SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- It is difficult to imagine a tougher place to undertake a major redevelopment than the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard here...

Bordering the shipyard is Bayview, a mostly minority and working-class community with high rates of crime, joblessness and illness. Some residents believe that all of these problems are linked in some way to the neighborhood’s proximity to the base...

In March 2005, the city’s Board of Supervisors approved the first phase of a redevelopment plan for the old base; this allowed 1,600 condominium apartments and town homes on 63 acres, a project being built by the Miami-based Lennar Corporation. Now, after years of planning, negotiation and public meetings, voters will pass judgment June 3 on competing ballot initiatives that will decide whether the city and Lennar can embark on a mammoth $8 billion second phase. MORE

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