce construction costs.

READ the fact sheet here.

Oppose AB 881 and SB 614: NO CO2 Pipelines

Info provided by PSR-LA

CALL TODAY! Both bills are scheduled to be heard in key committees THIS week May 5-9.

Two bills have been introduced in the California Legislature that would create a pathway to prematurely lift the state’s moratorium on CO₂ pipelines: AB 881 (Petrie-Norris) and SB 614 (Stern). As currently written, these bills would establish weak safeguards and inadequate oversight for CO₂ pipeline development—putting communities at risk.

We must not allow California to bypass federal rulemaking in order to fast-track dangerous CO₂ pipelines and carbon capture projects. Prematurely lifting the moratorium exposes communities to serious public health and safety risks, including potentially deadly CO₂ leaks.

What Is the CO₂ Pipeline Moratorium?

California currently has a temporary ban on the construction of new CO₂ pipelines. These pipelines are severely under regulated, and leaks or blowouts can pose major threats to public health, wildlife, and the environment. This moratorium will remain in place until long-awaited federal safety rules are released. After that, California can implement stronger state-level protections. But instead of waiting, AB 881 and SB 614 would repeal the moratorium early and require state agencies to draft new, rushed CO₂ pipeline regulations.

READ Facts about Carbon Capture and Pipelines

ACTIONS

Please CALL CA legislators TODAY!

SB 614: Call the targets below today! Leave a message if no one is available to take your call. 

“Hello my name is ___, and I am a resident of ____ and a _____ (physician, nurse, public health expert, scientist, health advocates, etc.). I am calling to urge [Senator _____] to oppose SB 614. SB 614 would prematurely lift the state’s CO2 pipeline moratorium, putting communities at risk of incredibly dangerous CO2 leaks. Please vote no on SB 614. Thank you.”

Senate Environmental Quality Committee:

  •     Menjivar (916) 651-4020
  •     Gonzalez (916) 651-4033
  •     Blakespear (916) 651-4038
  •     Perez (916) 651-4025
  •     Padilla (916) 651-4018

AB 881: Call the targets below today! Leave a message if no one is available to take your call. 

“Hello my name is ___, and I am a resident of ____and a _____ (physician, nurse, public health expert, scientist, health advocates, etc.). I am calling to urge [Assemblymember _____] to oppose AB 881. AB 881 would prematurely lift the state’s CO2 pipeline moratorium, putting communities at risk of incredibly dangerous CO2 leaks. Please vote no on AB 881. Thank you.”

Assembly Natural Resources Committee:

  •    Connolly (916) 319-2012
  •    Garcia (916) 319-2050
  •     Schultz (916) 319-2044
  •     Zbur (916) 319-2051
  •     Wicks  (916) 319-2014
  •     Pellerin (916) 319-2028
  •     Bryan (916) 319-2055
  •     Muratsuchi (916) 319-2066

THANK YOU!

Oppose Trump’s Budget: It will harm the health of Americans

by PSR National

The President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request is an assault on health and equity while increasing defense spending to over $1 trillion. Many of these cuts are blatant attacks that target the most vulnerable among us, namely people of color, low income individuals, the LGBTQ+ community, and undocumented immigrants.

Environmental justice programming has essentially been eliminated from the federal government, leaving the most polluted communities to fend for themselves against major polluters. This is only a fraction of the proposed 54.5% cut to the Environmental Protection Agency. Despite the constant reminders of climate change, from worsening natural disasters to heat waves, this budget request significantly decreases funding to study climate impacts and eliminates all renewable energy programs at the Department of Interior.

Additional health-harming cuts include:

  • The Department of Health and Human Services would lose 26.2% or $33 billion in funding
  • Elimination of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) that serves approximately 6 million people
  • Cuts to funding at the National Institute of Health of nearly $18 million, over $5 billion from the National Science Foundation, and $3.5 billion, from the Center for Disease Control, nearly half of the agency’s budget
  • And a $674 million cut to Medicare and Medicaid, the Administration claims will not impact the benefits of these programs, but would cut funding to outreach and education that are essential to users of these programs

All of these cuts take place while the Trump administration plans to increase military defense spending by $113 billion. This 13% increase is the largest in FY2026 from the previous year, with defense spending now totaling more than $1 trillion.

ACTION

SEND a letter HERE using SF Bay PSR’s easy tool!

Note: SF Bay PSR never shares your email or info with other groups.

Write your U.S. Representative and urge them to oppose the President’s 2026 budget, which increases defense spending to over $1 trillion while making drastic cuts to vital health and environmental programs.

READ PSR National’s full statement here.

THANK YOU!

Dr.Bob Gould speaking and crowd at rally

Stand Up for Science & Sanity Rally in Palo Alto:
Speech by SF Bay PSR President, Robert M. Gould, MD

April 4, 2025

An excerpt: Over the years, we have utilized such knowledge gained in free inquiry in science and health research to defend and protect the communities most vulnerable to the impacts of widespread pollution. This includes downwinders exposed to radioactive fallout in the atomic detonations starting in New Mexico in 1945 and extending through the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to include widespread planetary contamination. As well the intense and persistent radioactive poisoning caused by massive nuclear explosions in the Pacific, from which contaminated naval vessels were processed and sandblasted at Bayview Hunters Point in SF, leaving a covered-up radioactive legacy for generations living in my city.

We have similarly relied on advances in scientific research to defend our patients and communities subject to health impacts caused by our climate crisis and connected issues of toxic pollution. Beyond generating our own research and reports, we have relied on decades of expertise and studies emanating from numerous government agencies and institutions such as EPA, NIH and NIOSH, to provide support for our testimony for stronger health-protective regulations that have of course encountered strong opposition from corporate forces long intent on placing the burden of proof on those suffering the health effects of pollution.

But the challenges and frustrations of working in an often corporate-captured regulatory environment are nothing compared with the full-scale assault on our public and environmental health and freedom to defend it, evinced by the wholesale destruction of EPA and regulatory protections illustrated by our current Administration carrying out a corporate-friendly agenda foreshadowed well in advance by Project 2025. It has been jaw-dropping to witness the stunning and truly cruel attacks on federal employees, agencies, and programs that protect public health, preserve our national parks and forests, monitor extreme weather, safeguard nuclear security, enforce environmental protections, and provide care to the most vulnerable across our nation and the globe.

As we have seen in what has been aptly described in Rolling Stone magazine as the “Bloodbath” of April 1, 2025.

“… more than 7,000 workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services were cut. Staffers with decades of experience received emails at 5 a.m. on Tuesday that they were being placed on administrative leave and would no longer have access to their buildings, effective immediately.”

READ the entire speech HERE.

health professionals in their white coats with signs at Hands Off rally

BRAVO to everyone who joined us for the April 5 Hands Off Rally in San Francisco!

What a meaningful day! If you missed it, don’t worry. We will be sending out more opportunities to make your voice heard.

For information about HANDS OFF, please read here.

Together we can defend the communities and issues we care about and join the movement to build a better future.

READING

It’s hard to keep up with the news these days. We are working to make that a bit easier for you by sharing a selection of the articles we are reading. Also, please share these articles far and wide—together we can help combat misinformation. 

KQED Forum Radio: How Countries Fall into Autocracy with Anne Applebaum and Steven Levitsky

More than 1,900 scientists write letter in ‘SOS’ over Trump’s attacks on science

Americans are beginning to fear dissent. That’s exactly what Trump wants

Why Trump’s brutal crackdown on free speech is unprecedented in the US

The Trump administration is descending into authoritarianism

‘The authoritarian playbook’: Trump targets judges, lawyers … and law itself

Donald Trump is seeking to erase the United States as we know it

Federal Government’s Growing Banned Words List Is Chilling Act of Censorship

Economic Policy Institute: Cutting Medicaid to pay for low taxes on the rich is a terrible trade for American families

Here are all the ways people are disappearing from government websites

Books:

Autocracy Rules for Survival  by Masha Gessen

How to Stand Up to a Dictator by Maria Ressa

PBS News Hour Interview

How Fascism Works by Jason Stanely

More articles:

Elimination of federal climate tools: EJ advocates say tools to study pollution in vulnerable communities by companies, including xAI and SpaceX, have disappeared

Trump’s shocking purge of public health data, explained 

The Erasing of American Science: How far can the Trump administration bend U.S. research before it breaks?

Outcry as Trump withdraws support for research that mentions climate

First Trump threatened to nuke hurricanes. Now he’s waging war on weather forecasters. 

New regulations on National Institute of Health grants will gut UC research funding by hundreds of millions of dollars annually. The University strongly opposes this directive and has submitted a declaration in support of California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s suit to block these cuts.

Inside the Collapse at the NIH: Administration officials pressured the NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now. 

Outrage as Trump cites ‘emergency’ to fast-track fossil fuel projects

Trump administration yanks CDC flu vaccine campaign

CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health

US federal websites scrub vaccine data and LGBT references

Killing PEPFAR means killing millions of people: All to save 0.08 percent of the budget.

‘Will I be safe’? Transgender California youth feel threatened by Trump’s executive orders

Health care workers are rushing to learn about immigration law in case of ICE raids

What we know about Trump’s wave of federal firings so far: How a radical push to shrink government might affect you. 

Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile

UPDATE: Air District Advocacy for Zero-Emission Water and Space Heater Rules

On Dec 4, 2024, we organized a striking turn-out of white coats, health professionals, to make public comments at the Bay Area Air District in support of the first-in-the-nation rules to phase in zero-emission water and space heaters. An Air District board member told us that our health professionals had a big impact!

These rules are expected to help prevent 15,000 asthma symptom incidents and avoid up to 85 premature deaths every year, and save an estimated $890 million annually in ER visits skipped, lost days of work and school avoided, and family members’ lives extended. These rules would greatly improve health equity and of course, help to protect our climate. Above: Drs. Mary Williams, Bret Andrews, Margie Chen, and CHN colleague Dr. Wendy Bernstein.

In the coming year, we will be laser-focused on the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to encourage their timely implementation of similar ZE appliance rules, and to support the creation of indoor air pollution standards; our work includes a new partnership with UCLA to study indoor air pollution in lower-income homes.

We are looking for more health professional volunteers to join our Building Electrification Speakers Bureau. We will train you and provide all the slides and materials. Give talks or table at community fairs and health events. It is impactful and inspiring work! Our Building Electrification program created and distributed health- and equity-focused information to educate about the benefits of electrification. In 2025, we will expand our community outreach through our collaboration with the San Francisco Environment Climate Equity Hub and a series of workshops developed in partnership with the Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates, ensuring that environmental justice communities benefit from the transition to electric buildings. Left: Bailey Ward, Julie Lindow, Crystal Loucel, and Bret Andrews.

ONGOING ACTIONS BELOW!

Keep Coal Out of Oakland!

Sponsored by No Coal in Oakland

Help prevent the construction of a major coal export terminal on the San Francisco Bay. A recent peer-reviewed Health Impact Study quantifies expected increases in Bay Area negative health outcomes due to emissions from trains that would carry 7.5 million tons of coal per year to the terminal.

ACTION

Please sign your name—including any health credentials—to the attached open letter calling for a binding commitment against handling coal at a marine terminal planned for the Oakland waterfront. The letter is co-sponsored by SF Bay PSR.

ADD YOUR NAME

If you are a member of another organization that could sign on, the attached letter also contains a link to the Organizational Sign-On Form!

Live in Oakland? No Coal in Oakland yard signs are available!

REQUEST FORM

If the property is developed as a coal terminal, it could handle from 4 to 15 million tons of coal per year. Each day, one or more uncovered coal trains, each more than a mile long, would spew toxic coal dust and diesel exhaust from Utah to Oakland, including through densely populated environmental justice communities in the East Bay. After a fossil-fueled trip across the Pacific, the coal would be burned, polluting Asian power plant communities and emitting substantial greenhouse gasses. We cannot allow it.

The coalition coordinating this campaign includes: No Coal in Oakland, 350 East Bay, Youth vs. Apocalypse, West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, SF Bay Physicians for Social Responsibility, Sierra Club, SF Baykeeper, Asian Pacific Environmental Network, West Oakland Neighbors, Interfaith Council of Alameda County, Faith in Action

LEARN MORE at No Coal in Oakland.

Below: Image credit: “Fig. 1. Study Area with Estimated PM2.5 Concentrations associated with 2.1 μg/m3 Increase in the Peak of the Annual Average Increment,” from Health impact assessment of PM2.5 from uncovered coal trains in the San Francisco Bay Area: Implications for global exposures, Environmental Research v252 Part 1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.118787

Save Rooftop Solar in CA, an ongoing battle!

Sponsored by Solar Rights Alliance

BACKGROUND
Rooftop solar has been jeopardized in California because of a string of reckless decisions made by the CA Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) at the behest of the utilities. They are working to end net metering, charge solar taxes and other penalties for having solar panels, and even take control of your panels and the electricity they generate. The new solar-user rules, net metering 3 (NEM 3.0), went into effect in April of 2023, and by December, year-over-year sales were down 77-85% and 17,000 solar workers lost their jobs.

  • Before NEM 3.0, rooftop solar was growing fastest in middle and working class neighborhoods.
  • Now, everyday people have fewer options to control skyrocketing utility bills. And rooftop solar is no longer financially viable for most apartment buildings, farmers, schools, hospitals, etc.
  • Also, the state says rooftop solar must triple in order to meet the CA’s goal of getting 100% of our electricity from clean energy. That won’t happen unless rooftop solar becomes more affordable.
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WHAT IS THIS ABOUT? Utility profits!

  • Utilities make profits by spending more money – your money – building and maintaining long-distance power lines.
  • Because rooftop solar reduces the need to spend as much money on giant wind farms and power lines, utilities make less profit if rooftop solar keeps growing.
  • However, utilities still stand to make tons of profit in the years to come, even with rooftop solar. Yet, they are still trying to kill rooftop solar.
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ACTIONS

Tell Governor Newsom and your state legislators to protect rooftop solar in CA.

EMAIL them here using Solar Rights Alliance’s easy tool.

Thank you!

MORE READING

Solar Rights Alliance Blog: CPUC blocks rooftop solar for farms, schools, and many renters. Will state lawmakers overrule them?

KQED CA Morning Report: Solar Industry Battered by New California Rule

LA Times: California needs to get its act together on rooftop solar

READ MORE at Solar Rights Alliance

UPDATED: Tell Mayor Lurie and Supervisors to Fund San Francisco’s Climate Plan

Sponsored by SF Climate Emergency Coalition, including SF Bay PSR

A UC Berkeley Center for Law Energy and the Environment (CLEE) report recommended that the first step toward funding SF’s Climate plan should be a general obligation bond. See page nine of the Executive Summary.

ACTIONS

Make your health voice heard! Tell Mayor Lurie and the Supervisors that the City of San Francisco must do its part to address climate change by incorporating climate goals and actions into every aspect of city planning and to ensure the Climate Plan is fully funded.

1. CALL and EMAIL: Please call your Supervisors and Mayor Lurie’s office.

“Hello my name is ___, and I am a resident of ____ and a _____ (physician, nurse, public health expert, scientist, health advocates, etc.). I am calling to urge [Mayor Lurie / Supervisor  _____] to fully fund San Francisco’s Climate Plan and the SF Environmental Department. Thank you.”

MORE INFO about the battle to gain funding for SF’s Climate Plan:

The San Francisco Climate Emergency Coalition has been actively meeting with the mayor’s budget staff and supervisors.

San Francisco has an ambitious Climate Action Plan (CAP), which Mayor London Breed proudly introduced in 2021. Confusingly, the plan is still not properly funded and the city is in danger of missing its climate goals without serious efforts to fund and implement the CAP.

The climate crisis impacts the city in countless ways. It is a public health crisis, and funding climate initiatives will improve residents’ and the planet’s health. Such initiatives are also critical to address environmental justice and equity issues in San Francisco and improve the lives of underserved, low-income, and BIPOC communities. Climate initiatives will attract more businesses and tourists, create jobs, and elevate the status of San Francisco as a world-class city.

Mayors around the world are leading on aggressive climate policies in their cities. It’s time for Mayor Lurie to show that he is a serious leader who recognizes that climate action is the path to a livable, equitable, and rejuvenated San Francisco.

Prevent California from a Nuclear Disaster

UPDATE: SB 846 passed. This is bad news!

The aging Diablo Canyon Nuclear power plant that is near four earthquake faults will remain active for at least five more years.

We remain OPPOSED to the continued operation of the Diablo Nuclear Power Plant for these reasons:

  • It was built on the presumption of no active earthquake faults within 30 kilometers, it is now known there are 4 nearby active faults capable of larger quakes than the plant was designed for. One fault comes within 600 meters of the plant.
  • The reactors are aging, with critical upgrades having been avoided because of the presumed shutdown in 2025.
  • The attacks on the Zaporizhzhia reactor complex in Ukraine remind the world of the vulnerability of such plants to attack by adversaries / hackers, whether governments or terrorists, and the potential for massive radiation release.
  • Spending billions of dollars on the aging Diablo nuclear plant would steal resources that should be used for far more cost-effective renewables and storage, essential for dealing with climate change.
Aude Bouagnon at BVHP Rally

SF Bay PSR Board Member Dr. Aude Bouagnon spoke at a rally on Earth Day 2021 to support Bayview Hunters Point community efforts to advocate for the clean up of toxic wastes harming the health of residents. Photo by Dr. Ahimsa Sumchai.

Demand the Cleanup of Bayview Hunters Point in San Francisco

Contact San Francisco Mayor Breed & Board of Supervisors to ask them to ACT NOW:

● Declare a Public Health Emergency in Bayview Hunters Point and Treasure Island!
● Declare a moratorium on shipyard development and Lennar’s unsafe soil excavation!
● Conduct full retesting, safe cleanup and removal of all radioactive and toxic contamination at Hunters Point Shipyard Superfund Site & Treasure Island!

The San Francisco Hunters Point Naval Shipyard site was home to a Naval shipyard repair facility from 1945 to 1974 and the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory (NRDL) from 1948 to 1960. These facilities contaminated soil, dust, sediments, surface water and groundwater with toxic chemicals, heavy metals, PCBs, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and radionuclides.

We are honored to support the Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates in their efforts to fight for environmental justice.

READINGS & RESOURCES can be found HERE.

Please join SF Bay PSR to support Bayview Hunters Point Mothers and Fathers Committee, Marie Harrison Community Foundation, Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, Literacy for Environmental Justice, Youth Vs. Apocalypse and other allies to demand a FULL cleanup of ALL contamination at the Hunters Point Shipyard Superfund Site and adjacent areas.

Please help us to continue to make taking action easy for more health advocates.

PLEASE DONATE HERE TODAY!