On May 15, 2020, the City announced that 730 Stanyan St. (formerly McDonald’s) would become San Francisco’s second sanctioned homeless tent site; the first being at an existing in the Tenderloin / Civic Center. Since then, neighborhood residents and homeless individuals have faced endless challenges, including the lack of clear…

The Haight (which is located within SFPD’s Park District) has seen a dramatic increase in burglaries this year. As of December 16, 2020, these crimes have increased 46 percent citywide, and “Park Station, which includes areas like the Haight, has experienced the sharpest increase with a more than 113 percent…

On November 17, Supervisor Dean Preston announced via Instagram that the City is recommending that the sanctioned tent site at 730 Stanyan be extended until March 2021. This announcement comes despite Supervisor Preston repeatedly assuring the community that the site would be open for a limited 3–6 month time period…

Accordinging to the most recent data from the San Francisco Crime Dashboard, San Francisco Police Department Park District, which serves District 5, has had the largest spike in burglaries of any district in San Francisco in 2020. Crime in 2020 vs. 2019 From January 1st, 2020 to October 18th, 2020…

Things are moving fast and we are getting so many questions and letters of support. Thank you! We compiled this FAQ and encourage you to share with your neighbors and others who are interested in the 730 Stanyan site and advocating for a safe and healthy neighborhood. Safe Healthy Haight…

On May 29, the former McDonald’s at 730 Stanyan opened as a sanctioned tent site. Less than two weeks later, Supervisor Dean Preston (who represents the Haight and is up for re-election this November) already declared it a “HUGE SUCCESS.” But how is this “success” measured? Some are evaluating 730…

730 Stanyan (at Haight & Stanyan) is land that the City purchased in 2017 to build affordable housing. There was a proposal for an interim use in the pre-construction phase, but the site is currently being used as a sanctioned tent site. The developers of the affordable housing project are…

Since last week, Safe Healthy Haight has been hard at work on many different workstreams related to the tent site at Haight & Stanyan. Most of the volunteers in this group have full-time jobs and familial commitments, in addition to the work associated with Safe Healthy Haight, so we haven’t…

On May 15, the City announced that 730 Stanyan (formerly McDonald’s) would become the second sanctioned homeless tent site in San Francisco; the first being in the Tenderloin / Civic Center. In response to this decision, neighbors in the Upper Haight and District 5 have organized, forming a new group…