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File #: 251120    Version: 1 Name: Hearing - Airborne Plutonium at Hunters Point Shipyard and Delayed Reporting from the U.S. Navy
Type: Hearing Status: Pending Committee Action
Introduced: 11/4/2025 In control: Rules Committee
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Hearing to discuss the United States (U.S.) Navy's failure to promptly disclose the detection of airborne plutonium at the Hunter's Point Shipyard; to obtain full disclosure, ensure accountability, and protect the Bayview-Hunter's Point community as well as provide every document, every test result, and every explanation for this failure, and to outline what protections, if any, were in place during the eleven months the public was kept in the dark; the Navy identified contamination in November 2024 but did not report it to the City and County of San Francisco until October 2025, raising serious concerns about transparency, public health, and trust in federal oversight; and requesting the U.S. Navy, Environmental Protection Agency, California Department of Public Health, and the San Francisco Department of Public Health to report.
Sponsors: Shamann Walton
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