Mary Catherine O'Connor

Around 50 people, including residents, government officials, and environmental justice leaders, met at the Southeast Community Center in Bayview on Tuesday evening.

The city's planning department convened the meeting to collect community input for the Yosemite Slough Neighborhood Adaptation Plan . The slough is a wetland that extends inland from the Candlestick Point State Recreation Area.

"The area around Yosemite Slough is some of the lowest lying areas of the city by elevation," explained Danielle Ngo, a senior planner for the city and county of San Francisco.

What’s in that water, and the tidal mud beneath it, are also concerns. For decades, industrial waste and contaminated stormwater flowed into the slough. The pollution is so bad that the EPA considers

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