Hayes Street Closure Permit Noncompliance

Week 61 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1316522 Noncompliance

February 9, 2026 Attention SFMTA: See closure conditions for this past weekend:Friday February 6, 2026Saturday February 7, 2026 This correspondence documents conditions observed during Week 61 of the Hayes Street closure permit. Across both permitted closure days this weekend, none of the basic operational requirements of the permit were met. Conditions remained unchanged from prior weeks, including: Equity ImplicationsAs documented this weekend, the closure leaves the block itself underutilized, while surrounding streets absorb the resulting traffic, noise, and congestion. A publicly …

Week 60 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1316522 Noncompliance

February 2, 2026 Week 60 – Continued Noncompliance and Inequitable Use of Public Right-of-Way See closure conditions for this past weekend:Friday January 30, 2026Saturday January 31, 2026 This marks Week 60 of documented noncompliance on the 400 block of Hayes Street. Conditions observed this weekend remained unchanged from prior weeks. Required permit conditions continue not to be met, including maintained emergency access, posted No Parking signage, on-site management, lawful public notice, and enforcement of prohibited uses. Unpermitted commercial activity, including …

Week 59 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1316522 Noncompliance

January 26, 2026 Attention SFMTA: See closure conditions for this past weekend:Friday January 23, 2026Saturday January 24, 2026 This marks Week 59 of documented noncompliance on the 400 block of Hayes Street. Conditions observed this weekend were not merely unchanged, they were further entrenched. Compounding these ongoing violations, baseline conditions imposed under the renewed permit term are not being implemented in practice. Required elements including No Parking signage, maintained emergency access, on-site management, and lawful public notice identifying permit authority and …

Week 58 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1316522 Noncompliance

January 18, 2026 Attention SFMTA: See conditions for this past weekend:Friday January 16, 2026Saturday January 17, 2026 This marks Week 58 of documented noncompliance on the 400 block of Hayes Street and Week 8 under the renewed permit term (Permit No. 1316522). During both closure days, no material permit conditions were met. Observed conditions remained unchanged from prior weeks and included continued unpermitted commercial activity, prohibited uses within the closure area, absence of on-site management, and no visible enforcement or …

Week 57 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1316522 Noncompliance

January 11, 2026 Attention SFMTA: See conditions for this past weekend:Friday January 9, 2026Saturday January 10, 2026 This marks Week 57 of documented noncompliance on the 400 block of Hayes Street and Week 7 under the renewed permit term (Permit No. 1316522). Observed Conditions – No Compliance During both closure days this weekend, no material permit conditions were met. Observed conditions included: These conditions are not isolated. They are consistent with, and additive to, the documented violations submitted week after …

Week 56 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1316522 Noncompliance and Unannounced Operation

January 5, 2026 Attention SFMTA: This past weekend, Hayes Street was open. No notice or communication was provided to businesses or residents. As a result, much of the corridor remained unaware and unable to plan, promote, or benefit from the change in conditions. This marks the second consecutive weekend in which the closure was not consistently in effect, confirming that it is no longer being administered as a regulated permit program, but through informal, ad hoc decisions made without documented …

Week 55 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1316522 Noncompliance

December 29, 2025 Attention SFMTA: See conditions for this past weekend:Friday December 26, 2025 (pic 1, pic 2 taken at 4:20 pm)Saturday December 27, 2025 This marks Week 55 of documented noncompliance on the 400 block of Hayes Street and Week 5 under the renewed permit term (Permit No. 1316522). This weekend conditions on the block again failed to meet permit requirements, including large planter boxes placed directly in the roadway, no delineated emergency access lane, no posted no-parking signage, and no …

Week 54 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1316522 Noncompliance

December 21, 2025 Attention SFMTA:See conditions for this past weekend:Friday December 19, 2025Saturday December 20, 2025 This marks Week 54 of documented noncompliance on the 400 block of Hayes Street, and Week 4 under the renewed permit term (Permit No. 1316522). Despite the issuance of a new permit, conditions on the ground remain materially unchanged. The same operational failures documented under the prior permit continue to occur, including the absence of consistent on-site management, improper or unattended barricades, lack of …

Week 53 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1316522 Noncompliance

December 14, 2025 Attention SFMTA:See conditions for this past weekend: Friday December 12, 2025Saturday December 13, 2025 This marks Week 53 of documented noncompliance on the 400 block of Hayes Street. Since the renewal of Permit No. 1316522, conditions on the ground remain unchanged. Equally unchanged is the agency’s failure to acknowledge or respond to the documented record of opposition submitted prior to renewal. Multiple letters raising safety, access, compliance, and documented business loss concerns were submitted to SFMTA ahead of the new …

Week 52 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1316522 Noncompliance

December 7, 2025 Attention SFMTA:See conditions for this past weekend:Friday December 5, 2025Saturday December 6, 2025 This marks Week 52 of documented noncompliance on the 400 block of Hayes Street and the second weekend under the newly issued permit (No. 1316522). Despite a new term, and despite programmed activity on both Friday and Saturday, the closure again operated in complete violation of the required permit conditions. Permit violations for December 5 and 6 include, but are not limited to: The …