As we close out this calendar year we want to take a moment to reflect on the many efforts by our community members and volunteers. As we enter our 2nd year at HVSafe, we can attest to having started a new organization as being a rewarding and inspiring endeavor. We are driven to go to bat for neighbors and small businesses. We take our outreach and the opportunity to hear your thoughts and concerns seriously; we view our efforts as …
Once we decided to roll out this series we knew we had to kick things off with a brief reflection on the time and circumstances of when HVSafe officially began its efforts. Let’s set the stage shall we. Albeit the existing neighborhood organization (HVNA, Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association) has had a long standing presence in the neighborhood, many neighbors/small businesses have witnessed the paradigm shift that has taken place over the last few years with the organization’s core focuses and …
We’re still reeling from the last reprimand by the HVNA and then last night Richard was ejected from the HVNA T&P meeting. Unreal. This time it’s even more brazen! Here’s the exchange that occurred on Zoom once Richard raised his Zoom hand to get in line to speak….and the result was: he was kicked out of the meeting. Following that you’ll find his removal captured along with his attempt to return to the meeting denied. These ejections are becoming a …
As luck would have it while we’re beginning our series ‘behind the scenes‘ …one of our founders received the following email last week from the Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association’s (HVNA) president Jen Laska. A bit of context here: earlier this month he attended one meeting and was censored heavily when asking particulars. Consequently at a later meeting on the same day he was removed from that meeting and placed in the waiting room. The following week he was emailed the …
Over the past few days we’ve received a number of inquiries asking us about our position regarding the possibility of the 21 Hayes Bus being rerouted from Hayes Street on to Grove Street – so, we thought to address this here. HVSafe is in full support of restoring the 21 Hayes to its pre-Covid route. We do not support a modified route of any kind. We have heard from a large segment of neighbors including seniors who have made a …
We’re launching a ‘behind the scenes’ series on the humble beginnings of HVSafe, neighborhood politics and players in Hayes Valley who are setting out to shape policies and decisions which are impacting our community. Why are we doing this? When there are those trying to stop our right to advocate and vocalize our views we see a need to expose what we view as a detriment to fair community input and consensus making. Due to our experience of having been …
RE: Public Safety meeting in response to recent incidents in our District online meeting date: Thursday October 28th at 6:30 pm Per Supervisor Preston: we will have representatives from SFPD, the District Attorney’s office, Victim Services, SF Safe and more. We hope that this meeting will offer D5 residents an opportunity to ask questions, receive updates on recent incidents, and get connected to available resources.
Read our part 6 post. next post: part 6 followup to MOCAC Meeting
We’ve reached out to Northern Station for information on last night’s shooting on the 300 block of Buchanan and have spoken to Captain Paul Yep. Details at this time are limited. Shooting incident occurred between 2 vehicles. One person is in critical condition. We’ll report back any updates we receive. Latest Updates
