Clean Up the Toxic Plume Beneath the 2500 Block of Irving Street

We, the undersigned residents, families, the Office of Supervisor Alan Wong, the Mid-Sunset Neighborhood Association, and supporters of the Mid-Sunset, call for a comprehensive cleanup of toxic vapors beneath the 2500 block of Irving Street.

Over the past several years, neighbors living in the mid-Sunset have learned that toxic dry-cleaning chemicals—particularly perchloroethylene or PCE—have been detected in the area’s subsurface/soil and in multiple homes. While building-level mitigation measures may reduce risk for occupants inside a specific structure, residents remain deeply concerned about the broader plume, confirmed vapor intrusion into nearby homes and businesses, and the lack of a clear path to permanent cleanup.

We urge the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC), the San Francisco Police Credit Union (SFPCU), the Albrite Cleaners parties (Albrite), the City of San Francisco, and relevant regulators to come to the table in good faith to help fund and support a comprehensive, plume-wide cleanup plan.

Our goal is straightforward: to direct resources toward remediation, strengthen public confidence, and ensure the Mid-Sunset remains a healthy place for current and future residents.

We support affordable and market-rate housing and want 2550 Irving and the entire Sunset to thrive. But protecting neighborhood health requires more than parcel-by-parcel measures. It must be wholistic and comprehensive. If additional parcels in the corridor are redeveloped in the future without a clear, plume-wide cleanup plan, future policy changes may be necessary to ensure plume-wide mitigation and remediation are addressed consistently and transparently, rather than handled only on a project-by-project basis.

We respectfully urge the following:

1. TNDC, SFPCU, and Albrite: Participate in a City-convened, public-facing process to discuss plume-wide remediation for the 2500 block of Irving.
   
   
2. All relevant parties: Commit funding toward an independent, plume-wide soil vapor extraction (SVE) remediation plan (including a defined pilot and a scalable approach) that prioritizes removal of contaminants—not just temporary measures that only protect new residents.
   
   
3. The City of San Francisco and SFDPH: Participate as an active partner—convening and coordinating this effort with regulators and supporting a solutions-oriented process that advances cleanup and public confidence. Pick up where the State’s response has not met the urgency the neighbors deserve. Supervisor Wong will continue to press all responsible parties to provide the same standard of protection as any other residential neighborhood in California. Sunset residents should not have to choose between housing and their health—we can and must have both.

Please sign this petition to urge all parties to come to the table and work with the City and County of San Francisco to fund and implement a cleanup that protects our neighborhoods’ health, safety, and future.