Immediate Action and Inclusion Demanded on Hayes Street Closure

May 22, 2025 SFMTA, SFCTA and Supervisor Bilal Mahmood: We write to follow up on our recent letter (below), which outlined urgent concerns about the Hayes Street closure…chief among them: ongoing noncompliance, lack of transparency, and the exclusion of the broader community from shaping its future. We’ve learned that an event has been announced for tomorrow, Friday, May 23rd, promoting Hayes Street as a “permanent pedestrianized Entertainment Zone.” According to the notice, the event will include live music, games, and …

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Week 22 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1091787 Noncompliance

May 12, 2025 Attention SFMTA: Road block conditions and permit violations for this past weekend have been documented here: Friday May 9, 2025 Saturday May 10, 2025 Permit violations include but not limited to: Again, we hereby demand that permit No. 1091787 be revoked immediately. It’s time to re-open our business corridor. See all notifications sent to SFMTA

SFMTA ISCOTT Public Hearing for Head West Market 2025

May 7, 2025 Good morning SFMTA & ISCOTT: We thank Nick and Bryant for their ongoing help navigating through the issues concerning the Head West event in Hayes Valley. Top reasons why Head West should be denied a permit for 2 additional dates this year: We hope you do the right thing and deny this permit tomorrow. Thank you.HVSafe This correspondence has been edited for clarity and conciseness. Routine greetings and contact details have been omitted; the substance of the …

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Week 21 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1091787 Noncompliance

May 6, 2025 Attention SFMTA: Road block conditions and permit violations for this past weekend have been documented here: Friday May 2, 2025Saturday May 3, 2025Permit violations include but not limited to: Again, we hereby demand that permit No. 1091787 be revoked immediately. It’s time to re-open our business corridor. See all notifications sent to SFMTA

Week 20 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1091787 Noncompliance

April 28, 2025 Attention SFMTA: Road block conditions and permit violations for this past weekend have been documented here:Friday April 25, 2025Saturday April 26, 2025 {includes welding activity} Permit violations include but not limited to: We also want to notate that city property Parcel K/Proxy and Parcels R &S (Hayes Valley Art Works aka HVAW) sat idle while an event hosted by HVAW was insisted upon occurring on Hayes St.!  It’s incredible to bear witness to the ongoing land grab …

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Week 19 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1091787 Noncompliance

April 21, 2025 Attention SFMTA: Road block conditions and permit violations for this past weekend have been documented here:Friday April 18, 2025Saturday April 19, 2025 This closure, as we all know, has been operating in violation of its permit terms and should have been revoked a long time ago … yet here we are repeatedly demanding its immediate revocation, while in return we’ve heard nothing. This is unacceptable. This costly experiment needs to end. Hayes Street needs to be reopened …

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