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Agency Correspondence-Vendor Activity and Permit Enforcement in Hayes Valley

In June 2024, HVS 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, June 2026, and August 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 …

Parcel K Community Bulletin Board

Hayes Valley · Public Space · Civic Record Parcel K Community Bulletin Board A central record of the concerns, history, and correspondence surrounding access to a public-facing bulletin board on City-owned land. Explore the record ↓ Parcel K · Hayes Valley Overview One issue. Three ways to understand the record. Parcel K is a temporary public site intended for future affordable housing. A communication board placed there and presented as a community resource should operate through a process that is …

The Entertainment Zone Is Here. Now What?

The Hayes Valley Entertainment Zone has entered its implementation phase. Following more than a year of correspondence and advocacy, we now turn our attention to how the program operates in practice. When Hayes Valley was added to San Francisco’s Entertainment Zone ordinance in June 2025, many residents and independent businesses learned of the proposal only after it was already advancing through the legislative process. Throughout the following year, Hayes Valley Safe participated extensively in the review process through correspondence, review …

Representation, Not Ribbon Cuttings

Streets Are for People. Which People? Today, Senator Scott Wiener and Supervisor Bilal Mahmood joined HVNA for a ribbon cutting celebrating the new Hayes Street Farmers Market — held directly on the closed 400 block of Hayes. The symbolism was difficult to ignore.Just as the event was underway, Andrew Seigner and Supervisor Bilal Mahmood took to social media to celebrate the market, emphasizing that “Streets are for people.” This is the same group (HVNA/Seigner) that filed a civil harassment restraining …