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Health Commission approves Hyde Street Community Services move to 815 Hyde with good-neighbor conditions
Summary
The San Francisco Health Commission approved the site relocation of Hyde Street Community Services to 815 Hyde Street, urging the provider to adopt a good-neighbor policy including security cameras, a monitored buzzer, and monthly neighborhood meetings.
The San Francisco Health Commission voted to approve a committee recommendation to relocate Hyde Street Community Services to 815 Hyde Street, adding specific good-neighbor protocols to address neighborhood safety concerns. The commission acted on a Community and Public Health Committee report that had forwarded the site-approval request with a recommendation for continued dialogue among residents, service providers and the department.
Deputy Director Colleen Chavla told the commission the committee heard nearly 40 people during its review and that the relocation request included plans for continued community engagement. "I would definitely propose that we make note of the protocols that have been put in place," Chavla said, listing cosmetic building improvements, security cameras, a buzzer at the door and neighborhood meetings as elements the commission expects to see implemented.
Public testimony included opposing perspectives: neighborhood residents described rising street-level disorder near Sutter and Hyde and urged caution about siting mental-health services in that location, while outreach workers and clients said the relocated services would increase access to care. Josh Godwin, a community health outreach worker, said the client population served at 815 Hyde would primarily go in for appointments and leave, and predicted the neighborhood would not notice a change.
Commissioners asked that the committee'level caveats and the department's protocols be incorporated into the approval. The motion to accept the consent calendar, which included the Hyde Street relocation with those caveats, was moved and seconded; the chair called the vote and the item was approved.
The commission asked DPH staff and the service provider to report back on implementation of the good-neighbor measures and to continue meeting with neighborhood stakeholders. No formal conditions or timelines beyond those measures were specified in the motion as recorded.
The commission moved on to other agenda items after the vote.
