 As of 2007, after the City of San Francisco received authority over the island from the US Navy, a small community of 40 households, comprising about 100 people, had developed on the island.In 2011, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a 20-year development of the island that aims to built two neighborhoods with up to 8,000 residences of which 25 percent are designated for affordable housing.In 2015, the City of San Francisco evicted the majority of residents to make room for the development.