CIVIC MINDED NEIGHBORHOOD ADVOCACY

Community serving
drilling down on the issues impacting Hayes Valley

Hayes Street Closure

key initiative • advocating since 2020

We are facing a battle royale over a 1 block closure that a faction in the neighborhood seeks to make permanent. We question whether efforts to shut down our main street is the best use of SFMTA’s budget. The survival of San Francisco Small Businesses is on the line while they face many economic uncertainties and experience their representation diminishing at the policy table.

Our approach

Guided by principals which we strive to uphold while we navigate through San Francisco’s complex civics and neighborhood politics

Review and Planning

Only through thorough review of the facts, processes and connections with stakeholders are we able to serve the neighborhood clearly with a concise overview of the initiatives/issues for community awareness and solutions (when applicable).

Outreach and Impact

We strive to ensure participation by encouraging facilitation of feedback via multiple means of outreach; a positive impact is only possible by fostering and encouraging others to engage.

Collaboration

We support and encourage neighbors and businesses to participate in the civic process. In an effort to advance common good, we seek a bilateral forum of communication between neighbors and City Agencies.

we are on a compelling journey to find reason & answers to the most impactful initiatives effecting the neighborhood

because we have skin in the game

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Hayes Street Closure Activity

LAST UPDATE: December 7th

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Takeaways from MOCAC Meeting June 17th 2024

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Freeway Commemoration Project Update

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Neighborhood Advocates HAVE KEY Role

While community advocates cannot guarantee greater participation, experience has shown me that they can help increase resident involvement in community development processes. Community advocates can be the difference between a successful project with strong community input and buy-in or an unsuccessful one with limited community involvement and neighborhood indifference.

– Richard Wooten, Michigan State University

“Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It’s important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It’s the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.”

Dorothy Height