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The Department of Public Health is lobbying to put new street toilets on Chavez and/or 26th Street. Some neighbors say that new pay toilets will attract crime and prostitution, and that a better and humane solution is to properly maintain the existing public toilets in Garfield, Rolph and Potrero Del Sol Parks. If you are interested in helping to pursue the latter option, contact stopthetoilets@yahoo.com.

According to Jay, ``We do not believe that more toilets will make the public urination and defication problems worse. But we believe that the City should do what needs to be done to open and maintain the existing toilets in the area before it spends money to install even more toilets which, in time, it may also fail to maintain when it looks for ways to make budget cuts. ``

Jay also provided us with a map of the existing toilets in the areas.



1. Decaux toilet at Mission and 24th Streets
2. Day Laborer’s Office at 3358 Cesar Chavez
3. South Van Ness Decaux toilet at Cesar Chavez
4. Garfield Park near 26th Street
5. Rolph Park at 26th and Hampshire
6. Potrero del Sol Park at 26th and Potrero
7. S.F. General Hospital parking garage near 23rd and Potrero
8. S.F. General Hospital on Potrero