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Hayes Valley Street Closure Permit Renewal SFMTA Hearing

November 6, 2023 Good Evening Jeffrey Tumlin and SFMTA Board: cc: Mayor London Breed, Marianne Thompson (Office of Small Business), Alexandra Sweet (Mayor’s Office) & Monica Munowitch (SFMTA) After advocating for 3+ years for fair process we embraced the stakeholder community process this summer led by the Mayor’s Office, Office of Small Business and SFMTA. Outreach to our small businesses … Read post

Hayes Valley Street Closure Permit Renewal – 400 Hayes

October 16, 2023 Attention Members of the SFMTA Board: HVSafe supports the recommendations put forth by SFMTA for the re-calibration of a closed street programming for the 400 block of Hayes; we find it to be a good approach to establish a level of success for activating this street closure. We want to underscore that throughout the entirety of the … Read post

400 Block of Hayes Street Closure Permit Updates

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

Head West Permit – Public Hearing May 11

May 10, 2023 Dear SFMTA ISCOTT. HVSafe opposes the addition of 2 new dates for the Head West venue in Hayes Valley. We have repeatedly heard from small businesses on our merchant corridor that this event negatively impacts their sales.  It’s also worth noting that Head West’s communications are lacking and they have demonstrated an inability to acknowledge our concerns … Read post

Head West Market SFMTA Permit 2023

Permit history 2024 Permit History 2025 permit renewal update Communications May 10, 2023 Read our pre hearing letter to SFMTA and ISCOTT UPDATE: May 9, 2023 Dear Neighbors: A SFMTA ISCOTT hearing is slated for this Thursday at 9 am for a proposed Head West event venue change. If approved 2 more event dates will be added for this year. … Read post

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 … Read post

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 … Read post