Southeast Community Center

Business Hours: 9am to 4pm; Monday - Friday

Event hours: 8am to 10pm; Monday - Sunday

Public Hours: 7am to 7pm; Monday - Friday

Address: 1550 Evans Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94124

Phone: (415) 523-1434 | Email: seccinfo@sfwater.org

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Spaces available for reservations:

• Alex Pitcher Room
• Multipurpose Rooms (Bayview, Hunters Point, Visitation Valley)
• Double Rock Room
• Potrero Hill Room
• Garden, Lawn, Picnic Areas

Print information on spaces available for reservations. (English | Español | 中文 | Filipino) 

Notice: Please be sure to review our policies and procedures prior to requesting a space.

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The SFPUC leases space at the SECC to nine local organizations who provide 20+ community programs and services including:

• Entrepreneurial business services
• Family and children playgroups
• Financial empowerment
• High school and GED
• Workforce development

Meet our Resident Partners

3rd Street Youth Services and Clinic operates 3rd Street Leadership Academy, College Jump, and Health Core to help youth ages 12-24 from Bayview Hunters Point (BVHP) make healthy and safe decisions that improve their physical, emotional, and social health.
Contact: youthdev@3rdstyouth.org | (415) 939 2478

Southeast Community Center Access Program powered by Five Keys provides technology device loaner services (Macbooks and iPads), workshops, and a quiet place to study or work. The program operates Monday – Friday 11-5PM and Wednesday 11-2PM on the second floor in the Double Rock classroom.
Contact: seccinfo@sfwater.org

Charity Cultural Services provides free and successful training including culinary, construction, and financial literacy programs to empower San Francisco residents.
Contact: info@sfccsc.org | (415) 989-8224

Edgewood Family Resource Center hosts weekly parent support groups for parents, caregivers, and multigenerational households to discuss concerns and learn valuable information and skills to support them and their children.
Contact: jessicaw@edgewood.org | (415) 572-4431

En2Action delivers program development, community outreach, and capacity building services, as well as community development through event planning and production, to both for-profit and non-profit developments in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Contact: info@en2action.org | (415) 206-1936

Five Keys Schools and Programs operates high school and GED programs to provide traditionally underserved communities the opportunity to improve their lives through a focus on the Five Keys: education, employment, recovery, family, community.
Contact: registration@fivekeys.org | (415) 226-9466

Hungry Kitchens operates the café at the Southeast Community Center to provide experiential food concepts for everyone. Visit the café inside the center.
Contact: info@thehungrycafe.com | (415) 448-7430

The Community Ambassadors Program from the Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs is a community safety and neighborhood engagement program that engages, informs, and assists community members in San Francisco.
Contact: community.ambassadors@sfgov.org | 3-1-1

Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center operates technical assistance programs for contractors of color, Bayview, and 3rd St businesses. The programs provide training, one-on-one consulting, access to capital, and networks of support.
Contact: bayview@rencenter.org | (415) 647-3728

Wu Yee Children’s Services offers quality childcare to San Francisco’s diverse communities and families at 20+ sites including the Southeast Community Center.
Contact: admissions@wuyee.org | (415) 282-8200 (Southeast Center office) | (415) 230-7500 (Enrollments)

In 1979, San Francisco’s southeast communities won a community center located at 1800 Oakdale Avenue as part of an agreement to offset the effects of the Southeast Wastewater Treatment Plant on surrounding communities. This agreement was the result of strong activism in Bayview–Hunter’s Point communities and serves as an inspiring example of civic leadership and advocacy. The new center honors the legacy of “The Big 6” community activists who led the movement for the original center; Alex Pitcher, Harold Madison, Ethel Garlington, Dr. Espanola Jackson, Shirley Jones, and Elouise Westbrook.

When it became clear in 2015 that extensive repairs would be needed to the original center, SFPUC engaged in a large-scale campaign to solicit community feedback on whether the old center should be repaired or a new state-of-the-art center should be built. The results were overwhelmingly in favor of building a new center that would fully live up to the promises of the original agreement.

In 2020, with the help of several local non-profits, SFPUC engaged in another extensive outreach campaign to learn about the programming and amenities community members would like to see at the new center. That information has been used to develop new programs and partnerships to meet the community's needs.

Construction of the center included local hire goals, which are designed to ensure that the community center benefited southeast communities both during construction and after completion. Over 98 construction workers on the new center were from zip code 94124, and we further exceeded our goals for subcontracting with Bayview/Hunter’s Point-based businesses by 10%.

The Southeast Community Facility Commission (SECFC) is a seven-member, mayoral-appointed leadership body that provides guidance to the SFPUC and the SF Board of Supervisors regarding strategic, financial and capital improvement plans, programming and operations for the Southeast Community Center (SECC).  The SECFC also promotes and advocates for special services and the improvement of the general economic, health, safety and welfare of residents in San Francisco’s southeast neighborhood.

SECFC meetings are open to the public and held every fourth Wednesday of the month at 1550 Evans Ave in the Alex L. Pitcher, Jr. Pavilion beginning at 6 pm, unless otherwise specified. Meeting agendas are posted 72 hours in advance of meetings.