In the Works - Community Newsletter In the Works June 2019 | Page 43

Collectively, the City's 25 Pit Stops were
used nearly 49,000 times in May, or more
than once every minute if they operated
around the clock.
With the addition of a Pit Stop
at Ocean Beach, located in the
beachside parking lot across the
Great Highway from Golden
Gate Park, the pioneering
program now operates in 13
neighborhoods. The Pit Stop,
managed by Public Works,
began five years ago in the
Tenderloin with three locations
and now also operates in the
Bayview, Castro, Civic Center,
The Embarcadero, Haight,
Lower Polk, Mid-Market,
Mission, North Beach, Ocean
Beach, Outer Sunset and SoMa.
District 1 Supervisor Sandra
Lee Fewer, who represents the
Richmond District, advocated
for the new Ocean Beach Pit
Stop to provide a much-needed
service in the area where public
bathrooms are few and far
between.
Collectively, the City's 25 Pit
Stops were used nearly 49,000
times in May, or more than once
every minute if they operated
around the clock.
What makes a Pit Stop a Pit
Stop is that they are staffed to
ensure that the bathrooms are
kept clean and safe and used for
their intended purpose.
Our nonprofit partner, Hunters
Point Family, provides staffing
at all but one of the locations;
the Lower Polk Community
Benefit District provides an
attendant for the Pit Stop there.
The jobs are part of a workforce
development initiative.
Mayor London Breed provided
funding for additional Pit Stops
and expanded hours at existing
locations in her proposed budget
for the new fiscal year that starts
July 1. Public Works also will
pilot a 24-hour Pit Stop in the
Tenderloin for a three-month
experiment. Currently, the Pit
Stops operate seven to 12 hours
a day, depending on the location.