SAN FRANCISCO – The Port of San Francisco announced that it has been awarded $1.52 million from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for port security enhancements.
Published: June, 2007
The award is part of a $15.8 million port security grant program for Bay Area ports, including Oakland - $5.6 million, Richmond - $2.3 million, and Stockton - $3.3 million.
According to the Port of San Francisco’s Director of Homeland Security Sidonie Sansom, the funds will be used for additional security fencing along the Port’s 7˝ miles of waterfront property. The Port of San Francisco has received a total of $11.2 million in homeland security grants since 2002.
The Port is very pleased to receive the DHS port security awards, said Monique Moyer, Port Executive Director. We are especially thankful to our local elected officials - Mayor Gavin Newsom, Senator Barbara Boxer, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Representative Barbara Lee, (D-Oakland) and Representative Ellen Tauscher, (D-Walnut Creek) for their unwavering support for securing funding for Bay Area ports, said Moyer.
In October 2006, the last round of federal funding for port security, the Port of San Francisco and the Port of Oakland did not receive any funds. Due to the efforts of local officials, risk assessments for Bay Area ports were revisited and each received grants in this latest allocation of federal Homeland Security funds.
Source: Port of San Francisco
