Hayes St needs to to be restored to the vibrant business corridor that it was pre-pandemic! last updated 1/17/25 Our advocacy story Renewal updates Correspondence to SFMTA Permit Violations Correspondence Street Reports Restoration of the 500 Block of Hayes Restoration of the 300 Block of Hayes Let’s restore Hayes Street Support the Petition There are a multitude of reasons why … Read post
What’s next for the Hayes Street Closure? 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, shown support, and continued to … 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, 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 … Read post