Hayes Closure

Petition to Reopen Hayes Street gets removed from HVNA controlled facebook page

April 8, 2025 This post after being up for 24 hours was removed today.No surprise, this private group is controlled and moderated by HVNA board members. HVNA is the permit holder of the Hayes Street Closure. This type of censorship and oppression by the HVNA is nothing new which is why we are highlighting this unjust behavior. This act exemplifies the very crux of the ongoing issue with stifling dialogue and fair civic engagement regarding a critical issue impacting Hayes …

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Hayes Street Closure Permit 2024

Hayes St needs to to be restored to the vibrant business corridor that it was pre-pandemic! There are a multitude of reasons why we do not support the continuation of this experiment on our business corridor. Below is an outline of some of the key principles that support why we disagree with the current course of this street closure. Notable takeaways from the SFMTA 11.19.2024 hearing: more info on our Summer Roundup last updated 1/17/25

400 Block of Hayes Street Closure Permit Updates

Earlier permit renewal updates Permit 2024 Restoration of the 500 Block of Hayes Restoration of the 300 Block of Hayes SFMTA ISCOTT contact exchange Permit History 2024 Traffic Report SFMTA ISCOTT permit correspondence permit renewal update UPDATE : November 20, 2025We’ve issued a statement summarizing what occurred at the SFMTA Board hearing this week and our takeaways.—> Read our full statement on the outcome more updates to come UPDATE : November 17, 2025Thank you to everyone who has reached out, …

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Shared Street Closure Permit Renewal – 300 Block of Hayes

It is increasingly evident that justification for the Shared Street Closure on Hayes Street has run its course. The program, hastily enacted under emergency policy, has not been subject to community review since its initial roll out in August of 2020. This lack of process has allowed the permittee, HVNA (Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association), to control the closure without input from impacted local businesses, still struggling to recover from the economic fallout of the ongoing pandemic. No data, metrics, or …

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Hayes Valley Street Closure Traffic Gridlock

Hayes Valley Shared Streets Closure causes Chaos on Hayes and Octavia Is this the best we can do to achieve environmental justice. What about noise & air pollution?

500 Hayes Street – Shared Streets – Request to Cease Closure/Re Open

Update Wednesday July 14, 2021Throughout the petition process our coalition faced a series of challenges which are outlined below. In January in tandem with the Hayes Valley Small Business Association (HVSBA) we opened an inquiry on the permit approval process with SFMTA; as a result we found a staggering lack of transparency had been applied (for a program that has been under the guise of temporary). After voicing our overall concerns with what had transpired and pointing to several just …

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