WEATHER UPDATE 9/17/22:Due to the wind advisory issued for today, Sunday Streets Western Addition on 9/18/22 has been canceled.
We were ready to roll out with some rain, but it’s unsafe to setup tents (which we’d need for the rain!) and keep barricades in place for the street closure with gusts of wind predicted at upwards of 30mph throughout the day.
THANK YOU Thank you to all of our AMAZING community partners, sponsors, exhibitors and volunteers for supporting all the planning and this tough decision.
For over two years San Franciscans have enjoyed JFK Promenade as 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week public commons through Golden Gate Park. Reclaiming our City’s largest park for recreation and the enjoyment of nature was a wise choice for our mental and physical health, and for the health of our living planet. This free, accessible, car-free is easily San Francisco’s most popular public recreation program of the past two years, and possibly ever.
JFK Drive is now a safer place, transformed from one of San Francisco’s more dangerous streets to one where San Franciscans of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds can freely recreate and socialize.
And we need more restorative places. City life is stressful. More of us are suffering from stress, anxiety, isolation, and depression. We have let auto traffic dominate the public spaces of our neighborhoods – our parks and streets –at the expense of our health, our safety, our environment, and the social and familial bonds of community.
The burdens imposed by automobile dependence, from air pollution and noise to traffic danger and lack of street trees, fall disproportionately on low-income communities and people of color, both in the Bay Area and across the US. Better mobility – safe and comfortable walking and cycling, and access to quality public transportation – are also unequally distributed.
The best way forward is to level up – more opportunities for exercise and play, more restorative and sociable public places in every community, and more and better ways to get to them. Despite some progress we’re still a City where opportunities for safe recreation and the enjoyment of nature are too scarce and inequitably provided.
Leveling up is a value that informs all Livable City does, from our Sunday Street program, which creates car-free space for recreation and community in places that need it, to advocating for transit equity, to investing in safer and greener streets in the neighborhoods that most need them.
That’s why we supported the Golden Gate Park Access and Safety Program, adopted by the Board of Supervisors in April. It made the mostly car-free recreational route down the length of the park permanent. It also improved the Park Shuttle program, expanded and upgraded parking spots for people with disabilities all over the park, created more convenient pick-up and drop-off locations, added more diverse programming in the park, and improved traffic circulation on routes around and through the park. We support keeping these car-free public spaces in the park, and the steps taken to improve access for all to and through the park. And it’s also just a beginning – a lot more can be done to expand transportation options.
Sadly progress often comes with a backlash. On the November ballot we’ll be faced with a stark choice – a measure that would roll back the car-free route through the park and cement automobile domination of the park’s public spaces, or a pair of measures which affirm our progress and improve access and mobility options for park users.
Measure I would take us backwards. It would prohibit regular car-free space on JFK and other park roads, except for limited hours on weekends, and also prohibit the weekend recreation on Great Highway we currently enjoy. It would even require the city to keep the eroding southernmost section of Great Highway, which the City decided to remove to protect our sewage treatment plant, open to cars. Doing so will cost $80 million or more, and damage Ocean Beach.
Two other measures will ground our progress and take us forward. Measure J will reaffirm the City’s commitment to the existing car-free space, and to completing the access and safety program. Measure N will reclaim the Concourse parking garage from a private authority, and allow it to be managed for more equitable access to the park and the park’s museums.
A FALL FULL OF OPEN STREETS KICKS OFF WITH SUNDAY STREETS SOMAON AUGUST 21ST Join the movement with Sunday Streets SoMa and the citywide Second Annual Sunday Streets Phoenix Day on October 16th
Sunday, August 21, 2022, 11 AM – 4 PM
San Francisco, CA—As the future of San Francisco’s street transformation programs is being deliberated this fall, Livable City and the Sunday Streets program are inviting tens of thousands of diverse San Franciscans to co-create the experience of transforming their streets as places to celebrate and care for their communities together.
“Sunday Streets gives every San Franciscan, every City agency, every small business, every community member a way to imagine a future with fewer cars that is joyous.” says SFMTA Director Jeffrey Tumlin, “Car-free spaces can be reflective of diverse communities, their needs, and their culture. We need to give those community members the space to dream and the tools to see what is possible — that’s exactly what Sunday Streets does.”
To kick off the fall open streets events, Sunday Streets SF returns to the South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood on August 21st, from 11 AM to 4 PM, with the longest route of the season.Residents and visitors are invited to visit Folsom Street between Beale and 9th Street to experience one of the City’s streets with the highest traffic volume into a car-free community space for kids to play, seniors to stroll, and neighbors to reconnect. Highlights include the East Cut Community Benefit District (“CBD”) Hub featuring live music and a community dog show, Yerba Buena CBD’s family discovery zone and hula hoop contest, and SoMa West’s Hub with block parties between 6th and 9th Street hosted by SoMa Pilipinas, Livable City, and the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District featuring live music, free health screenings and vaccines, bike repair, and giveaways. For a full list of activities, visit SundayStreetsSF.com/SoMa.
The 2022 Season has one more event in Western Addition on September 18th and will close out with the Second Annual Sunday Streets Phoenix Daycitywide block parties, Family Fun Hubs, and Sidewalk Sales on October 16th, from 12 PM to 5 PM. Community groups across San Francisco are eagerly registering by September 1st at midnight to rise together and celebrate as one city. To find out how to participate or register your neighbors, visit SundayStreetsSF.com/PhoenixDay.
Sunday Streets SoMa is made possible by the kind contribution of the following programming partners: the East Cut CBD, Filipino Community Center, LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District, Manilatown Heritage Foundation, SF Parks Alliance, SoMa Pilipinas, SoMa West CBD, SOMCAN, and Yerba Buena CBD. The Sunday Streets SF program is generously supported by the City family, including the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) as the presenting agency sponsor. The 2022 SeasonSponsors include: the San Francisco Department of Public Health Community Health & Equity Promotion, Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) and Spare the Air, SF Human Rights Commission, Bay Wheels, Wu Yee Children’s Services, SF Public Works, Office of Economic and Workforce Development, SF Department of Recreation and Parks, UCSF, Niantic Labs, and iHeartMedia. Corporate exhibitors include Comcast/Xfinity and McGee Air Services.
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WHAT: Sunday Streets SoMa is a 1.5-mile-long car-free block party celebration of free and outdoor fun for the whole family, featuring the SoMa West, Yerba Buena, and the East Cut CBDs, and block parties hosted by the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District, SoMa Pilipinas, and Livable City. Activity highlights include SF Rec & Parks’ free rock-climbing wall, SF Bike Coalition bike repair, SFDPH COVID-19 vaccines, live music, local makers and vendors, and free health, job, and education resources for all.
WHERE: San Francisco’s South of Market (SoMa): Folsom Street between Beale and 9th Street. For more event information, map, and day-of activity guide, visit SundayStreetsSF.com/SoMa.
WHEN: Sunday, August 21, 2022, 11 AM to 4 PM
ADMISSION: Free and open to the public
INFO: For additional information on Sunday Streets SF, please visit SundayStreetsSF.com
PLEASE NOTE: There will be limited parking throughout the neighborhood’s vicinity during Sunday Streets. Public transportation, biking, and walking are encouraged. Sunday Streets is a smoke-free event.
ABOUT SUNDAY STREETS SF: Sunday Streets is a program of the nonprofit Livable City, presented in partnership with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, the San Francisco Department of Public Health, and the Shape Up SF Coalition. Additional City support comes from San Francisco Public Works, Department Recreation & Parks, Police Department, SF County Transportation Authority, San Francisco Mayor London Breed and her offices, and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
ABOUT LIVABLE CITY: Livable City is dedicated to increasing affordable housing, improving transportation, land use, open space, environmental policies, and supporting grassroots initiatives to make San Francisco a safer, healthier, and more accessible city. For more information on Livable City, visit LivableCity.org.
INSTAGRAM ENGAGEMENT DETAILS
ACCOUNT: Sunday Streets SF (@sundaystreets)
1. Introduction, organization affiliation, and a description of your activity
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Sunday Streets has served as the backbone of emergency response during the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to support the City and its people to get back and move forward. In 2021, Sunday Streets produced block-scale street closures to offer COVID-19 resources and community programming in the City’s most impacted neighborhoods, providing a much-needed and safe venue to support social and emotional recovery and harness collective preparedness with health resources and strategies to respond to major stressor events.
Sunday Streets is a civic institution that works with and uplifts communities, small businesses, and City partners to honor the diversity and resilience of the city we love and facilitates civic engagement and pride through hands-on participation and giving. With 85% of attendees from San Francisco and 51% living within walking distance of the event route, Sunday Streets is built for and by SF residents to celebrate each other.
Sunday Streets is a program of the nonprofit Livable City, presented in partnership with SFMTA, the SF Department of Public Health, and the City and County of San Francisco. Since the program launched in 2008, Sunday Streets has opened miles of street spaces with free activities and programming in neighborhoods most lacking accessible open space and free recreational opportunities. Sunday Streets empowers local communities to transform car-congested streets into community spaces for kids to play, seniors to stroll, organizations to connect, and neighbors to meet.
Sunday Streets SoMa Activity Round-Up
East Cut Community Benefit District Hub featuring live music from Bay Area Jazz Mobile, Rincon Hill Dog Park dog show, and SF Rock Project at The Clancy
Yerba Buena CBD’s family discovery zone and hula hoop contest, including Eagle Club Indoor Golf and kids activities hosted by the Children’s Creativity Museum, Yerba Buena Ice Skating and Bowling Center, and the Exploratorium
SoMa West’s Hub with block parties between 6th and 9th St hosted by SoMa Pilipinas, Livable City, and the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District featuring live music from Manilatown Heritage Foundation, free health screenings and vaccines from SFDPH, Bay Area Cancer Connections, AGUILAS/Alliance Health Project, and SFSU Nursing Students Association, and giveaways
Other activities include: Free rock-climbing wall by SF Recreation and Parks Mobile Recreation Program, free bike rentals by Bay Wheels, SF Bike Coalition & SFMTAFreedom from Training Wheels kids bike lessons and free bike repair, SF Human Rights Commission all-day chalk and hula hoop zone, and free health, job, and education resources for the whole family
Marketplace featuring local makers and outdoor dining throughout the route
Visit SundayStreetsSF.com/SoMa for a map of destinations and event details
** PRESS RELEASE ** SUNDAY STREETS VALENCIA RETURNS ON JULY 10, 2022 Celebrate the vibrant Mission with arts, culture, and free activities for all ages
Sunday, July 10, 2022, 11 AM – 4 PM
San Francisco, CA — Sunday Streets SF 2022 returns to the Mission on ValenciaStreet, between Duboce Avenue and 26th Street,on July 10 from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Residents and visitors are invited to dance to the music in the streets, exercise at the pop-up recreation facilities, get wellness and job resources, and support neighborhood and local vendors at the marketplace and along the route. Feature programming includes:
Valencia Gardens Block Party with soccer drills, Circus Center, and walk-up COVID-19 vaccines from SFDPH
Free rock-climbing wall by SF Recreation and Parks Mobile Recreation Program &free bike rentals by Bay Wheels
SF Public Library Mission Branch open house with scheduled reading hours
Coloring Corner, dance parties for kids and pregnant people hosted by Natural Resources All Families Foundation & SF Human Rights Commission all-day chalk and hula hoop zone
Freedom from Training Wheels kids bike lessons with SF Bicycle Coalition & SFMTA
Free health, job, and education resources, plus more activities for the whole family
Marketplace featuring local makers and outdoor dining throughout the route
The Sunday Streets SF program is generously supported by the City family, including the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency as the presenting agency sponsor. Jeffrey Tumlin, Director of SFMTA, states, “Sunday Streets allows neighborhoods to experience and breathe life into their own vision of what car-free streets can and should do for their community. At this critical juncture coming out of the pandemic, we are delighted that Sunday Streets is back to help advance the mode shift conversation in San Francisco, with bubbles, chalk, and joy.”
Sunday Streets Valencia brings communities and visitors together to celebrate the vibrant diversity of the Mission neighborhood. The 2022 Season has two more events in SoMa and Western Addition and will close out with the second annual Phoenix Day citywide block parties on October 16. Livable City invites all SF residents and visitors to join the fun by attending, exhibiting, volunteering, and working at a Sunday Streets event or hosting a block party, sidewalk sale, or family fun hub on Phoenix Day. For dates and details on how to get involved, visit SundayStreetsSF.com.
Sunday Streets Valencia is made possible through the generous support of the following event sponsors: American Indian Cultural District, Canopy Health, Carnaval San Francisco, Mission Housing, Mission Merchants Association, and San Francisco Public Library – Mission Branch.
The Sunday Streets SF 2022 seasonis made possible by the generous support of the following season sponsors: San Francisco Department of Public Health Community Health & Equity Promotion, Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) and Spare the Air, SF Human Rights Commission, Bay Wheels, Wu Yee Children’s Services, SF Public Works, Office of Economic and Workforce Development, SF Department of Recreation and Parks, UCSF, Niantic Labs, and iHeartMedia. Corporate exhibitors include Comcast/Xfinity and McGee Air Services.
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WHAT: Sunday Streets Valencia A mile-long car-free block party celebration of free and outdoor fun for the whole family, featuring SF Public Library Mission Branch open house and reading hours, toddler dance parties hosted by Natural Resources, free rock-climbing wall, live music, local makers, and free health, job, and education resources for all.
WHERE: San Francisco’s Mission: Valencia Street between Duboce Avenue and 26th Street. For more event information, map, and day-of activity guide, visit SundayStreetsSF.com/Valencia.
WHEN: Sunday, July 10, 2022, 11 AM to 4 PM
ADMISSION: Free and open to the public
INFO: For additional information on Sunday Streets SF, please visit SundayStreetsSF.com
PLEASE NOTE: There will be limited parking throughout the neighborhood’s vicinity during Sunday Streets. Public transportation, biking, and walking are encouraged. Sunday Streets is a smoke-free event.
ABOUT SUNDAY STREETS SF: Sunday Streets is a program of the nonprofit Livable City, presented in partnership with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, the San Francisco Department of Public Health, and the Shape Up SF Coalition. Additional City support comes from San Francisco Public Works, Department Recreation & Parks, Police Department, SF County Transportation Authority, San Francisco Mayor London Breed and her offices, and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
ABOUT LIVABLE CITY: Livable City is dedicated to increasing affordable housing, improving transportation, land use, open space, environmental policies, and supporting grassroots initiatives to make San Francisco a safer, healthier, and more accessible city. For more information on Livable City, visit LivableCity.org.
Key Event Details:
Location and Time: Valencia Street between Duboce Avenue and 26th Street, 11 AM to 4 PM
Activity Highlights:
Sunday Streets Season and Excelsior Partners and Sponsors (for LC staff only – do not share)
Thank You: Presenting Partners
SF Municipal Transportation Agency
City and County of San Francisco
Thank You: Season Sponsors
SF Department of Public Health Community Health & Equity Promotion program
Bay Area Air Quality Management District and Spare the Air
SF Public Works
SF Office of Economic and Workforce Development
SF Human Rights Commission
SF Department of Recreation and Parks
Wu Yee Children’s Services
Lyft Bikes & Scooters
Bay Wheels
UCSF
iHeart Radio Stations
Niantic Labs
Thank You: Event Sponsors and Community Partners
American Indian Cultural District
Canopy Health
Carnaval San Francisco
Mission Housing
Mission Merchants Association
San Francisco Public Library – Mission Branch
Thank You: Community Programs and Corporate Exhibitors
SUNDAY STREETS EXCELSIOR RETURNS ON JUNE 12 Celebrate the Excelsior with a day full of free music and a mile+ of family fun Sunday, June 12, 2022, 11 AM – 4 PM
San Francisco, CA — Sunday Streets SF 2022 continues in the Excelsior on June 12 from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The event will take place on Mission Street between Theresa Avenue and Geneva Avenue, with additional activities on Ocean Avenue and Seneca Avenue. Residents and visitors are invited to dance to the music in the streets, exercise at the pop-up recreation facilities, get wellness and job resources, and support neighbors and local vendors at the community flea market. Feature programming includes:
San Francisco Public Library – Excelsior Branch open house with live dance and music performances throughout the day and smoothie bike by Bicis del Pueblo and PODER SF
Live music stage hosted by Excelsior and Outer Mission Merchants and Excelsior Action Group
Celebrate Philippines Independence Day with Filipino Community Center with free giveaways and activities hosted by Coleman Advocates for Youth and Children, Mission YMCA, and the Excelsior Action Group
Free rock climbing wall by SF Department of Recreation and Parks Mobile Recreation program
Art workshop with Youth Art Exchange and SF Human Rights Commission chalk and hula hoop zone
Free walk-up COVID-19 vaccines and boosters from SF Dept. of Public Health and Latino Task Force
Freedom from Training Wheels kids bike lessons with SF Bike Coalition & SFMTA
Free bike repair with ReMotion, community flea market, and outdoor dining throughout the route
Health, job, and education resources, plus more activities for the whole family
The Sunday Streets SF program is generously supported by the whole City family, including the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency as the presenting agency sponsor. Jeffrey Tumlin, Director of SFMTA, states, “Sunday Streets allows neighborhoods to experience and breathe life into their own vision of what car-free streets can and should do for their community. At this critical juncture coming out of the pandemic, we are delighted that Sunday Streets is back to help advance the mode shift conversation in San Francisco, with bubbles, chalk, and joy.”
Sunday Streets Excelsior brings residents and visitors together to celebrate the working-class history of the neighborhood. The 2022 Season will continue in other beloved neighborhoods like Mission/Valencia, SoMa, and Western Addition, concluding with the second annual Phoenix Day block parties on October 16. Livable City invites all SF residents and visitors to join the fun by attending, exhibiting, volunteering, and working at a Sunday Streets event or hosting a block party, sidewalk sale, or family fun hub on Phoenix Day. For dates and details on how to get involved, visit SundayStreetsSF.com.
Sunday Streets Excelsior is made possible through the generous support of the following event sponsors: Excelsior Action Group, Excelsior Collaborative, Excelsior and Outer Mission Merchants, Excelsior Works!, Filipino Community Center, Mission YMCA, PODER SF and Bicis del Pueblo, San Francisco Public Library – Excelsior Branch, SOMCAN, and Youth Art Exchange.
The Sunday Streets SF 2022 season is made possible by the generous support of the following season sponsors: San Francisco Department of Public Health Community Health & Equity Promotion, Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) and Spare the Air, SF Human Rights Commission, Bay Wheels, Wu Yee Children’s Services, SF Public Works, Office of Economic and Workforce Development, SF Department of Recreation and Parks, UCSF, Niantic Labs, and iHeartMedia. Corporate exhibitors include Comcast/Xfinity.
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WHAT: Sunday Streets Excelsior A mile-long car-free block party celebration of free and outdoor fun for the whole family, featuring the San Francisco Public Library – Excelsior Branch open house, rock-climbing wall, live music, free giveaways, community flea market, and health, employment, and education resources for all
WHERE: San Francisco’s Excelsior: Mission Street between Avalon Avenue and Geneva Avenue. For more event information, map, and day-of activity guide, visit SundayStreetsSF.com/Excelsior
WHEN: Sunday, June 12, 2022, 11 AM to 4 PM
ADMISSION: Free and open to the public
INFO: For additional information on Sunday Streets SF, please visit SundayStreetsSF.com
PLEASE NOTE: There will be limited parking throughout the neighborhood’s vicinity during Sunday Streets. Public transportation, biking, and walking are encouraged. Sunday Streets is a smoke-free event.
ABOUT SUNDAY STREETS SF: Sunday Streets is a program of the nonprofit Livable City, presented in partnership with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, the San Francisco Department of Public Health, and the Shape Up SF Coalition. Additional City support comes from San Francisco Public Works, Department Recreation & Parks, Police Department, SF County Transportation Authority, San Francisco Mayor London Breed and her offices, and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
ABOUT LIVABLE CITY: Livable City is dedicated to increasing affordable housing, improving transportation, land use, open space, environmental policies, and supporting grassroots initiatives to make San Francisco a safer, healthier, and more accessible city. For more information on Livable City, visit LivableCity.org.
On June 7, San Franciscans can take two steps towards a more livable city by supporting propositions A and B on the City ballot. Since private automobiles and buildings are the two largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in the City, greening our buildings and our transportation system is essential to meeting our climate goals – and to creating a safer, healthier, and more mobile City for all. Proposition A will invest in better public transit and safer streets. Proposition B will improve the accountability and performance of San Francisco’s Building Inspection Department.
Proposition A is a $400 million bond that will fund better Muni and safer streets. It includes $312 million for Muni – replacing, repairing, and upgrading Muni power and train control systems and maintenance facilities, and improving transit accessibility and reliability. It will invest $88 million in better sidewalks, crosswalks, and cycle paths to make the moving around the City safer and more accessible for everyone. Proposition A’s funding will help the City make progress towards complete streets – streets where walking, cycling, and transit are comfortable, safe, convenient, and accessible, which are greener and foster our health and happiness, and which support public life and community-serving shops and services.
The Building Inspection Department is crucial to making our buildings healthy and safe, improving building sustainability, and meeting our housing goals. Sadly our building department has been rocked by mismanagement and scandal for years. Proposition B will reform how commissioners and the leadership of the building are appointed, to improve accountability of the department’s management and commissioners to elected officials and the public. To meet our climate goals we must make our buildings zero-emission and resource-efficient, and Prop B will permit the appointment of commissioners with expertise in green and low-carbon building.
A mile of block party vibes is coming to the Sunnyside on Sunday May 22 from 11 AM – 4 PM
San Francisco, CA—After a successful kickoff in the Tenderloin, Sunday Streets SF 2022 will collaborate again with community stakeholders and neighborhood-based organizations to provide car-free fun in the streets of Bayview on May 22 from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The event will showcase a new route that spreads from Oakdale Avenue at 3rd Street onto Lane Street, with extension onto Revere Avenue, and Underwood Avenue onto Keith Street, at 3rd Street Bay View Park and Martin Luther King Jr. Pool.
Residents and visitors are invited to play in our shared outdoor living room with guided movement classes for youth and seniors, wellness and job resources, pop-up recreation facilities, and opportunities to support Bayview-rooted food and retail. Feature programming include:
Bayview Hunters Point YMCA Healthy Kids Day with jumbo bounce houses, tricycle obstacle course, and group exercise classes
Live Jazz, Blues, and Soul music performances hosted by Bayview Senior Services and sponsored by San Francisco African American Arts and Cultural District
Free rock climbing wall, swimming, and baseball clinic at the Bay View Park and Martin Luther King Jr. Pool by SF Department of Recreation and Parks
Bateria Batuci, Carl Winters aka The Kalimba King & Band, and SFUnified School District Arts Department & Thurgood Marshall Band performances hosted at the Bayview Opera House
Free kites and food giveaway by Bayshore Grocery Outlet
Freedom from Training Wheels kids bike lessons with SF Bike Coalition & SFMTA
SF Human Rights Commission chalk and hula hoop zone & Rafiki Coalition massage therapy
Large vehicle safety demos from SF Public Works and CEMEX
Bayview Merchants Association food and retail marketplace supported by SFCDMA and Avenue Greenlight
Health, job, and education resources, plus more activities for the whole family
Visit SundayStreetsSF.com/Bayview for a map of destinations and event details
The Sunday Streets SF program is generously supported by the whole City family, including the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency as the presenting agency sponsor, who is delighted to bring back beloved destinations for fun and community pride in San Francisco this year. “San Francisco deserves an incredible year of celebrating together and we can’t wait to roll out the red carpet so communities across the City can do that safely in our streets,” says Jeffrey Tumlin, Director of SFMTA.
Sunday Streets Bayview is the second event in the 2022 season, followed by Excelsior, Mission/Valencia, SoMa, and Western Addition, taking place between May and September. On October 16, the second annual Phoenix Day will return with citywide block parties, sidewalk sales, and more neighbor-led adventures for all to enjoy. Livable City invites all SF residents and visitors to join the fun by attending, exhibiting, volunteering, and working at a Sunday Streets event or hosting a block party, sidewalk sale, or family fun hub on Phoenix Day. For dates and details on how to get involved, visit SundayStreetsSF.com.
Sunday Streets Bayview is made possible through the generous support of the following event sponsors: San Francisco African American Arts and Cultural District, Bayview Hunters Point YMCA, Bayview Senior Services, Rafiki Coalition for Health and Wellness, Us4Us, Bayview Opera House, Bayview Merchants Association, Avenue Greenlight, SF Council of District Merchants Associations, UC San Francisco, and Canopy Health.
The Sunday Streets SF 2022 season is made possible by the generous support of the following season sponsors: San Francisco Department of Public Health Community Health & Equity Promotion, Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) and Spare the Air, SF Human Rights Commission, Bay Wheels, Wu Yee Children’s Services, SF Public Works, Office of Economic and Workforce Development, SF Department of Recreation and Parks, Niantic Labs, and iHeartMedia. Corporate exhibitors include Comcast/Xfinity and CEMEX for Bayview.
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WHAT:
Sunday Streets Bayview
A multi-block, car-free block party celebration of free and outdoor fun for the whole family, featuring the Bayview Hunters Point YMCA Healthy Kids Day, free live music and entertainment, free health, employment, and education resources, giveaways, food and retail marketplace, and more
WHERE:
San Francisco’s Bayview: Oakdale Avenue at 3rd Street onto Lane Street, with extension onto Revere Avenue, and Underwood Avenue onto Keith Street, at 3rd Street Bay View Park and Martin Luther King Jr. Pool. For more event information, map, and day-of activity guide, visit SundayStreetsSF.com/Bayview
WHEN:
Sunday, May 22, 2022, 11 AM to 4 PM
ADMISSION:
Free and open to the public
INFO:
For additional information on Sunday Streets SF, please visit SundayStreetsSF.com
PLEASE NOTE:
There will be limited parking throughout the vicinity of the neighborhood during Sunday Streets. Public transportation, biking, and walking are encouraged. This is a smoke-free event.
About Sunday Streets
Sunday Streets is a program of the nonprofit Livable City, presented in partnership with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, the San Francisco Department of Public Health, and the Shape Up SF Coalition. Additional City support comes from San Francisco Public Works, Department Recreation & Parks, Police Department, SF County Transportation Authority, San Francisco Mayor London Breed and her offices, and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
About Livable City
Livable City is dedicated to increasing affordable housing, improving transportation, land use, open space, and environmental policies, and supporting grassroots initiatives to make San Francisco a safer, healthier, and more accessible city. For more information on Livable City, visit LivableCity.org.
The first Treat Plaza Music & Market Day Kickoff was a hit this last Saturday, March 26th! The day started off with a land acknowledgement and cultural performance from the American Indian Cultural Center and American Indian Cultural District, followed by a speaker presentation by representatives from SF Planning, SFDPW, and the SFMTA. Between 12pm-4pm there was live music and a market featuring local vendors.
This was the first event to take place at the newly constructed plaza located at 16th Street & Harrison Street in the North Mission. Future programs will include cultural celebrations, fitness classes, educational speakers, local art and music, board games, and much more.
Sunday Streets in the Tenderloin – a Block Party for an Afternoon of Community, Music and Fun!Sunday, April 10, 11am–4pm
San Francisco, CA — The nonprofit Livable City, GLIDE and other community and City partners join forces to kick off the 2022 Sunday Streets SF season and bring the much-loved program to San Francisco’s Tenderloin on April 10 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Taking place on Larkin St., Golden Gate Ave. and Ellis St., neighbors and visitors alike will have over a mile of car-free streets to enjoy an afternoon of free, outdoor fun for the whole family.
As an official event sponsor, GLIDE will pull out all the stops in this celebration of the city’s reopening. Attendees will enjoy a dance party with DJ King Most, performances by the GLIDE Ensemble under the direction of Vernon Bush, as well as carnival-style food, games for all ages, face painting, giant Jenga, an interactive art station hosted by GLIDE’s Center for Social Justice, and more. Other highlights of Sunday Streets Tenderloin include a Thai New Year celebration hosted by The Tenderloin Merchants Association; Second Line Brass Band Procession hosted by The Tenderloin Museum; Tenderloin Flea Market hosted by TNDC and the Tenderloin People’s Congress.
Sunday Streets SF is known for its free, fun events empowering local communities to transform miles of streets into car-free community spaces for kids to play, seniors to stroll, organizations and businesses to connect and neighbors to meet. A program of the nonprofit Livable City presented in partnership with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and the City and County of San Francisco, Sunday Streets SF has grown into a beloved institution since its start in 2008 but was forced into a two-year hibernation in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Sunday Streets SF will be celebrating its return in six historic San Francisco neighborhoods between April and September and include the second annual citywide Phoenix Day on October 16th. For additional information on Sunday Streets SF, please visit SundayStreetsSF.com. For additional information on GLIDE, please visit Glide.org.
Sunday Streets Tenderloin is made possible through the generous support of the following event sponsors: GLIDE, Dolby, TLCBD, TNDC, Tenderloin People’s Congress, St. Anthony’s Foundation, Tenderloin Museum. The Sunday Streets SF 2022 season is made possible by the generous support of the following season sponsors: San Francisco Department of Public Health CHEP Division, Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), San Francisco Human Rights Committee, Bay Wheels, San Francisco Opera, Wu Yee Children’s Services, San Francisco Public Works, San Francisco Department of Parks and Recreation. Corporate exhibitors include Comcast/Xfinity.
Calendar editors, please note:
WHAT: Sunday Streets in the Tenderloin A multi-block, car-free block party celebration of free, outdoor fun for the whole family
WHERE: San Francisco’s Tenderloin: Larkin St., Golden Gate Ave. and Ellis St. For full Sunday Street in the Tenderloin map, visit sundaystreetssf.com/tenderloin
WHEN: Sunday, April 10, 2022, 11 am to 4 pm
ADMISSION: Free and open to the public
INFO: For additional information on Sunday Streets SF, please visit SundayStreetsSF.com. For additional information on GLIDE, please visit Glide.org.
PLEASE NOTE: There will be limited parking throughout the Tenderloin during Sunday Streets. Public transportation, biking and walking are encouraged. This is a smoke-free event.
ABOUT SUNDAY STREETS SF: Your Street. Your Day. Sunday Streets SF is San Francisco’s open streets program that transforms miles of city streets into car-free community spaces for kids to play, seniors to stroll, businesses and organizations to connect, and neighbors to meet. Sunday Streets SF is a program of the nonprofit Livable City presented in partnership with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and the City and County of San Francisco.
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San Francisco, CA — Sunday Streets SF will be returning in 2022 with the program’s big, beautiful mile plus long routes running from 11:00am to 4:00pm in six historic neighborhoods between April and September and the second annual Phoenix Day to be celebrated citywide on October 16th, 2022.
Inspired by the Ciclovía in Bogotá, Colombia, Sunday Streets SF are free, fun events empowering local communities to transform miles of streets into car-free community spaces for kids to play, seniors to stroll, organizations and businesses to connect and neighbors to meet. Sunday Streets SF has grown into a beloved institution since its start in 2008, but was forced into hibernation in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After focusing on providing small-scale, COVID-19 compliant street openings in neighborhoods in most need during the pandemic, Sunday Streets SF is excited to bring tens of thousands of open streets lovers back together again and help celebrate the City’s opening in true San Francisco style from the Bay to the beach side.
“San Franciscans and visitors can’t wait to come together again and have a good time at Sunday Streets SF while taking in the culture and small businesses our amazing neighborhoods have to offer,” says Mayor London Breed. “And the second annual Phoenix Day is already on my calendar — no one should miss that citywide celebration of San Francisco!”
Since the pandemic, San Francisco streets have taken on many new uses to meet the needs of communities and everyone working at the agency that oversees those streets, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, is delighted to turn their energy towards making them an unapologetic destination for fun and community this year.
“San Francisco deserves an incredible year of celebrating together and we can’t wait to roll out the red carpet so communities across the City can do that safely in our streets,” says Jeffrey Tumlin, director of SFMTA, which is the lead agency sponsor for the Sunday Streets program.
The 2022 season of Sunday Streets SF will be an opportunity to continue the City’s progress on combating COVID-19 by reaching people at events with low-barrier and on-site mobile vaccination and testing services through the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
“Providing drop-in COVID-19 vaccinations, boosters and testing locations at Sunday Streets SF in 2022 continues our City’s progress in strengthening our defenses against the virus,” said Director of Health, Dr. Grant Colfax. “We want San Franciscans to be as healthy as they can be and Sunday Streets SF provides a great opportunity to reach people with important public health services and some much needed joy and recreation.”
“Sunday Streets SF is part of an international open streets movement that started long before the pandemic forced almost every San Franciscan to live more of their lives in the streets,” says Katy Birnbaum, Associate Director for the nonprofit Livable City, which has been home to the beloved program since its founding. She continues, “But now so many more city dwellers understand streets can be about public health, meeting your neighbors, supporting small businesses, experiencing art and culture, recreating for free, and envisioning a greener future that seems more joyous than the environments we endured before the pandemic. It’s an exciting time and it’s exciting to lead the efforts in bringing the grandmother of it all back to the people — Sunday Streets SF!”
Livable City invites all San Franciscans to join the fun this year by attending, exhibiting, volunteering, and working at a historic Sunday Streets event or hosting a block party, sidewalk sale or family fun hub on Phoenix Day. For more information, visit: SundayStreetsSF.com.
The Sunday Streets SF 2022 season is made possible by the generous support of season sponsors and corporate exhibitors and every Sunday Street SF lover is encouraged to donate to or sponsor the program during this critical year of recovery. 2022 season sponsors for Sunday Streets SF include San Francisco Department of Public Health CHEP Division, Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) and Lyft/Bay Wheels. Corporate exhibitors include Comcast/Xfinity.
Sunday Streets SF 2022 event dates, routes, and highlights include:
Sunday Streets Tenderloin: April 10th, 2022 Thai New Year celebration hosted by The Tenderloin Merchants Association; Second Line Brass Band Procession hosted by The Tenderloin Museum; Tenderloin Flea Market hosted by TNDC & the Tenderloin People’s Congress
Sunday Streets Bayview: May 22nd, 2022 Live music with the Bayview Senior Center; Free fitness classes by the Bayview YMCA; Market Square featuring Bayview-based food and retail businesses
Sunday Streets Excelsior: June 12th, 2022 Live music and screen printing hosted by The Dark Horse Inn; Market Square featuring Excelsior and San Francisco-based flea market vendors
Sunday Streets SoMa: August 21st, 2022 Live music and cultural performances hosted by UNDISCOVERED and Kultivate Labs; Outdoor games, art and performance hosted by Yerba Buena CBD
Sunday Streets Phoenix Day: October 16th, 2022 10+ Sidewalk Sales; 11+ outdoor family fun hubs; 50+ neighbor-hosted block parties; dozens of community-led projects to better San Francisco like mural installations, tree planting, and neighborhood clean-ups
About Sunday Streets
Sunday Streets is a program of the nonprofit Livable City, presented in partnership with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and the San Francisco Department of Public Health and the Shape Up SF Coalition. Additional City support comes from San Francisco Public Works, San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department, San Francisco Police Department, SF County Transportation Authority, San Francisco Mayor London Breed and her offices, and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
About Livable City
Livable City is dedicated to increasing affordable housing, improving transportation, land use, open space, and environmental policies, and supporting grassroots initiatives to make San Francisco a safer, healthier, and more accessible city.
