We are Compton’s x Coalition, and we’re working to protect and transform 111 Taylor Street into a site of liberation and cultural memory, free from carceral control and corporate profiteering, and to anchor a broad vision of intersectional justice. We will preserve this historic landmark, prevent its future use for incarceration, and steward it for abolitionist futures, housing justice, and ecological healing.

Next Event:

Historic Preservation Commission Hearing
January 21, 2026

We have an upcoming Historic Preservation Commission hearing for the Compton’s Cafeteria site at Turk and Taylor. Historic protection is a tool to safeguard trans history and prevent further harm. Community testimony is part of the official record.

This hearing is a public decision point about whether this historical site is protected as a designated landmark.
Public comment can influence the outcome.

Hearing details:
Date: January 21, 2026
Time: 12:30pm
Location: Commission Chambers rm 400 at SF City Hall

What the Commission will consider:
Whether the site meets criteria for historic preservation.
How its history should be recognized and protected.
What protections apply moving forward.

How you can help:
Attend the hearing.
Submit a public comment.
Share this information with your networks.

Impact Report

• Direct gatherings & events: At our July 16 hearing alone, over 200 people attended in person and 50 joined online, with around 100 giving public comments. This year’s Trans March, the largest in history (drawing 37,000 participants) ended, as it always does, at Compton's site. We marched as a contingent and are already preparing a space activation for next year.

• Working group participation: Over 200 people have submitted forms to join our working groups and ongoing campaigns.

• Digital engagement: Our combined Instagram accounts reach 3,000+ followers, our reach on CxC’s page going well beyond, including 85,000 views, 4.6k interactions and 1,872 highly engaged accounts. Over 65 Press Hits in eight months.

• Workshops, cultural events, and political education: Across the year, we host public events, neighborhood workshops, and organizing meetings that bring in several hundred participants. We also produce zines, Just Transition Surveys, and are repeatedly invited to community gatherings including the Tenderloin Peoples Congress (a neighborhood-led political body advancing community self-determination) and Salon Hala (a cultural salon and discussion space).