SFMTA

January 5, 2026 Attention SFMTA: This past weekend, Hayes Street was open. No notice or communication was provided to businesses or residents. As a result, much of the corridor remained unaware and unable to plan, promote, or benefit from the change in conditions. This marks the second consecutive weekend in which the closure was not consistently in effect, confirming that it is no longer being administered as a regulated permit program, but through informal, ad hoc decisions made without documented …

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December 29, 2025 Attention SFMTA: See conditions for this past weekend:Friday December 26, 2025 (pic 1,  pic 2 taken at 4:20 pm)Saturday December 27, 2025 This marks Week 55 of documented noncompliance on the 400 block of Hayes Street and Week 5 under the renewed permit term (Permit No. 1316522). This weekend conditions on the block again failed to meet permit requirements, including large planter boxes placed directly in the roadway, no delineated emergency access lane, no posted no-parking signage, and no …

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December 21, 2025 Attention SFMTA:See conditions for this past weekend:Friday December 19, 2025Saturday December 20, 2025 This marks Week 54 of documented noncompliance on the 400 block of Hayes Street, and Week 4 under the renewed permit term (Permit No. 1316522). Despite the issuance of a new permit, conditions on the ground remain materially unchanged. The same operational failures documented under the prior permit continue to occur, including the absence of consistent on-site management, improper or unattended barricades, lack of …

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December 14, 2025 Attention SFMTA:See conditions for this past weekend: Friday December 12, 2025Saturday December 13, 2025 This marks Week 53 of documented noncompliance on the 400 block of Hayes Street. Since the renewal of Permit No. 1316522, conditions on the ground remain unchanged. Equally unchanged is the agency’s failure to acknowledge or respond to the documented record of opposition submitted prior to renewal. Multiple letters raising safety, access, compliance, and documented business loss concerns were submitted to SFMTA ahead of the new …

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December 7, 2025 Attention SFMTA:See conditions for this past weekend:Friday December 5, 2025Saturday December 6, 2025 This marks Week 52 of documented noncompliance on the 400 block of Hayes Street and the second weekend under the newly issued permit (No. 1316522). Despite a new term, and despite programmed activity on both Friday and Saturday, the closure again operated in complete violation of the required permit conditions. Permit violations for December 5 and 6 include, but are not limited to: The …

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