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 … Read post
Hayes St needs to to be restored to the vibrant business corridor that it was pre-pandemic! last updated 1/17/25 Renewal updates Correspondence to SFMTA for permit renewal hearing Permit Violation Correspondence Street Reports Restoration of the 500 block of Hayes Restoration of the 300 block of Hayes Let’s restore Hayes St The permit holder/HVNA has applied for another year term … Read post
What’s next for the Hayes Street Closure? permit renewal update UPDATE: March 14, 2025 We received a prompt that the permit holder/HVNA and the HVMC is aiming to establish Hayes Street as an entertainment zone which would allow open container drinks. We were stunned to hear this development and find it to be unsubstantiated as a need for our business … Read post
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 … Read post
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?
Update Wednesday July 14, 2021 Throughout 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 … Read post
