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Hayes Street Farmers Market Proposal: Another Year-Long Closure Pushed Without Broader Stakeholder Input — While the Existing Permit Is Under Formal Complaint

April 29, 2026 UpdateFollowing ISCOTT’s approval, we have submitted a formal request to SFMTA to pause implementation of the proposed farmers market for 60 days to allow for coordinated review, stakeholder engagement, and consideration of alternative locations.Read our full letter to SFMTA here. April 23, 2026 Update: ISCOTT approved the year-long weekly farmers market proposal today. The committee treated it as a standalone “special event,” without any coordinated review of the existing Shared Spaces permit, which remains under formal administrative …

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 …

If the Goal Is Better Public Space in Hayes Valley, Let’s Talk About Real Options

For several years, the public conversation about Hayes Street has been framed as a simple choice:Support the street closure — or oppose public space. That framing is false. Many residents, merchants, and stakeholders have consistently supported the idea of improving Hayes Valley’s public spaces. What has been missing is a genuine willingness from City Hall and those shaping the current proposal to consider the full range of ideas that could strengthen the neighborhood without harming its business corridor. Instead, the …

End of Year Message

2025 in Review: Receipts, Resilience, and a Reset for Hayes Valley For the past five years, we’ve marked time with either an end-of-year reflection or a start-of-year reset. This year feels different, not because the challenges disappeared, but because the full picture finally came into focus. 2025 was the year the pattern became undeniable. What many neighbors and small businesses experienced anecdotally, including exclusion, predetermined outcomes, selective enforcement, and closed-door coordination, became documented, traceable, and impossible to dismiss. Rather than …

Linden for Me, Hayes for Thee

How San Francisco’s Living Alley Rules Undercut the Hayes Street Closure and Reveal a Double Standard on Linden Purpose of this briefThis brief examines how San Francisco’s Living Alley guidelines define temporary street and alley closures as small-scale, low-impact, and resident-protective, and how the long-running closure of the 400 block of Hayes Street departs from those principles in practice. It further examines how Living Alley standards are applied rigorously on Linden, a designated Living Alley, while materially different standards are …

Hayes Valley “Community Board”

LAST UPDATE: February 3rd

Hayes Street Shared Spaces Permit — Policy and Governance Considerations for Board Review

November 17, 2025 Dear Members of the SFMTA Board: The Hayes Street Shared Spaces permit renewal advancing from the October 23 ISCOTT hearing raises multiple policy, governance, and procedural questions that merit Board-level review before final approval. Outlined below are the core issues limited strictly to regulatory intent, administrative capacity, and policy alignment. I. POLICY & PLANNING CONFLICTS 1. Use of COVID-Emergency Tools Beyond Their Intended Scope The Hayes Street weekend closure continues to rely on the Shared Spaces emergency …

Week 48 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1091787 Noncompliance

November 11, 2025 Attention SFMTA:See conditions for this past weekend:Friday November 7, 2025Saturday November 8, 2025 At week 48, conditions remain unchanged. The permit continues to operate well beyond its intent, with limited oversight. Events remain sparse during the weekend’s 18-hour closure, reinforcing our position to Open Hayes Street and return neighborhood events to the normal SFMTA permitting process. Parcel K/Proxy sits vacant while the street remains closed for events. See all notifications sent to SFMTA

Experiment or Exploitation? When temporary policy becomes permanent politics on Hayes Street.

The 400 block of Hayes Street is closed off on Fridays and Saturdays to project an Instagram version of urban joy. Little music setups sprout up, chalk boxes appear, tango lessons unfold, and bubbles drift through the air between Octavia and Gough; meanwhile, playgrounds, parks, living alleys, and public parcels within blocks in each direction sit underused. But that’s apparently fine, because a feel-good vibe is where governance lives these days. A short-term pandemic experiment has become a permanent political …

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📋 Closure Permit Status UpdateNovember 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 The closure of Hayes Street has affected small businesses, residents, and the whole neighborhood. But most people only know one side of the story. This page gives you a quick overview — and links to more background if you want to explore further. What You’ll Learn …