Richmond council greenlights plans for housing development on toxic site [San Francisco Chronicle]
Richmond council greenlights plans for housing development on toxic site [San Francisco Chronicle] Dec. 16—The Richmond City Council gave a developer permission Tuesday to move forward with plans to partially clean a toxic site polluted with more than 100 chemicals and build up to 4,000 residential units and a 20,000-square-foot grocery store. The vote — four yes votes and two no votes — resulted in the final passage of an ordinance permitting the project at 1400 S. 47th Street — and eliminated what many activists saw as a last chance to prevent the site’s development. The 86-acre p...