Mayor Lee’s Statement On Board of Supervisors Unanimously Moving 34th America’s Cup & James R. Herman Cruise Terminal Forward
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement on the Board of Supervisors unanimously upholding the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the 34th America’s Cup and the Port of San Francisco’s James R. Herman Cruise Terminal and Northeast Wharf Plaza on Piers 27-29:
“I applaud the Board of Supervisors for unanimously moving the environmental impact report for the 34th America’s Cup events and our new James R. Herman Cruise Terminal forward. We can now begin the work of implementing these projects so that San Francisco can realize thousands of new jobs and more than a billion dollars in economic impact.
The report has been made better and stronger as a result of the community input that we have received. I want to thank the community for actively and enthusiastically engaging the City in this process.
We are confident that the 34th America’s Cup will be the most sustainable, exciting and financially sound series of events in San Francisco history and leave a legacy that will serve San Francisco and its visitors for decades to come.”
“I applaud the Board of Supervisors for unanimously moving the environmental impact report for the 34th America’s Cup events and our new James R. Herman Cruise Terminal forward. We can now begin the work of implementing these projects so that San Francisco can realize thousands of new jobs and more than a billion dollars in economic impact.
The report has been made better and stronger as a result of the community input that we have received. I want to thank the community for actively and enthusiastically engaging the City in this process.
We are confident that the 34th America’s Cup will be the most sustainable, exciting and financially sound series of events in San Francisco history and leave a legacy that will serve San Francisco and its visitors for decades to come.”