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Westmob is known to associate with the Oakdale Mob and Sunnydale Gangsters. Its rivalry with Big Block was the subject of the 2002 documentary Straight Outta Hunters Point [1] and is linked to rap and drugs. They claim territory from West Point to Middle Point in San Francisco's notoriously dangerous Hunters Point projects. [2]
Although an account of the events that unfolded in Hunters Point in late September 1966 is contained in the report 128 Hours, [1] Arthur Hippler has criticized the report as biased favorably towards police actions, noting it omitted several important details, such as the incident when the police shot into the Bayview Community Center on September 28.
Beacon Point & Conch Point (1700s), Potrero Viejo (1830s–1860s), Butchertown (1830s–1960s), Southern San Francisco (1839; on some maps), Hunters Point Shipyard (1869–1939), Railroad Avenue (former name for "3rd Street"; 1886–1910), Bayview-Hunter's Point (1960s–present), Bayview Heights ("redevelopment" name; 2010s–present) – The Point (nickname), The Port (nickname), The Yard ...
The Tenderloin area has the highest crime rate in San Francisco: 70% of the city's violent crimes, and around one-fourth of the city's murders, occur in this neighborhood. The Tenderloin also sees high rates of drug abuse, gang violence, and prostitution. [4] Another area with high crime rates is the Bayview-Hunters Point area. In the first six ...
On December 7, 1995, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors renamed the facility The Bayview Opera House Ruth Williams Memorial Theater.(City and County of San Francisco Resolution No.1027-95) Ruth Williams had played a leading role in promoting the arts and culture of the Bayview-Hunters Point and preventing the demolition of the historic ...
In the 1990s, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) called Visitacion Valley “a neglected urban backwater of 18,000 with rampant crime, awful schools, and a deplorable housing project called Geneva Towers.” [9] It has also been labeled by news media as San Francisco's least known neighborhood [10].
The Bayview Footprints Network maintains the neighborhood's longest-running blog, and the San Francisco Bay View is the local newspaper. Hunters Point Shipyard, a former Superfund site, and a polluting power plant have been focal points for environmental activists.
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