The Greater Hillcrest Clean and Safe Zone

The GH Clean and Safe Zone is an area where neighbors have opted to work together to fund security and cleaning services. The following services are provided within the Greater Hillcrest Clean and Safe Zone:

Daily sidewalk trash pick-up: The HBA provides sidewalk trash pickup services Monday through Saturday within the Clean and Safe zone. This services is from 7am through 12:30pm. The round green HBA trash cans are also emptied every day Monday through Saturday.

Monthly sidewalk power washing: The HBA’s contractor provides sidewalk steam cleaning once a month throughout the Clean and Safe Zone. The contractor has been certified by the City of San Diego Stormwater Department as meeting the strictest water reclamation guidelines.

Security service: A walking patrol occurs in the Clean and Safe area every day of the week confronting law breakers and relocating troublesome people outside the zone. The security guards are highly trained and provide resources to our homeless neighbors to get them off the streets. The daily patrol is from 7am to 2pm daily.

  • A daily foot patrol in the Hillcrest Clean and Safe Zone from 8am through 4pm. Guards will walk the patrol area (supported by a patrol car) confronting people causing problems for the business community and relocating them outside the Clean and Safe Zone.

  • A security hotline for businesses and property owners to call during the foot patrol hours for safety issues. On-Duty Hotline: (619) 666-4061

  • An after-hours on-call service, response between 15 and 20 minutes, outside the patrol time to address people causing problems on a case-by-case basis. Dispatch outside foot patrol hours: (800) 613-5903

  • In case of emergency: 911

Only businesses and property owners within the Hillcrest Clean and Safe Zone may call the security service.

The Hillcrest Clean and Safe program is funded by the Greater Hillcrest Maintenance Assessment District. Special services can only be provided within the Clean and Safe Zone described. The GHMAD is a property-based assessment district that funds special benefit services over and above what the City of San Diego provides in the public right of way. The GHMAD is managed by a steering committee of property owners. Property owners who pay into the district can join this committee through an election process. Click here to see the agendas for upcoming committee meetings.

Hillcrest Clean and Safe:

The Greater Hillcrest MAD is an expansion of several older districts created decades ago. The maps below show what properties are within the district.

This is a proposal of the Hillcrest Business Association. The HBA is a nonprofit organization that has worked to improve Hillcrest for over 100 years. The HBA is responsible for the creation of the Hillcrest Sign, the Hillcrest Pride Flag, and Mural Alley. The HBA hosts the Hillcrest Farmers Market, CityFest, and other events like the Taste of Hillcrest. This proposal has worked in other neighborhoods and it’s not right that Hillcrest is left behind.