The two committees listed below serve as the official advisory committees overseeing activities around the Hunters Point Shipyard. Both committees meetings are open to the public and provide opportunity for public comment.

The Hunters Point Shipyard Restoration Advisory Board (RAB)

Restoration Advisory Boards are committees created by the Department of Defense, under a 1993 Executive Order by President William Jefferson Clinton, as a means for increasing community input into individual base cleanup programs. RABs are composed of various interested parties or "stakeholders" including neighborhood residents, Shipyard tenants, environmental groups, community-based organizations, educational, and other public interest organization representatives. They also include the environmental regulators overseeing the base's cleanup. RABs provide the primary community forum for the discussion of cleanup strategy and priorities. On the other hand, RABs are strictly advisory which means they have no decision making power outside of their own administation and membership.

The Hunters Point RAB was created in 1993. It is composed of several subcommittees each charged with a specific focus including: Technical and Risk Review, Economic Development, and Radiation. Meetings take place in the evening on the last Thursday of the month with RAB subcommittees meeting monthly or more frequently as needed. Individuals can become members of the RAB and vacancies occur regularly. If you are interested in becoming a RAB member contact the Navy at keith.s.forman@navy.mil or call 415-515-6216.

The Hunters Point Shipyard Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC)

The HPS CAC was created by former Mayor Art Agnos in 1990 to advise him on the base's reuse. The CAC has continued to advise San Francisco's Mayors ever since. Like the RAB, it is composed of Bayview Hunters Point community residents, businesses, Shipyard tenants, and other stakeholders. The CAC is staffed by the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency and is supported by the Mayor's Office of Economic Development and City Attorney. The CAC is charged with reviewing HPS reuse documents, property transfer agreements, employment and economic development issues, housing, and environmental cleanup as it pertains to property reuse. Also like the RAB however, the CAC is an advisory body with no inherint decision making power. Recommendations by the CAC are forwarded to the Redevelopment Commission, Board of Supervisors and Mayor for action. General meetings take place monthly and are open to the public. CAC subcommittees meet monthly or more frequently as needed. Members of the CAC are appointed by the Mayor in consultation with the the San Francisco Supervisor representing Bayview Hunters Point.