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Week 70 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1316522 Noncompliance

April 14, 2026 Attention SFMTA: Past weekend closure conditions are as follows:Friday April 10, 2026Saturday April 11, 2026, the 400 block of Hayes Street observed open to public use Conditions observed this past weekend included: As noted in prior weeks, continued operation of this permit is difficult to justify. Accordingly, consistent with our prior correspondence, we again call on the SFMTA Board to revoke Permit No. 1316522. This correspondence has been edited for clarity and conciseness. Routine greetings and contact details …

Formal Administrative Complaint — Hayes Street (SFMTA) Shared Spaces Permit

April 10, 2026 Dear Director Kirschbaum and SFMTA Shared Spaces Management Team, We submit this formal administrative complaint regarding the administration of the Shared Spaces permit for the 400 block of Hayes Street, including sustained noncompliance, lack of enforcement, and related procedural concerns. This complaint is intended to establish a formal administrative record and to request corrective action. 1. Sustained Noncompliance and Failure to Enforce Over the course of approximately 70 weeks, we have documented repeated and ongoing noncompliance with …

Week 69 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1316522 Noncompliance

April 7, 2026 Attention SFMTA: See closure conditions for this past weekend: Friday April 3, 2026Saturday April 4, 2026 Conditions were consistent with previously documented patterns, including: On Friday evening, a scheduled event (“movie night”) took place at Parcel K while the adjacent closure area remained largely inactive. On Saturday, a recurring vendor event occupied the closure footprint, reflecting continued use of the public right-of-way for organized commercial activity without clear and consistent application of permit standards. These conditions create …

Week 68 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1316522 Noncompliance

April 3, 2026 Attention SFMTA: Closure Conditions Observed – Weekend of March 27-28, 2026Friday March 27, 2026Saturday March 28, 2026 Conditions observed this past weekend were consistent with previously documented patterns including: At this stage, these are not new observations. They remain ongoing and unaddressed. Efforts to characterize routine documentation of public street conditions as harassment have been rejected. Despite this, the underlying conditions remain unchanged. Treating public observation of a permitted public space as grounds for legal action reflects …

Week 67 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1316522 Noncompliance

March 28, 2026 Attention SFMTA: Closure Conditions Observed – Weekend of March 20–21, 2026Friday March 20, 2026Saturday March 21, 2026 For more than 67 weeks, community members have systematically documented ongoing compliance failures associated with the Hayes Street closure. These records demonstrate a clear, consistent, and unaddressed pattern of violations. Observations from this past weekend reflect the same persistent issues: These are not new or isolated incidents. They represent the continuation of problems that have been repeatedly raised with SFMTA …

Week 66 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1316522 Noncompliance

March 21, 2026 Attention SFMTA: See closure conditions for this past weekend:Friday March 13, 2026Saturday March 14, 2026 During Week 66 of monitoring, conditions observed were consistent with previously documented patterns, including:• Continued lack of consistent on-site monitoring and active barricade management during closure hours • Multiple instances of vendor activity, improper barricade placement, and lack of clear path-of-travel markings • March 14, 2026: Large vendor event with on-site setup and public promotion/photography of attendees and activities by the permit …

SFMTA Correspondence: On-Site Operator Visibility & Engagement Concerns – Shared Spaces Permit 1316522

December 2025- March 2026This thread documents follow-up communications with SFMTA regarding practical challenges in community documentation of public street conditions during the Hayes Street closure. The focus is on clear identification of the on-site representative to support neutral, safe oversight. December 2, 2025 – Initial Email to SFTMA Shared Spaces Team We are writing to raise an operational concern regarding the suitability of the current designated Responsible Operator for the Hayes Street weekend closure (SFMTA Permit No. 1316522). This is not …

Who Enforces a Permit in the Public Right-of-Way?

Over the past several years, residents and businesses have been repeatedly encouraged by SFMTA staff to document and report conditions, impacts, and potential violations related to the Hayes Street closure and the permit governing the use of the street. Many people have done exactly that. Photographs, written reports, and formal correspondence have been submitted documenting a wide range of concerns — from operational issues to questions about whether the conditions of the permit are being followed. Yet a basic question …

Agency Correspondence – Vendor Activity and Permit Enforcement in Hayes Valley

In June 2024, HVSafe began raising concerns with City agencies regarding ongoing vendor activity operating within the Hayes Street closure area without visible permits or compliance with Shared Spaces requirements. Subsequent correspondence was sent throughout 2024, again in January 2025, August 2025, September 2025, January 2026, March 2026, and June 2026, documenting continued vendor activity, recurring permit compliance concerns, and the absence of visible enforcement. Over that period, the activity evolved from a recurring clothing tent operating within the closure …

Week 65 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1316522 Noncompliance

March 9, 2026 Attention SFMTA: See closure conditions for this past weekend:Friday March 6, 2026Saturday March 7, 2026 Observations This Week During Week 65 of monitoring, conditions observed were consistent with previously documented patterns, including: • barricades unattended at closure points• traffic control signage not deployed as required• vehicles entering the closure area• no clearly established emergency access lane• vendor and activation activity extending into sidewalk areas• commercial vendor activity within the closure area• sanitation and cleanup issues Clarification Request …