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homelessness

Sixty Unused Tiny Cabins Sit Locked in a Bayview Parking Lot While Neighbors Sleep on the Sidewalk

A $7 million shelter investment has sat empty for nearly a year at Jerrold Commons — and city officials have not explained why.

For close to a year, sixty tiny shelter cabins have sat shuttered in a Bayview parking lot at Jerrold Commons on Jerrold Avenue, their doors closed and windows dark, even as a small encampment of tents and cardboard lines the sidewalk a block away. The SF Standard reported on September 2 that city officials have offered no public explanation for why the cabins remain out of use, despite Mayor Daniel Lurie's repeated pledges to reduce homelessness and clean up city streets.

Bayview

Bayview Oyster Bar Is Opening This Month on Third Street

April Spears, the Bayview native behind the beloved Auntie April's, is debuting a new seafood restaurant at 5114 Third St. as part of a city-funded wave of nine new businesses on the corridor.

Bayview Oyster Bar is opening this month at 5114 Third St., the storefront that sat dark since Word. A Cafe closed in 2021 when the pandemic ended foot traffic on the block. Owner April Spears, who grew up in the Bayview and previously ran Auntie April's — a fried chicken and waffles institution for 15 years — is blending Northern California seafood with her Louisiana roots.

Bayview

India Basin Waterfront Park Is Open for Programming — Grand Celebration Scheduled for October 19

The 900 Innes site is running weekly events and community programs while final shoreline construction continues next door, with a neighborhood-wide grand opening set for next month.

The India Basin Waterfront Park at 900 Innes Avenue in Bayview–Hunters Point is open and running community programming this fall. According to SF Recreation and Parks, the site now includes two new public piers, a floating dock, ADA-compliant access to the Bay Trail, public restrooms, a food pavilion and a makers' shop supporting boat-building programs — amenities the waterfront neighborhood had long lacked. The Welcome Center is open Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with rotating food vendors and an Artist in Residence program.

Upcoming Events

Saturday, September 12

4th Annual Kite by the Bay at Candlestick Point

📍 Candlestick Point State Recreation Area, 400 Hunters Point Expressway · 1:00 PM

Friday, September 12

From The E: Taco Tour Excelsior Night Market

📍 Norton Street Parking Lot, Excelsior · 5:00 PM

Friday, September 18

From The E: Latino Heritage Month Night Market

📍 Ocean Ave & Mission St, Excelsior · 4:30 PM

Friday, September 25

Visitacion Valley Night Market — September Edition

📍 Leland Ave (between Bayshore & Peabody), Visitacion Valley · 4:00 PM

Saturday, October 19

India Basin Waterfront Park Grand Opening Celebration

📍 India Basin Waterfront Park, 900 Innes Ave, Bayview–Hunters Point · 11:00 AM

More from the Neighborhood

SCRAP Opens Permanent Bayview Home at 141 Industrial Street

SCRAP — the Scroungers' Center for Reusable Art Parts, a nonprofit store of donated art materials co-founded by Ruth Asawa — held its grand reopening in mid-August at a permanent new location…

Bayview Street Repaving Underway; Excelsior and Portola Work to Start in November

A multi-phase street repaving program got underway in the Bayview in July, with 24 blocks expected to be resurfaced by March 2028, the SF Standard reported on April 22.