Carmen’s Back

Carmen Policy former general manager of the San Francisco 49ers during the team’s championship era, has joined the effort to develop a stadium at Hunters Point Shipyard and keep the Niners playing in San Francisco.

Mr. Policy is serving as a key consultant for both Lennar and the City of San Francisco, assisting with the effort to pass the Baview Jobs, Housing and Parks Initiative next June. The ballot measure will establish a new football stadium at Hunters Point and create affordable housing and retail at Candlestick Point.

Mr. Policy led a successful campaign in 1997 to pass a ballot measure authorizing a stadium-mall concept that was ultimately never built. Ten years later, he will now be leading the charge to build a new stadium for the Niners.

"I consider it unfinished business," Policy told The San Francisco Chronicle
last week when asked about his involvement in the ballot campaign.

Mr. Policy’s participation also won rave reviews from Mayor Gavin Newsom who told the Chronicle’s Matier & Ross, "I'm absolutely thrilled Carmen will be joining our team. Carmen's track record speaks for itself."