This area here was supposed to be the subject of the largest redevelopment project in the city since the 1906 earthquake. They were planning to build over 12,000 affordable homes, offices, stores, restaurants and green spaces. Scheduled for a 2030 completion, they’d already sold units and broke ground.

Except there was a small problem; the site was a covert nuclear testing site for the US military from the 40’s to the 60’s. And the levels are still dangerous.

The company that was charged with the toxic clean up, and the development corp are now the subject of a huge lawsuit for falsifying reports.