Communications Archives - Hayes Valley San Francisco

Week 20 • Hayes Street Farmers Market Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1493851

November 2, 2026Attention SFMTA:Saturday October 31, 2026 Week 20 documents conditions consistent with prior weekly reports, reflecting HVS’s ongoing concerns regarding the market’s operation and impacts on surrounding businesses and neighborhood access.Our October 19 request to relocate the farmers market from the 400 block of Hayes Street remains outstanding and has not received a substantive response from SFMTA. This correspondence has been edited for clarity and conciseness. Routine greetings and contact details have been omitted; the substance of the communication …

Week 99 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1316522 Noncompliance

November 1, 2026Attention SFMTA:Friday October 30, 2026Saturday October 31, 2026 Week 99. Our request remains unchanged: revoke Permit No. 1316522 and restore the 400 block of Hayes Street to normal public use. This correspondence has been edited for clarity and conciseness. Routine greetings and contact details have been omitted; the substance of the communication remains unchanged. See all weekly notifications sent to SFMTA

Week 19 • Hayes Street Farmers Market Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1493851

October 26, 2026Attention SFMTA:Saturday October 24, 2026 Week 19 documents conditions consistent with prior weekly reports and remain part of HVS’s ongoing concerns regarding the market’s operation and impacts on surrounding businesses and neighborhood access. Our October 19 request to relocate the farmers market from the 400 block of Hayes Street remains outstanding and has not received a substantive response from SFMTA. This correspondence has been edited for clarity and conciseness. Routine greetings and contact details have been omitted; the substance …

Week 98 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1316522 Noncompliance

October 25, 2026Attention SFMTA:Friday October 23, 2026Saturday October 24, 2026 The documented conditions continue to support our request for revocation of Permit No. 1316522 and restoration of the 400 block of Hayes Street to normal public use. This correspondence has been edited for clarity and conciseness. Routine greetings and contact details have been omitted; the substance of the communication remains unchanged. See all weekly notifications sent to SFMTA

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Hayes Valley Farmers Market, Permit No. 1493851 — Relocation and Outstanding SFMTA Inquiries

This page documents Hayes Valley Safe’s formal correspondence to SFMTA requesting relocation of the Hayes Valley Farmers Market from the 400 block of Hayes Street. Following eighteen weeks of documented market operations and months of unanswered inquiries, the letter outlines recurring impacts on existing businesses, concerns about the market’s year-long authorization, and the need for meaningful agency action. HVS requests relocation to a more appropriate location and a substantive written response to its outstanding concerns. October 19, 2026Dear Director Kirschbaum …

Week 97 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1316522 Noncompliance

October 18, 2026Attention SFMTA:Friday October 16, 2026Saturday October 17, 2026 On Saturday, the Farmers Market was followed by a dog marketplace, further impacting an already constrained commercial corridor. Meanwhile, Parcel K remained vacant during the dog marketplace—an event that could have been accommodated at that location instead. Once again, existing Hayes Street merchants bore the impacts of additional event programming within the street closure, despite the availability of an alternative location. We continue to request revocation of Permit No. 1316522 …

Week 18 • Hayes Street Farmers Market Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1493851

October 17, 2026Attention SFMTA: Street conditions for the Hayes Street Farmers Market documented here:Saturday October 17, 2026 Week 18 documents the continued recurrence of conditions previously reported to SFMTA, including market-related vehicles occupying customer parking and business loading areas along the Hayes Street commercial corridor. Merchants are repeatedly leaving messages on market-related vehicles asking drivers not to occupy parking needed by their customers. These impacts were raised with SFMTA before the market began and have continued throughout eighteen weeks of …

MOCAC Hayes Street Resolution: Unresolved Concerns

This page documents our October 9, 2026 correspondence to SF Planning and SFMTA leadership regarding unresolved concerns surrounding the Market & Octavia Community Advisory Committee’s (MOCAC) 2024 Hayes Street pedestrianization resolution. With another street closure renewal approaching, HVS is seeking clarification of overlapping organizational roles, potential conflicts of interest, and the influence this advisory resolution may have had on subsequent City decisions. October 9, 2026Dear SF Planning and SFMTA Leadership, Hayes Valley Safe is following up on concerns first raised …

Parcel K: Status and Future Use

This page documents our October 9, 2026 correspondence to San Francisco City officials requesting clarification of Parcel K’s current status and future use. With another Hayes Street closure renewal approaching, HVS is asking the City to formally evaluate this long-standing, City-controlled site as an alternative location for recurring community programming and to renew public discussion about its future. October 9, 2026Dear City Officials, As the City approaches another decision on the recurring weekend closure of Hayes Street, Hayes Valley Safe …