Hayes Street Closure Permit Noncompliance

Week 37 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1091787 Noncompliance

August 26 2025 Attention SFMTA:{37th consecutive seek} See street conditions for this past weekend:Friday August 22, 2025 Saturday August 23, 2025 Same conditions as prior weeks. Parked private vehicles throughout the closure, including employee parking—again in violation of permit terms and resulting in lost metered parking revenue for SFMTA. Unpermitted vending tent present on Saturday (the recurring men’s clothing tent SIGNATURE). We have repeatedly observed this operation with no visible permit or oversight. We’re still waiting on a a response …

Week 36 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1091787 Noncompliance

August 19, 2025 Attention SFMTA:{36th consecutive week} See street conditions for this past weekend:Friday August 15, 2025Saturday August 16, 2025 On Friday, we recorded video of traffic congestion at Octavia & Hayes involving a Flywheel taxi stalled at the barricade. This continues to underscore the ongoing harm and dysfunction directly caused by the closure. On Saturday, as has become routine, a men’s clothing (SIGNATURE) tent was once again operating within the closure zone. This repeated vending activity (permitted by Andrew and …

Week 35 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1091787 Noncompliance

August 13, 2025 Attention SFMTA: See street conditions for this past weekend:Friday August 8, 2025Saturday August 9, 2025 This marks the 35th consecutive week of documented noncompliance for the closure on Hayes. We observed restaurant employees parking their cars within the closed section – a direct violation of the permit. On Friday, individuals were skateboarding in the closure zone, another clear violation. Ironically, if the street were open, workers could park legally without occupying public space under a closure that delivers …

Week 34 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1091787 Noncompliance

August 6, 2025 Attention SFMTA:See street conditions for this past weekend:Friday August 1, 2025Saturday August 2, 2025 This marks the 34th consecutive week of documented noncompliance under Permit No. 1091787. As with previous weeks, the street was barren and lackluster, with nothing justifying the continued disruption to the corridor.We want to direct your attention to the traffic cluster at Hayes & Octavia on Friday August 1 and to additional footage from Saturday August 2 showing a traffic standstill on Gough Street, …

Week 33 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1091787 Noncompliance

July 30, 2025 Attention SFMTA: Here are the closure conditions for this past weekend:Friday July 25, 2025Saturday July 26, 2025 This marks 33 consecutive weeks of outreach to you. At this stage the continued purpose of this closure is, frankly, bewildering to say the least. The event held on Saturday which had a dismal turnout but was still used by our Supervisor as a photo opportunity referencing the so-called “promenade” did not go unnoticed. What’s more troubling is that there was zero …

Week 32 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1091787 Noncompliance

July 21, 2025 SFMTA: Here are the block conditions and violations for this past weekend:Friday, July 18, 2025Saturday, July 19, 2025 | see video of rideshare pickups and deliveries clogging the 500 block This past weekend marked the 32nd consecutive week of documented noncompliance under Permit No. 1091787. While a carnival was active on Parcel K Saturday afternoon, the adjacent closure of Hayes Street was unnecessary outside of the scheduled event. Later that evening, traffic congestion on the 500 block was …

Week 31 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1091787 Noncompliance

July 15, 2025 Attention SFMTA: Here are the block conditions and violations for this past weekend:Friday July 11, 2025 | See the 6 Bus moving the cones to drive though the blockSaturday July 12, 2025See all Hayes Street Closure Activity here. This past weekend marked the 31st consecutive week of documented noncompliance under Permit No. 1091787 for the closure of the 400 block of Hayes Street. The most egregious aspect of this debacle is that SFMTA has allowed Andrew and company to …

Week 30 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1091787 Noncompliance

July 7, 2025 Attention SFMTA: Here are the block conditions and violations for this past weekend:Friday July 4, 2025Saturday July 5, 2025See all Hayes Street Closure Activity here. This past weekend marked the 30th consecutive week of documented noncompliance under Permit No. 1091787 for the closure of the 400 block of Hayes Street. As with prior weeks, the permit holder remained in breach of key conditions, with no visible enforcement or corrective action from SFMTA. Despite it being a major …

Week 29 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1091787 Noncompliance

July 1, 2025 Attention SFMTA: Here are the block conditions and violations for this past weekend:Friday June 27, 2025 | includes evening traffic on Grove Saturday June 28, 2025See all Hayes Street Closure Activity here. We are submitting documentation for the 29th consecutive week of noncompliance under Permit No. 1091787 for the closure of the 400 block of Hayes Street. As with prior weeks, the permit holder remains in breach of key conditions, with no enforcement action taken. Ongoing: Unauthorized branded signage was …

Week 28 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1091787 Noncompliance

June 25, 2025 Attention SFMTA: Here are the block conditions and violations for this past weekend:Friday June 20, 2025 | video of traffic at Hayes and OctaviaSaturday June 21, 2025 This weekend marked the 28th consecutive week of documented violations under Permit No. 1091787 for the closure of the 400 block of Hayes Street. As in previous weeks, the permit holder remains in breach of permit conditions, with continued use of unauthorized signage and no visible enforcement from your agency. On Friday, …