About BCNA – BCNA

A map of the Barbary Coast Neighborhood borders BCNA—the Barbary Coast Neighborhood Association is a non-profit California corporation dedicated to improving the quality of life in San Francisco. Founded in 2006, BCNA serves the residents and businesses in the Barbary Coast, the historic northeast waterfront along the Embarcadero from Bay Street to Clay Street. We strongly support open space, recreation areas, and appropriate residential and commercial development. BCNA works with legislators and community organizations on solutions to traffic congestion, parking problems, crime, homelessness, noise, and other neighborhood issues. We are a volunteer-run organization with no paid staff. Our accomplishments are made possible only by member dues. Please join us!

Read about BCNA’s most recent accomplishments. Watch videos of BCNA’s forums.

BCNA’s mission is:

To bring about information exchange, cooperation, and united action among the residents, property owners, and businesses in the Neighborhood
To beautify and improve the Neighborhood
To encourage a friendly association among people who live and/or work in the Neighborhood
To protect the Neighborhood’s basic character, building scale, and open space—including public and private passive and active open recreational space
To maintain the quality of life in the Neighborhood
To keep alive the memory of the Neighborhood’s significant place in San Francisco’s history
To monitor those actions of city government and other public agencies that affect the Neighborhood, and provide input to public processes and decision-makers as warranted.