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Hayes Valley Facebook Society Page Shenanigans

April 9, 2025December 5, 2020

Here at Hayes Valley Safe we welcome feedback from neighbors. We also encourage civic discourse, varying views, the right for a minority to redress via petition, and the right for all impartial voices to be heard. We’ve been asked about our affiliation with the Hayes Valley Facebook Society Page (on several occasions) while some neighbors have been negatively impacted by the shenanigans that go on there. (There have been a few horrid stories of neighbors being called names and being …

Hayes Valley Public Safety Meeting Recap July 2020

March 25, 2021August 7, 2020

Focus Topic: Property Crimes Panel: Chief of Police, Bill Scott Assistant Chief, Mike Redmond of the Special Operations Bureau Deputy Chief David Lazar Commander Teresa Ewins Captain Paul Yep of Northern Sgt. Brent Bradford of the SFPD Burglary Unit Sgt James O’Malley of Northern New Assistant District Attorney assigned to Northern, Andrew Clark Art Campos, SF SAFE Summary: The meeting started with a welcome from Chief of Police Bill Scott. He said he was glad to talk to the community …

Hayes Valley Public Safety Meeting Recap June 2020

March 25, 2021June 6, 2020

On Line Meeting 6.1.20 Focus Topic: Public Safety Concerns in Hayes Valley During COVID-19 Panel: Chief Katherine Miller, San Francisco Juvenile Probation Brittany Ford, Executive Director of Mo Magic Dean Preston, District 5 Supervisor Kyle Smeallie, Legislative Aide District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston Art Campos, SF SAFE Summary: First Presenter Chief Katherine Miller of San Francisco Juvenile Probation “Kat” has been Chief since January 2020. She informed us that there are 500 youth in the Juvenile Probation System. With an …

Hayes Valley Public Safety Meeting Recap May 2020

March 24, 2026May 15, 2020

Focus Topic: Public Safety Concerns in Hayes Valley During COVID-19 Panel: Captain Joe Engler, SFPD Northern Station Art Campos, SF SAFE Toni Powell, San Francisco Juvenile Probation Kyle Smeallie, Legislative Aide District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston Summary: Captain Engler talked about the difficult times. While crime stats are down these are tough times for the police officers. Crime these days is less organized which makes it harder to police. Car break-ins are occurring less at typical hot spots like Alamo …