Guests and students are welcome to visit The Writers Grotto for public events and classes. All other visits are by invitation only.

Parking: Limited street parking is available on the weekdays from 9am-4pm. Street parking is plentiful all day on Saturday and Sunday and weekdays after 4pm. Street parking is metered Monday through Saturday until 6pm and is free after 6pm and on Sundays. To learn more about metered street parking, please visit SFMTA's street parking information website.

Public Transportation: The Writers Grotto is easily accessible on multiple bus and Metro lines. To map out your best public transportation options, please visit SFMTA's trip planner here.

The Writers Grotto is located at 1663 Mission Ave., Ste. 602, San Francisco, CA, 94103
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The Writers Grotto seeks to comply with all federal and state laws concerning the employment of persons with disabilities.

The Writers Grotto does not discriminate against qualified individuals with disability in regards to application procedures, hiring, advancement, discharge, compensation, training, or other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. ‍The Writers Grotto will attempt to reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a temporary or long-term disability so that they can perform the essential functions of a job. An individual who can be reasonably accommodated for a job, without undue hardship, will be given the same consideration for that position as any other applicant.

Additionally, The Writers Grotto ensures accessibility for participants with disabilities in its programs, services, and activities. This includes making communication accessible, providing reasonable accommodations, and ensuring that events and activities are accessible to all individuals, regardless of their disabilities.

Definitions

“Disability” refers to a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of an individual. An individual who has such impairment, has a record of such impairment, or is regarded as having such impairment is a “disabled individual.” A “qualified individual with a disability” means an individual with a disability who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the employment position that the individual holds or for which she/he has applied. “Reasonable accommodation” may (depending on individual circumstances) include the following: making existing facilities readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities; restructuring a job; instituting part-time or modified work schedules; reassigning the individual to a vacant position; acquiring or modifying equipment or devices; adjusting or modifying training materials, or policies, and similar activities. “Undue hardship” means an action requiring significant difficulty or expense by the employer. The factors to be considered in determining an undue hardship include: (1) the nature and cost of the accommodation; (2) the overall financial resources of the project; (3) the number of persons employed by the project; (4) the effect on expenses and resources or other impact upon the project; and (5) the operations of the particular project. Other factors may be taken into consideration. “Essential job functions” refers to those activities of a job that are essential to the purpose for which the position exists and cannot be modified.

Break Time for Nursing Mothers

In accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, The Writers Grotto projects will provide reasonable break time and accommodations to employee/volunteer/participant to express breast milk for nursing children. projects will provide a private, shielded place other than a restroom in which an employee/volunteer/participant may express milkhe Writers Grotto projects will also comply with any local or state law that may provide for reasonable accommodation for pregnant or breastfeeding employees/volunteers/participants in the locality in which such individual works.