Is Treasure Island’s new Equity Plan improving life for low-income veterans at Maceo May, the affordable Swords to Plowshares residence named for a Black vet? 

This architectural rendering of the redeveloped Island shows the location of Maceo May Veterans Apartments. – Photo: Fox News First report card on Treasure Island’s new non-racist, non-classist Equity Plan by Carol Harvey On Saturday, Jan. 20, 2023, at the Ship Shape Community Center, District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey, TIDA (Treasure Island Development Authority) and One Treasure Island (formerly TIHDI, Treasure Island Homeless Development Initiative), announced a “Vision for Treasure Island and Yerba Buena.” Posters displayed “Upcoming Equity-Centered Work” that “uplifts and invests in the needs and visions of underserved communities—and prioritizes Indigenous, Black, and other people of color, seniors, people with disabilities, youth, and low-income workers.” This equity poster hangs in the Ship Shape Building on Treasure Island. – Photo: Carol Harvey George Floyd’s 2020 murder, the Covid-19 pandemic and global warming are forcing social justice and equity to be re-imagined across cultures and nations. International recognition is growing that improved conditions for marginalized people will lift outcomes for everyone. TIDA insists on excellence – even superiority – in its redevelopment plan. Board President V. Fei Tsen constantly brags about affordable housing – Maceo May and Starview Court – and TIDA’s LEED-ND Platinum score. In 2016, Lennar Corp., lead...