Can SF’s theaters save Mid-Market? This lawmaker says it’s showtime

<p>It’s a San Francisco show tune set on sad repeat: Once-vibrant Market Street is overrun by crime, blight, and public drug use. Ideas get floated for a revival. Investments get made. Attention shifts. Businesses and residents continue to struggle.  But Supervisor Bilal Mahmood says he’s got a new idea to resuscitate the blocks between 5th and 9th streets that make up the Mid-Market district: Recast the neighborhood’s historic theaters as the main character. On Thursday, Mahmood rolled out details for a plan to beautify the stretch, with an emphasis on raising the status of its theaters.  “The theater and the arts need to feel that love and bring in that same economic investment that we’re seeing in other parts of downtown,” said Mahmood, whose district includes the Tenderloin. The biggest visual change he proposes would be the installation of LED screens — like those in New York City’s Times Square, but on a smaller scale — that would advertise theater shows. Other ideas on the table include decorating the crosswalks with references from famous show, such as quotes from “Wicked” or “Hamilton”; installing public art, new lighting fixtures, planters and tables; and putting themed banners on lampposts to make that stretch of Market Street more inviting to attendees of the Orpheum, ACT Strand, the Warfield, the Golden Gate, and Bill Graham. Mahmood isn’t the first politician to try to spruce up the area. In the 2010s, under the late Mayor Ed Lee, Mid-Market saw a brief real estate boom as the city’s tech sector grew, fueled by a tax break that attracted Twitter and other companies. The area had struggled for decades to be recognized as a prime location for investment.  But just as it was getting back on its feet, the pandemic devastated it again. Today, more than 46% of neighborhood offices are empty, versus the citywide vacancy rate of 33%, according to real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield. Prior to the pandemic, vacancy rates across the city were less than 6%.  The timing of Mahmood’s proposal comes as nearly two dozen Bay Area theaters have shuttered since 2020, including 15 in San Francisco. On Wednesday,  The Standard reported  on the struggles of the city’s theater business, as attendance has slowed since the pandemic, while production costs have risen. How would the mostly cosmetic changes make any difference?  “Its a very reasonable question. The reason I feel optimistic is we have a case study,” said Mahmood, explaining that the reactivation of UN Plaza — which has  a skate park and other amenities  — serves as an example of how  a previously dreary public space  can become a draw. Mahmood intends to raise money for his project through a private-public partnership, similar to a model Mayor Daniel Lurie has used frequently throughout his first year, leveraging his connections to tech founders and philanthropists.  The city this month announced  a $5 million donation from billionaire Chris Larsen  to breathe new life into Larkin Street in the Tenderloin. With the city’s finances tight and a $936 million budget deficit expected over the next two years, private funding has taken a larger role in public projects.  Mahmood said he hopes to raise an amount similar to that of the Larkin project. He estimates that the initial pilot program for an intersection would cost $1 million, while the full scope of the plans would total $5 million. He said city leaders have focused on wooing Big Tech and office workers, but the arts are an “important part of the story” that often get overlooked. In addition to the design changes, Mahmood’s plan has two other crucial components: public safety and reenergizing small businesses along the street. He said his office has worked on getting more police foot patrols in the area, and the city’s Drug Market Agency Coordination Center is operating every day of the week. Meanwhile, the Office of Economic Workforce and Development is helping businesses open along the street, which is pockmarked with vacant signs. On Tuesday, the department  opened applications  for grant funding of up to $100,000, and the corridor along Market from 5th to 9th is one of the eligible areas.  Fernando Pujals, executive director of the Mid-Market Business Association and Foundation, said signs of life are starting to crop up along the street, including last year’s  sales of the Warfield  and  Odd Fellows Temple buildings . He supports Mahmood’s plan. “We’re not reaching that potential,” he said of the area. “I think we’re leaving money on the table.”</p>

Undercutting Lurie, YIMBY group to sue city over Family Zoning Plan

<p>Neighborhood NIMBYs aren’t the only ones up in arms over San Francisco’s Family Zoning Plan.  The pro-development advocates at YIMBY Law plan to file suit against San Francisco next month, claiming Mayor Daniel Lurie’s upzoning scheme fails to fulfill the city’s state-mandated allowance of housing, the organization’s executive director, Sonja Trauss, told The Standard. In response to the decades-long housing crisis, California officials have in recent years been pressuring local governments to loosen zoning requirements or risk losing state funding or land-use control. San Francisco is mandated by state officials to plan for 82,000 new homes by 2031. Of that, the city must rezone to reasonably allow for about 36,000 homes in the next six years.  The Board of Supervisors  approved  San Francisco’s rezoning strategy — dubbed the Family Zoning Plan — in December.  The Planning Department, which has been developing the Family Zoning Plan since before the Lurie administration, created  its own projections  using various models that estimate rezoning would allow for the creation of up to 64,000 homes. (That doesn’t mean all those homes will be built, as  planners often note .) However, an  analysis from Ted Egan , San Francisco’s chief economist, found that even in the most optimistic scenario, rezoning could create about 14,600 units over the next 20 years — a fraction of the benchmark set by the state. The report provided ammo for those pushing for more aggressive housing policies.  “Why do planners always make promises they can’t keep? They’re addicted to it,” Trauss said.  The plan met with fierce opposition from some residents who argued that wide-scale upzoning would change neighborhood character and function as a developer handout. Responding to those complaints, supervisors debated and approved a slew of amendments that included carve-outs and exemptions for specific areas. The potential lawsuit mirrors litigation filed by YIMBY Law and Californians for Homeownership against Los Angeles, claiming  the city  was not doing enough to rezone for new housing capacity as laid out under state law. If successful, the lawsuit could force sweeping rezoning or trigger the “builder’s remedy,” under which a city loses the ability to approve or deny housing developments. In a  preliminary review , California’s Department of Housing and Community Development found that the Family Zoning Plan meets state requirements, based partly on the Planning Department’s projections. City Attorney spokesperson Jen Kwart said the City Attorney would review any lawsuits once served and respond in court. She added Trauss said YIMBY Law would not push the city to repeal its rezoning plan but rather to expand it by increasing height limits in specific areas. She added that YIMBY Law will be seeking individual residents to sign on as plaintiffs in the case.  Charles Lutvak, a spokesperson for the mayor, emphasized maintaining local control in a statement. “As the cost of housing continues to rise, the Family Zoning Plan is going to help ensure that the next generation of San Franciscans can afford to raise their kids here,” Lutvak said via text message. “But our administration is not going to hand the keys to Sacramento—we’re going to meet state requirements while protecting what’s so special about our neighborhoods and our city.” Those on the other side of the issue — who think Lurie’s proposal means too much development —  filed a lawsuit against the city this month  over the state-mandated plan. The legal challenge was filed by the NIMBY-aligned groups Neighborhoods United SF and Small Business Forward. San Francisco has a deadline of Jan. 31 to adopt a finalized rezoning plan. Trauss said her organization plans to file its lawsuit challenging it in February. As for cost? “We’ll spend as much money as it takes,” she said.</p>

Sunset recallers launch effort to reopen Great Highway after supervisor’s plan crashes

<div class="content-grid article-content"><div class="Metadata_container__fxAzw"><div class="flex flex-row gap-x-md"></div><div class="Metadata_metadata__W_0LF"><span>By <a class="" href="https://sfstandard.com/author/han-li/">Han Li</a></span><time datetime="2026-01-14T01:44:56.673Z">Published Jan. 13, 2026 • 5:44pm</time></div></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The endless saga surrounding the Great Highway — San Francisco’s version of “War and Peace” — is about to get another bloody chapter. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">A group of west-side residents tied to the 2025 recall movement against former Sunset Supervisor Joel Engardio is taking over the campaign to reopen two miles of the coastal highway to cars on weekdays.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Their effort began Tuesday, just as the clock wound down on Supervisor Alan Wong’s effort to <u><a data-post-id="9da505bd-6054-445c-9a69-f9189a504185" href="https://sfstandard.com/2026/01/12/reopen-great-highway-fall-short/">secure support</a></u> from board colleagues to put the Great Highway issue back on the ballot. Wong gave up the push after failing to convince a minimum of three supervisors to lend their signatures to his proposal for a June voter referendum to overturn Proposition K. </p></div><div class="!p-0 !m-0"></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Jamie Hughes, a leader of the Engardio recall and the spokesperson for the new campaign, said Tuesday that his group will file paperwork with the city to start gathering signatures for a November voter initiative that would return the Great Highway to a state of “compromise”: open to car traffic on weekdays and to pedestrians, skaters, and cyclists on weekends. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“Supporters of the closure have continued to gaslight residents into thinking this is working while wasting unapproved taxpayer dollars and ignoring the unsafe conditions this has brought to the west side,” Hughes said. “San Francisco voters are looking for a sensible solution to this issue.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">He dismissed the effort from Wong, who was appointed by Mayor Daniel Lurie at the end of November.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“Supervisor Wong campaigned citywide multiple times and never did anything to support this effort,” Hughes said. “He made an unserious last-minute attempt, solely to benefit his supervisor campaign. Unfortunately for many of us counting on him, he flunked his first test of leadership. The ‘at least I tried’ act is not good enough.”</p></div><div class="w-full bg-warm-gray-50 border border-warm-gray-300 rounded-xl flex flex-col gap-md px-lg py-[20px]"><div class="flex flex-row text-medium leading-[1.1] text-black font-inter gap-xs"><span class="italic font-normal">More about</span><a href="https://sfstandard.com/tag/sunset-district/"><span class="font-bold underline decoration-highlight decoration-[3.2px]">Sunset District</span></a></div><ul class="flex flex-col gap-md"><li class="flex flex-row gap-sm pb-md border-b border-warm-gray-300"><a href="https://sfstandard.com/2026/01/12/reopen-great-highway-fall-short/" tabindex="-1"><div class="flex-none w-[90px] h-[60px] overflow-hidden"><img alt="A man in a suit raises his right hand, taking an oath from another man holding a document, while a crowd watches and records the event." class="object-cover w-full h-full lazyloaded" data-nimg="1" decoding="async" height="5464" loading="lazy" src="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_ngnejqthi50ld15hk7lb7ek51f/-S3840x2561-FPNG" srcset="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_ngnejqthi50ld15hk7lb7ek51f/-S3840x2561-FPNG 1x" style="color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 8192 5464'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="8192"/></div></a><a class="h-fit" href="https://sfstandard.com/2026/01/12/reopen-great-highway-fall-short/"><h3 class="text-medium sm:text-lg leading-[1.3] font-medium text-warm-gray-900 font-ivar-headline">Sunset supervisor gets cold shoulder from colleagues in bid to reopen Great Highway</h3></a></li><li class="flex flex-row gap-sm pb-md border-b border-warm-gray-300"><a href="https://sfstandard.com/opinion/2026/01/11/s-time-tear-san-francisco-zoo-s-should-go-its-place/" tabindex="-1"><div class="flex-none w-[90px] h-[60px] overflow-hidden"><img alt="A woman and child walk on a boardwalk by a wetland with birds, a snake, plants, and the sun setting over the ocean in the background." class="object-cover w-full h-full lazyloaded" data-nimg="1" decoding="async" height="3508" loading="lazy" src="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_urfl7ontbd2qr81bu3mls4604l/-S3840x2715-FPNG" srcset="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_urfl7ontbd2qr81bu3mls4604l/-S3840x2715-FPNG 1x" style="color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 4961 3508'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="4961"/></div></a><a class="h-fit" href="https://sfstandard.com/opinion/2026/01/11/s-time-tear-san-francisco-zoo-s-should-go-its-place/"><h3 class="text-medium sm:text-lg leading-[1.3] font-medium text-warm-gray-900 font-ivar-headline">It’s time to tear down the San Francisco Zoo. Here’s what should rise in its place</h3></a></li><li class="flex flex-row gap-sm"><a href="https://sfstandard.com/2026/01/08/sunset-night-market-return-2026/" tabindex="-1"><div class="flex-none w-[90px] h-[60px] overflow-hidden"><img alt="" class="object-cover w-full h-full lazyloaded" data-nimg="1" decoding="async" height="3743" loading="lazy" src="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_4ovvmb1rnt2sr13lcj5d84ko6e/-S3840x2560-FPNG" srcset="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_4ovvmb1rnt2sr13lcj5d84ko6e/-S3840x2560-FPNG 1x" style="color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 5614 3743'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="5614"/></div></a><a class="h-fit" href="https://sfstandard.com/2026/01/08/sunset-night-market-return-2026/"><h3 class="text-medium sm:text-lg leading-[1.3] font-medium text-warm-gray-900 font-ivar-headline">Sunset Night Market to return after last year’s political chaos</h3></a></li></ul></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Wong met with reporters in his office on Tuesday night to emphasize his commitment to the issue. He declined to say whether he will support a citizen-led initiative.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“Ultimately, we were not able to get enough signatures. I am disappointed with the results,” Wong said. “Our office did our best to advocate for our constituents.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Two supervisors, Richmond representative Connie Chan and District 11’s Chyanne Chen, had agreed to back his proposal.</p></div><figure class="ImageBlock_ImageFigure__ZnquR inset-image mobile-grid-full mobile-grid-full" data-align="none"><div class="relative"><div><img alt="A man in a gray suit sits on an office chair holding an open signed document, with a wooden desk, two monitors, and office supplies nearby." class="block lazyloaded" data-nimg="1" decoding="async" height="3024" loading="lazy" sizes="(min-width: 1001px) 600px, (min-width: 768px) 700px, 100vw" src="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_77dkgka1hh2h585q6cb3cib71j/-S3840x2880-FPNG" srcset="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_77dkgka1hh2h585q6cb3cib71j/-S640x480-FPNG 640w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_77dkgka1hh2h585q6cb3cib71j/-S750x563-FPNG 750w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_77dkgka1hh2h585q6cb3cib71j/-S768x576-FPNG 768w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_77dkgka1hh2h585q6cb3cib71j/-S828x621-FPNG 828w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_77dkgka1hh2h585q6cb3cib71j/-S1024x768-FPNG 1024w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_77dkgka1hh2h585q6cb3cib71j/-S1080x810-FPNG 1080w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_77dkgka1hh2h585q6cb3cib71j/-S1200x900-FPNG 1200w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_77dkgka1hh2h585q6cb3cib71j/-S1920x1440-FPNG 1920w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_77dkgka1hh2h585q6cb3cib71j/-S2048x1536-FPNG 2048w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_77dkgka1hh2h585q6cb3cib71j/-S3840x2880-FPNG 3840w" style="color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 4032 3024'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="4032"/></div></div><figcaption class="basis-full mt-[10px] text-xs text-gray-550 font-inter leading-[18px]">Supervisor Alan Wong shows that he received two signatures from his colleagues, Connie Chan and Chyanne Chen.<span class="image-caption-divider"> | </span><span class="image-credit"><span class="sr-only">Source: </span>Han Li/The Standard</span></figcaption></figure><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Richard Corriea, a retired police captain and a leader of the Engardio recall effort, will serve as principal officer of the new campaign.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“Alan Wong began slow-walking this issue the minute he took office and had no intention of truly supporting it from Day One,” Corriea said. “He may want west-side voters to give him an A for effort, but that’s disingenuous.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The effort continues a four-year battle over the Great Highway’s future. It adds to a deepening divide between the city’s urbanist activists, who want more green space and bike lanes, and those who rely on cars. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The city first closed the road to cars during the pandemic to create recreational space. In 2021, cars were allowed back during the week while the road was turned over to pedestrians on weekends. A 2022 ballot measure to reopen the highway to cars failed before supervisors <u><a href="https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/sf-supervisors-seal-great-highways-fate--for-now/article_f5afab98-759d-11ed-b34f-efe8146882c7.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">voted to keep its dual status <span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u>through 2025. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The board then put Prop. K on the ballot to allow voters to decide the road’s fate. The measure passed in November 2024 with 55% of the vote, but west-side neighborhoods rejected it, including 63% of voters in District 4, where the two-mile stretch is located. This prompted a revolt against Engardio, who had championed Prop. K and was ousted in a September recall election.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The campaign to overturn Prop. K must collect roughly 10,000 valid signatures, <u><a href="https://media.api.sf.gov/documents/Guide_-_Qualifying_SF_Initiative_Measures_June26.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">according to the Department of Elections<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u>. Unlike the process to qualify the Engardio recall, which was limited to D4 voters, the campaign can collect signatures citywide.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">It will be an uphill battle. The highway will have been closed for almost a year, and Sunset Dunes, the park that was built there, is <u><a href="https://sfrecpark.org/m/newsflash/home/detail/2182" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">thriving<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u>, according to the Recreation and Parks Department. The California Coastal Commission has approved the road’s closure, and a lawsuit challenging Prop. K was rejected by a San Francisco judge in early January.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Any effort to overturn Prop. K, whether through a signature-led initiative or via the Board of Supervisors, would face fierce opposition from park advocates.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“Today is an opportunity for the park opponents to come to terms with a democratic outcome and join us in planning the future of our collective park,” said Lucas Lux, president of Friends of Sunset Dunes. “We’re disappointed but not surprised that instead they are choosing to waste further resources in their attempt to rip out one of the city’s most used parks. We look forward to San Franciscans telling the anti-park zealots no for the umpteenth time.”</p></div></div>

Sunset supervisor gets cold shoulder from colleagues in bid to reopen Great Highway

<div class="content-grid article-content"><div class="Metadata_container__fxAzw"><div class="flex flex-row gap-x-md"></div><div class="Metadata_metadata__W_0LF"><span>By <a class="" href="https://sfstandard.com/author/han-li/">Han Li</a></span><time datetime="2026-01-12T20:16:06.527Z">Published Jan. 12, 2026 • 12:16pm</time></div></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">A Sunset politician’s shotgun attempt to bring cars back to the Great Highway may be running into a ditch.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Tuesday is the deadline for San Francisco supervisors to introduce ballot measures for the June election, and Alan Wong of the Sunset appears to be struggling to line up enough board support for his proposal. It’s a potentially embarrassing setback for the lawmaker, who was appointed by Mayor Daniel Lurie at the end of November. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The endless fight over the Great Highway has been one of the most contentious local issues in recent years, and Wong’s inability to convince at least three other supervisors to back his effort could be a black eye in his campaign to win a special election for the District 4 seat in June. </p></div><div class="!p-0 !m-0"></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Last month, when Wong announced plans to sponsor a ballot measure to reopen the roadway, the progressive supervisors expected to be his most likely supporters — Shamann Walton, Chyanne Chen, and Connie Chan — <u><a data-post-id="dbc53c43-c606-4278-af5e-40db80c78ab0" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/19/alan-wong-sunset-dunes-great-highway-reopening/">showed little excitement</a></u>. None stood alongside Wong when he held a press conference Thursday to unveil a draft of the ballot measure.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“We are working on getting support from my colleagues,” Wong told reporters. “We are doing our best to advocate.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Chen and Chan both opposed Proposition K, the 2024 ballot measure that closed the Great Highway to create Sunset Dunes. Walton has <u><a href="https://www.sfexaminer.com/archives/closing-jfk-drive-is-recreational-redlining/article_e62404ef-4e23-54fa-86db-a1a2aa0b0c47.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">been outspoken against similar car-free initiatives<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u>, including the closure of JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park.</p></div><div class="w-full bg-warm-gray-50 border border-warm-gray-300 rounded-xl flex flex-col gap-md px-lg py-[20px]"><div class="flex flex-row text-medium leading-[1.1] text-black font-inter gap-xs"><span class="italic font-normal">More about</span><a href="https://sfstandard.com/tag/great-highway/"><span class="font-bold underline decoration-highlight decoration-[3.2px]">Great Highway</span></a></div><ul class="flex flex-col gap-md"><li class="flex flex-row gap-sm pb-md border-b border-warm-gray-300"><a href="https://sfstandard.com/2026/01/05/prop-k-lawsuit-court-ruling/" tabindex="-1"><div class="flex-none w-[90px] h-[60px] overflow-hidden"><img alt='A blurred person on a blue tandem bike with a child in an orange helmet rides past a group of people standing near sand dunes and a sign that says "Sunset Dunes."' class="object-cover w-full h-full lazyloaded" data-nimg="1" decoding="async" height="3196" loading="lazy" src="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_gi0p74d7kp66d6k6klm0qvur2l/-S3840x2560-FPNG" srcset="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_gi0p74d7kp66d6k6klm0qvur2l/-S3840x2560-FPNG 1x" style="color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 4794 3196'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="4794"/></div></a><a class="h-fit" href="https://sfstandard.com/2026/01/05/prop-k-lawsuit-court-ruling/"><h3 class="text-medium sm:text-lg leading-[1.3] font-medium text-warm-gray-900 font-ivar-headline">SF court smacks down lawsuit against Prop. K — big win for Sunset Dunes </h3></a></li><li class="flex flex-row gap-sm pb-md border-b border-warm-gray-300"><a href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/31/san-francisco-war-on-cars-political-shift/" tabindex="-1"><div class="flex-none w-[90px] h-[60px] overflow-hidden"><img alt="A busy city street with multiple lanes of cars, some stopped at a red light and others moving forward, with buildings and street signs on both sides." class="object-cover w-full h-full lazyloaded" data-nimg="1" decoding="async" height="666.6666666666666" loading="lazy" src="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_d4h06i37nd7mvcgek3br71j53a/-C100.00%25x99.96%25%2C0.00%25%2C0.04%25-S2048x1365-FPNG" srcset="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_d4h06i37nd7mvcgek3br71j53a/-C100.00%25x99.96%25%2C0.00%25%2C0.04%25-S1024x683-FPNG 1x, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_d4h06i37nd7mvcgek3br71j53a/-C100.00%25x99.96%25%2C0.00%25%2C0.04%25-S2048x1365-FPNG 2x" style="color:transparent;aspect-ratio:1.5;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 666.6666666666666'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="1000"/></div></a><a class="h-fit" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/31/san-francisco-war-on-cars-political-shift/"><h3 class="text-medium sm:text-lg leading-[1.3] font-medium text-warm-gray-900 font-ivar-headline">In San Francisco’s transit war, cars are clawing back</h3></a></li><li class="flex flex-row gap-sm"><a href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/28/waymo-great-highway-tech-raves-2025/" tabindex="-1"><div class="flex-none w-[90px] h-[60px] overflow-hidden"><img alt="A highway with cars, aerial view of white Uber cars lined up, a woman in neon gear posing with sunglasses, and a store closing sale sign at Adidas." class="object-cover w-full h-full lazyloaded" data-nimg="1" decoding="async" height="666.6666666666666" loading="lazy" src="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_jph9alcicl2951iditg5tg2t0t/-C84.38%25x100.00%25%2C5.81%25%2C0.00%25-S2048x1365-FPNG" srcset="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_jph9alcicl2951iditg5tg2t0t/-C84.38%25x100.00%25%2C5.81%25%2C0.00%25-S1024x683-FPNG 1x, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_jph9alcicl2951iditg5tg2t0t/-C84.38%25x100.00%25%2C5.81%25%2C0.00%25-S2048x1365-FPNG 2x" style="color:transparent;aspect-ratio:1.5;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 666.6666666666666'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="1000"/></div></a><a class="h-fit" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/28/waymo-great-highway-tech-raves-2025/"><h3 class="text-medium sm:text-lg leading-[1.3] font-medium text-warm-gray-900 font-ivar-headline">Four stories we’re tired of covering</h3></a></li></ul></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Wong declined to say whether he has received commitments from colleagues or whether the ballot effort is in danger of collapsing. Representatives for Walton, Chan, and Chen stated that no final decision has been made.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Chan, the most vocal supervisor in favor of reopening the Great Highway, remains the likeliest supporter, according to sources close to her, especially as she runs for Congress and faces pressure from frustrated west-side constituents. Chan has been pushing for amendments to the proposal, the sources say.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Other supervisors either supported Prop. K or see few incentives in wading into a fight that has roiled the west side since 2024. Some moderate supervisors confirmed that Wong had asked them for support — and was roundly rejected.</p></div><figure class="ImageBlock_ImageFigure__ZnquR inset-image mobile-grid-full mobile-grid-full" data-align="none"><div class="relative"><div><img alt="Wooden signs point towards Sunset Dunes, The Great Highway, and Andytown near a beach path where people walk beside a large rock and sandy dunes." class="block lazyloaded" data-nimg="1" decoding="async" height="3600" loading="lazy" sizes="(min-width: 1001px) 600px, (min-width: 768px) 700px, 100vw" src="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_81dglht1o5635d9cgrlcdure5t/-S3840x2560-FPNG" srcset="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_81dglht1o5635d9cgrlcdure5t/-S640x427-FPNG 640w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_81dglht1o5635d9cgrlcdure5t/-S750x500-FPNG 750w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_81dglht1o5635d9cgrlcdure5t/-S768x512-FPNG 768w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_81dglht1o5635d9cgrlcdure5t/-S828x552-FPNG 828w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_81dglht1o5635d9cgrlcdure5t/-S1024x683-FPNG 1024w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_81dglht1o5635d9cgrlcdure5t/-S1080x720-FPNG 1080w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_81dglht1o5635d9cgrlcdure5t/-S1200x800-FPNG 1200w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_81dglht1o5635d9cgrlcdure5t/-S1920x1280-FPNG 1920w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_81dglht1o5635d9cgrlcdure5t/-S2048x1365-FPNG 2048w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_81dglht1o5635d9cgrlcdure5t/-S3840x2560-FPNG 3840w" style="color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 5400 3600'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="5400"/></div></div><figcaption class="basis-full mt-[10px] text-xs text-gray-550 font-inter leading-[18px]">The fight over the Great Highway has been one of the most contentious local issues in recent years.<span class="image-caption-divider"> | </span><span class="image-credit"><span class="sr-only">Source: </span>Manuel Orbegozo for The Standard</span></figcaption></figure><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Behind the scenes, however, insiders have blamed Wong’s approach, saying he reached out to them too late to lend support for an issue known to be politically explosive. When Wong announced the proposal Thursday, the ballot language was not finalized.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“What took him so long to come to that position?” Albert Chow, who is running against Wong in the June election, <u><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@albert.chow.for.su/video/7593246903756770574" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">said in a TikTok video<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u> criticizing the rollout.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Additionally, supervisors may be reluctant to hand a political win to a first-term appointee — particularly as Walton’s chief of staff, Natalie Gee, is running against Wong. Gee is closely aligned with both Chan and Chen.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">With Tuesday’s deadline looming, supporters of Sunset Dunes say they are ready to fight.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“Given that Supervisor Wong doesn’t even know how much his ballot measure costs, I’m not surprised that other Supervisors aren’t jumping at the chance to sign onto something charging taxpayers millions of dollars to close one of the city’s most popular parks,” said Lucas Lux, president of Friends of Sunset Dunes.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Even if Wong’s effort collapses, the issue is far from settled.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Wong faces challengers who support reopening the Great Highway, and the proposal could resurface on the November ballot. A citizen-led initiative could qualify if supporters gather enough signatures. And Mayor Daniel Lurie — who opposed Prop. K — has the authority to place the measure before voters himself.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">There is one potential silver lining for Wong. Even if his effort to put the Great Highway back on the ballot fails, he can make the case to district voters that he did what he could to undo Prop. K.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“I have done my due diligence to meet with groups across the Sunset neighborhood,” he said Thursday. “Ultimately, I believe my values align with those of District 4.”</p></div></div>

SF court smacks down lawsuit against Prop. K — big win for Sunset Dunes

<div class="content-grid article-content"><div class="Metadata_container__fxAzw"><div class="flex flex-row gap-x-md"></div><div class="Metadata_metadata__W_0LF"><span>By <a class="" href="https://sfstandard.com/author/han-li/">Han Li</a></span><time datetime="2026-01-06T01:25:49.599Z">Published Jan. 05, 2026 • 5:25pm</time></div></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">A San Francisco judge has ruled that Proposition K is valid under state law, rejecting a legal challenge to the 2024 ballot measure that closed part of the Great Highway to vehicle traffic.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Judge Jeffrey Ross issued his initial ruling in the case last week, detailing his reasoning for why Prop. K likely complies with state law. But he invited attorneys from both sides to present arguments at a hearing Monday. At the end of the hearing, he made the decision to deny the lawsuit.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">About 50 people packed the courthouse Monday. City Attorney David Chiu’s office defended Prop. K’s legality in court.</p></div><div class="!p-0 !m-0"></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Chiu’s spokesperson Jen Kwart said that the office is glad the court affirmed the will of the voters in passing Prop. K and closing the Upper Great Highway to private vehicles.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Lucas Lux, president of the group Friends of Sunset Dunes, applauded the ruling.</p></div><div class="w-full bg-warm-gray-50 border border-warm-gray-300 rounded-xl flex flex-col gap-md px-lg py-[20px]"><div class="flex flex-row text-medium leading-[1.1] text-black font-inter gap-xs"><span class="italic font-normal">More about</span><a href="https://sfstandard.com/tag/great-highway/"><span class="font-bold underline decoration-highlight decoration-[3.2px]">Great Highway</span></a></div><ul class="flex flex-col gap-md"><li class="flex flex-row gap-sm pb-md border-b border-warm-gray-300"><a href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/31/san-francisco-war-on-cars-political-shift/" tabindex="-1"><div class="flex-none w-[90px] h-[60px] overflow-hidden"><img alt="A busy city street with multiple lanes of cars, some stopped at a red light and others moving forward, with buildings and street signs on both sides." class="object-cover w-full h-full lazyloaded" data-nimg="1" decoding="async" height="666.6666666666666" loading="lazy" src="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_d4h06i37nd7mvcgek3br71j53a/-C100.00%25x99.96%25%2C0.00%25%2C0.04%25-S2048x1365-FPNG" srcset="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_d4h06i37nd7mvcgek3br71j53a/-C100.00%25x99.96%25%2C0.00%25%2C0.04%25-S1024x683-FPNG 1x, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_d4h06i37nd7mvcgek3br71j53a/-C100.00%25x99.96%25%2C0.00%25%2C0.04%25-S2048x1365-FPNG 2x" style="color:transparent;aspect-ratio:1.5;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 666.6666666666666'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="1000"/></div></a><a class="h-fit" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/31/san-francisco-war-on-cars-political-shift/"><h3 class="text-medium sm:text-lg leading-[1.3] font-medium text-warm-gray-900 font-ivar-headline">In San Francisco’s transit war, cars are clawing back</h3></a></li><li class="flex flex-row gap-sm pb-md border-b border-warm-gray-300"><a href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/28/waymo-great-highway-tech-raves-2025/" tabindex="-1"><div class="flex-none w-[90px] h-[60px] overflow-hidden"><img alt="A highway with cars, aerial view of white Uber cars lined up, a woman in neon gear posing with sunglasses, and a store closing sale sign at Adidas." class="object-cover w-full h-full lazyloaded" data-nimg="1" decoding="async" height="666.6666666666666" loading="lazy" src="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_jph9alcicl2951iditg5tg2t0t/-C84.38%25x100.00%25%2C5.81%25%2C0.00%25-S2048x1365-FPNG" srcset="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_jph9alcicl2951iditg5tg2t0t/-C84.38%25x100.00%25%2C5.81%25%2C0.00%25-S1024x683-FPNG 1x, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_jph9alcicl2951iditg5tg2t0t/-C84.38%25x100.00%25%2C5.81%25%2C0.00%25-S2048x1365-FPNG 2x" style="color:transparent;aspect-ratio:1.5;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 666.6666666666666'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur 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against a red and blue abstract background, each wearing business attire, two men and two women." class="object-cover w-full h-full lazyloaded" data-nimg="1" decoding="async" height="2000" loading="lazy" src="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_on663emmc524r8afdor1r6jo2f/-S3840x2560-FPNG" srcset="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_on663emmc524r8afdor1r6jo2f/-S3840x2560-FPNG 1x" style="color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 3000 2000'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="3000"/></div></a><a class="h-fit" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/26/san-francisco-politics-2025/"><h3 class="text-medium sm:text-lg leading-[1.3] font-medium text-warm-gray-900 font-ivar-headline">The 5 stories that defined San Francisco’s crazy politics in 2025</h3></a></li></ul></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“While our volunteers are giving their time to bring a coastal park to life, the anti-park zealots continue to waste more public resources in their attempt to overturn the will of the people and close a coastal park,” Lux said. “Now that they’ve lost two lawsuits and two elections, we invite them to accept the will of San Franciscans and work with us to make the most of our collective coastal park.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Prop. K passed with 55% of the vote after being placed on the ballot by five supervisors. About 64% of Sunset residents voted against the measure. Sunset Supervisor Joel Engardio <u><a data-post-id="28c91d9e-075a-4ff8-939e-72393d900366" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/10/07/joel-engardio-exit-interview-recall-sunset-dunes/">was recalled</a></u> over his support for Prop. K. But on Monday night, Engardio relished what was, for him, a moral victory. “It’s time to consider Sunset Dunes settled,” he said. “Too many people have seen how the park is good for the environment, local businesses, and the physical and mental health of every visitor.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The lawsuit challenging the measure’s legality <u><a data-post-id="63b90e9d-acb5-4fcf-af78-4fdceced16b3" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/03/10/prop-k-lawsuit-great-highway-closure/">was filed in March</a></u>. The plaintiffs include Matthew Boschetto, a leader of the “No on K” campaign and a former supervisor candidate; Lisa Arjes, a Sunset resident and <u><a data-post-id="07b8c34c-ac18-4ac2-9ca2-65c0a25cd23d" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/09/09/unveil-recall-campaign-joel-engardio/">top donor to the recall effort</a></u>; Albert Chow, a candidate for Sunset supervisor; and Livable SF, a new nonprofit led by <u><a data-post-id="74dfa48e-ddfc-46e4-aee5-fa55136b9ba6" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/05/13/engardio-recall-leader-resign-great-highway/">Vin Budhai</a></u>, another leader of the Engardio recall campaign.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The lawsuit, filed by attorney Jim Sutton, argues that local voters did not have the authority to close the roadway; that the city should not have partially closed a road that remained in active use; that the measure improperly bypassed the California Environmental Quality Act; and that the closure conflicted with the <u><a href="https://generalplan.sfplanning.org/Western_Shoreline.htm#WES_GHW_2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">city’s General Plan<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u>, which designates the Great Highway for “slow pleasure traffic.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">A contentious issue was whether the five supervisors who placed the measure on the ballot constituted a “public agency.” The city attorney’s office argued that because the supervisors represented a minority of the 11-member board, they did not meet the definition of a public agency, and the action was therefore exempt from the CEQA.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The judge is expected to issue a written ruling within days.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Boschetto said the plaintiffs plan to appeal to a higher court and accused Ross of bowing to political pressure from the city.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“It is clear that Judge Ross is trying to justify the city’s action so that he does not have to make a politically difficult choice,” Boschetto said. “We believe that our arguments held. We think there was, at best, a misunderstanding from Judge Ross, or he disregarded an objective process to do what is politically expedient.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Separately, newly appointed Sunset Supervisor Alan Wong, who attended Monday’s hearing, <u><a data-post-id="dbc53c43-c606-4278-af5e-40db80c78ab0" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/19/alan-wong-sunset-dunes-great-highway-reopening/">last month announced</a></u> his support for a ballot measure to undo Prop. K.</p></div></div>

The Great Highway wars grind on: Sunset supe backs 2026 plan to reopen road

<div class="content-grid article-content"><div class="Metadata_container__fxAzw"><div class="flex flex-row gap-x-md"></div><div class="Metadata_metadata__W_0LF"><span>By <a class="" href="https://sfstandard.com/author/kevin-truong/">Kevin Truong</a>, <a class="" href="https://sfstandard.com/author/hannah-wiley/">Hannah Wiley</a>, and <a class="" href="https://sfstandard.com/author/han-li/">Han Li</a></span><time datetime="2025-12-19T19:11:09.676Z">Published Dec. 19, 2025 • 11:11am</time></div></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The issue of whether the Upper Great Highway should reopen to cars is increasingly likely to go back to voters in 2026, two years after <a data-post-id="fe879cc8-f8f8-47a4-8f46-5b720dda3758" href="https://sfstandard.com/2024/10/31/sf-election-2024-prop-k-great-highway/">Proposition K passed to convert the road into a coastal park</a>.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Nearly three weeks after he was sworn in to represent District 4, Supervisor <a data-post-id="9aec1433-059a-4523-95d9-b4e491107607" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/30/sunset-supervisor-alan-wong-appointment/">Alan Wong</a> announced Friday that he would sponsor a supervisor-led ballot measure to reopen the highway, which has since been transformed into the Sunset Dunes park. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Wong said he wants to return to how the highway was used before Prop. K, with the road open to cars during the week days and reserved for pedestrians on weekends. </p></div><div class="!p-0 !m-0"></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“I believe my values aligned with the majority of Sunset residents to support reopening the Great Highway on weekdays,” he said. “As a result, I’m prepared to be one of the four supervisors needed to sponsor a ballot initiative to restore that compromise.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Three other supervisors are needed to sign on to Wong’s effort. Progressive Supervisor Connie Chan previously said she supports <a data-post-id="c79fe753-1ac6-415a-9ca8-bbebe4be491f" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/04/09/great-highway-connie-chan-election/">sending the issue back to voters</a>, while Supervisors Shamann Walton and Chyanne Chen have expressed interest in reconsidering the closure. </p></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">But Wong’s announcement seemed to catch his colleagues by surprise. Chan told The Standard she was not aware of the announcement and did not commit to endorsing the measure. Walton’s office also said he’s not a solid yes to Wong’s proposal. Chen said she needs time to review the details and consider community input before making a decision.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Wong made the announcement when filing papers to run in 2026 for a full term representing the Sunset. He had <a data-post-id="1ffd9d91-66f3-4b28-84ea-08f8c196af6d" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/01/-alan-wong-great-highway-sunset-dunes/">avoided taking a firm position on the issue</a> but faced pressure to support a referendum on it from constituents who were outraged at Prop. K’s passage.</p></div><div class="!p-0 !m-0"></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“As a new District 4 supervisor, it is my responsibility to heal a divided community, and that’s why it is my commitment to always listen before I act,” Wong said during his Dec. 1 swearing-in ceremony. “I will always hear my constituents before moving forward with major policy decisions.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">In last year’s November election, 55% of the electorate voted yes on Prop. K, which permanently banned car traffic on a two-mile stretch of the road. <a data-post-id="878ef77a-5e7d-4e0a-b64c-45cd92ba427c" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/04/09/great-highway-renamed-sunset-dunes/">Sunset Dunes opened this spring</a>, and a skate park, benches, and art installations have since replaced the cars.</p></div><div class="w-full bg-warm-gray-50 border border-warm-gray-300 rounded-xl flex flex-col gap-md px-lg py-[20px]"><div class="flex flex-row text-medium leading-[1.1] text-black font-inter gap-xs"><span class="italic font-normal">More about</span><a href="https://sfstandard.com/tag/great-highway/"><span class="font-bold underline decoration-highlight decoration-[3.2px]">Great Highway</span></a></div><ul class="flex flex-col gap-md"><li class="flex flex-row gap-sm pb-md border-b border-warm-gray-300"><a href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/01/-alan-wong-great-highway-sunset-dunes/" tabindex="-1"><div class="flex-none w-[90px] h-[60px] overflow-hidden"><img alt="A man in a suit and tie speaks at a press conference with multiple microphones labeled KPIX, 26, and Telemundo in front of him." class="object-cover w-full h-full lazyloaded" data-nimg="1" decoding="async" height="3024" loading="lazy" src="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_ngam15jljd0gl4ftqoe4hcv05u/-S3840x2880-FPNG" srcset="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_ngam15jljd0gl4ftqoe4hcv05u/-S3840x2880-FPNG 1x" style="color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 4032 3024'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="4032"/></div></a><a class="h-fit" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/01/-alan-wong-great-highway-sunset-dunes/"><h3 class="text-medium sm:text-lg leading-[1.3] font-medium text-warm-gray-900 font-ivar-headline">New Sunset supervisor avoids taking position on Great Highway — for now</h3></a></li><li class="flex flex-row gap-sm pb-md border-b border-warm-gray-300"><a href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/01/19th-avenue-sf-roadwork/" tabindex="-1"><div class="flex-none w-[90px] h-[60px] overflow-hidden"><img alt="A wide street flanked by residential buildings on one side and a park with tennis courts on the other stretches into the distance under a clear blue sky." class="object-cover w-full h-full lazyloaded" data-nimg="1" decoding="async" height="666.6666666666666" loading="lazy" src="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_4a3jb0oad51pj8knvmueh7142a/-C84.38%25x100.00%25%2C6.89%25%2C0.00%25-S2048x1365-FPNG" srcset="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_4a3jb0oad51pj8knvmueh7142a/-C84.38%25x100.00%25%2C6.89%25%2C0.00%25-S1024x683-FPNG 1x, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_4a3jb0oad51pj8knvmueh7142a/-C84.38%25x100.00%25%2C6.89%25%2C0.00%25-S2048x1365-FPNG 2x" style="color:transparent;aspect-ratio:1.5;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 666.6666666666666'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="1000"/></div></a><a class="h-fit" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/01/19th-avenue-sf-roadwork/"><h3 class="text-medium sm:text-lg leading-[1.3] font-medium text-warm-gray-900 font-ivar-headline">‘It’s going to be a disaster’: West-side residents dread yearlong 19th Avenue roadwork</h3></a></li><li class="flex flex-row gap-sm"><a href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/29/sunset-supervisor-great-highway-district-politics/" tabindex="-1"><div class="flex-none w-[90px] h-[60px] overflow-hidden"><img alt='A crowd gathers, with people holding signs. 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K on the ballot and has become the <a data-post-id="28c91d9e-075a-4ff8-939e-72393d900366" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/10/07/joel-engardio-exit-interview-recall-sunset-dunes/">leading champion of Sunset Dunes</a>.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">An overwhelming majority of his district rejected Prop. K, and 62% of those who turned out for the recall election voted to oust him from office.  Engardio nonetheless said he will continue to advocate for the park and will fight any effort to reopen the road to traffic. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“The park is popular, traffic is fine, and before long a majority everywhere will see how Sunset Dunes is good for the environment, local businesses, and the well-being of everyone enjoying the coast in new ways,” Engardio said Friday. “San Francisco cannot be the most progressive city that fears change. Let’s be the most progressive city that improves the lives of our residents by embracing the future.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Lucas Lux, president of Friends of Sunset Dunes, said the group was “deeply disappointed” with Wong and criticized him for moving forward on the proposal without community input. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“We believed that he was serious when he said he wanted to help restore trust after a divisive few years in the Sunset. Instead, he’s doing the opposite: claiming he’d listen to constituents while actively turning his back on them,” Lux said. “This is unacceptable and we, along with thousands of Sunset Dunes volunteers and supporters in District 4 and across the city, will do everything we can to protect the park we love.”</p></div></div>

Time to build: Supervisors approve Lurie’s upzoning plan for 36,000 new homes

<div class="content-grid article-content"><div class="Metadata_container__fxAzw"><div class="flex flex-row gap-x-md"></div><div class="Metadata_metadata__W_0LF"><span>By <a class="" href="https://sfstandard.com/author/han-li/">Han Li</a></span><time datetime="2025-12-03T01:17:39.511Z">Published Dec. 02, 2025 • 5:17pm</time></div></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">After a lengthy debate Tuesday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved Mayor Daniel Lurie’s plan to rezone large sections of the city to build taller buildings that could provide tens of thousands of homes.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The supervisors approved what Lurie has dubbed the Family Zoning Plan in a 7-4 vote that divided the board’s moderate and progressive factions. The legislation, which needs a second board vote before heading to Lurie’s desk for a signature, aims to add roughly 36,000 units by 2031 to meet a state mandate for local governments to build more housing, amid what regulators in Sacramento estimate to be a shortage of <u><a href="https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/94729ab1648d43b1811c1698a748c136" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2.5 million homes.<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u></p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Lurie has for months warned critics that the state could <u><a href="https://missionlocal.org/2025/10/sf-lurie-sunset-rezone-town-hall/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">take control<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u> of local housing decisions if supervisors did not approve his plan.</p></div><div class="!p-0 !m-0"></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“With this plan, we will add affordable housing, support small businesses, and protect the character of the neighborhoods that make San Francisco so special,” Lurie said in a statement after the vote.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Supervisor Myrna Melgar — a former planning commissioner and chair of the board’s Land Use and Transportation Committee — called the vote a historic moment for the city’s efforts to mitigate the affordability crisis.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“We can move ahead with other important strategies to jumpstart more affordable housing, to incentivize the project that we want to see, and to ensure that tenants and small businesses are provided the strongest protection,” said Melgar, who helped negotiate amendments and shepherded the proposal through the legislative process.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Newly sworn-in Supervisor Alan Wong, who represents the Sunset District, also voted in favor of the plan.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Getting board approval for such a plan would have been much harder a year ago, when progressives maintained a majority vote on the 11-member panel. San Francisco has for years resisted aggressive efforts to build housing, especially on the north and west sides, where Lurie’s plan will have the biggest effect. </p></div><div class="!p-0 !m-0"></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The Family Zoning Plan drew staunch opposition from NIMBY-aligned groups across the city, which argued that more development would destroy their neighborhoods, and from tenant activists worried about how upzoning might displace residents. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Progressive Supervisors Connie Chan, Shamann Walton, Jackie Fielder, and Chyanne Chen tried to <u><a data-post-id="7d7194d1-9716-429a-9fae-79b932916a03" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/10/20/lurie-family-zoning-housing-supervisors/">water down the legislation</a></u> with amendments to address those concerns. 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0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="3000"/></a></div></div></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“I am disappointed that we are not choosing the path to figure out a way to either negotiate or, frankly, to fight some of these mandates,” Chan said.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Pro-housing and YIMBY activists celebrated the win as a long-overdue step to building housing in San Francisco, which has an estimated 82,000-unit shortage.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Graeme Joeck, director of advocacy at Abundant San Francisco, said the Family Zoning Plan reflects a city that welcomes families, builds for the future, and supports neighborhoods where everyone can afford to stay and put down roots.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Abundant San Francisco was part of a coalition of volunteers that fanned out across the city to rally support for the plan. Over the past three months, volunteers held house parties and community events, peppered neighborhoods with flyers, sent emails, and attended hearings to vocalize their support. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“This is exactly what residents have been asking for, and we thank everyone who worked to get this legislation through,” Joeck said.</p></div><h2 class="heading-block article-body text-left">Taller buildings</h2><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The plan targets the western and northern parts of San Francisco for upzoning, meaning areas where development has for decades been more limited could soon see a construction boom.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The plan calls for buildings up to 10 stories in most west-side commercial corridors, or up to 20 stories along some Geary Boulevard intersections. Sites at the Geary–Masonic crossing could reach 40 stories.</p></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Van Ness Avenue, a major transit corridor, could experience the most dramatic changes, with towers up to 60 stories. Developers could build even higher because of state or local rules that allow for more housing units if a certain portion is reserved for low-income residents.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Most residential neighborhoods would keep their four-story height limits, but a demolished single-family home could be redeveloped into multi-unit apartments.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Even so, <u><a data-post-id="94a3edbb-e222-473e-8087-e7162392f7f5" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/10/29/family-zoning-report-housing-construction/">an October city economist report</a></u> said the rezoning plan would produce half the amount of new housing in twice the time required by state authorities. </p></div><h2 class="heading-block article-body text-left">Supervisors soften the plan </h2><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Though the plan easily passed the board, supervisors have for weeks negotiated amendments. While tweaks put forth by progressives largely failed, moderates were more successful in blunting the plan’s impact. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Among the changes that made it into the final legislation:</p></div><ul class="list-block ListBlock_List__NF3JL article-body"><li>Melgar amended the plan to protect rent-controlled buildings with three or more units from redevelopment into larger housing projects. </li><li>Supervisor Danny Sauter, who represents downtown neighborhoods, made an amendment to incentivize housing developments that include space for commercial use.</li><li>Board President Rafael Mandelman, who represents the Castro, exempted historic buildings from demolition.</li><li>Supervisor Stephen Sherrill <u><a href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/17/one-lawmaker-shielding-wealthy-neighborhoods-mayor-s-housing-plan/">carved out</a></u> the Marina Boulevard Safeway, Ghirardelli Square and its adjacent block, and a seniors home and dialysis center on Geary Boulevard from development, while increasing allowable building heights on Van Ness.</li><li>Sherrill, Sauter, and Chen included amendments that push for more multi-bedroom units.</li><li>Chan restored a previously cut mandate for the city to hold hearings before approving the demolition of residential flats.</li></ul><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Chan and Chen unsuccessfully pushed for amendments that would have exempted coastal areas, all residential neighborhoods, and low-income communities from the plan. Planning officials said those changes were noncompliant because they would significantly reduce the number of projected housing units under the plan without providing viable alternatives.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Chen is pushing through the board a separate tenant-protection ordinance, which will likely pass as a majority of supervisors have signed on as sponsors.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">But the fight may not be over. Critics of the Family Zoning Plan are considering a <u><a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/lurie-housing-plan-21025719.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ballot measure<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u> next year to effectively roll back the legislation.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“The mayor has failed to provide a commitment to funding any meaningful expansion in affordable housing,” said Yolanda Porrata, a business owner and a board member of Small Business Forward, an outspoken group opposing the plan. “The mayor’s plan will displace small business workers for new housing they cannot afford.”</p></div></div>

New Sunset supervisor avoids taking position on Great Highway — for now

<div class="content-grid article-content"><div class="Metadata_container__fxAzw"><div class="flex flex-row gap-x-md"></div><div class="Metadata_metadata__W_0LF"><span>By <a class="" href="https://sfstandard.com/author/han-li/">Han Li</a></span><time datetime="2025-12-01T22:34:47.824Z">Published Dec. 01, 2025 • 2:34pm</time></div></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">At his swearing-in ceremony Monday, District 4 Supervisor Alan Wong steered clear of the hottest political issue: whether to get rid of Sunset Dunes and reopen a stretch of the Great Highway.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">In his comments after Mayor Daniel Lurie issued the oath of office during a ceremony at Lincoln High School, Wong said he voted against Proposition K, the November 2024 ballot measure that closed the coastal road to cars. He also said he had supported an earlier compromise that kept the highway open to cars during the week. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">He said he is committed to meeting with all sides in the debate before deciding whether to support a potential voter referendum in 2026 to reopen the road to traffic.  </p></div><div class="!p-0 !m-0"></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“For the last 20 years as a Sunset resident and military officer who runs along the path every other night on the Great Highway, I’ve never had an issue with sharing it for recreation and with people driving to work and taking their kids to school,” said Wong, a former elected City College trustee and military commander who also served as a legislative aide to former Sunset Supervisor Gordon Mar.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“But as a new District 4 supervisor, it is my responsibility to heal a divided community, and that’s why it is my commitment to always listen before I act. I will always hear my constituents before moving forward with major policy decisions.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Taking a public position on the park will be a risky move for Wong, whom Lurie tapped for the job Sunday. </p></div><div class="flex flex-col p-md xl:px-lg bg-warm-gray-50 border border-warm-gray-200 rounded-xl" data-count="1"><div class="flex flex-row gap-x-xs text-black text-md"><span class="italic">Listen to</span><span class="font-bold underline underline-offset-[7.5%] decoration-highlight decoration-[20%]">The Standard Podcasts</span></div><div class="border-t border-warm-gray-200 my-md"></div><div class="flex flex-col gap-y-xxs"><div class="flex flex-row justify-between items-center"><span class="bg-warm-gray-200 text-text-primary px-xs py-xxs rounded-2xl text-xs uppercase">Pacific Standard Time</span><span class="text-xs text-text-secondary uppercase">5 days ago</span></div><div class="flex flex-row justify-between gap-x-sm"><div 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color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="3000"/></a></div></div></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">For now, his sidestepping of the issue allows him to avoid alienating an outraged electorate that recalled Supervisor Joel Engardio in September over his support of Prop. K, which passed with 55% of the vote citywide but was overwhelmingly rejected by Sunset voters. </p></div><div class="!p-0 !m-0"></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The district’s frustration intensified after Lurie appointed Isabella “Beya” Alcaraz to replace Engardio. She resigned after eight days amid allegations about how she ran her former business. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">After that blunder, Lurie pledged to conduct a more thorough vetting process of his next round of candidates before landing on Wong, “whose experience and service reflect the heart of this neighborhood,” he said Monday. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Lurie alluded in his speech to the tough choices Wong faces as supervisor on issues related to public safety, affordability, and the board’s impending vote on the mayor’s Family Zoning plan, which calls for tens of thousands of housing units over the next several years. </p></div><div class="w-full bg-warm-gray-50 border border-warm-gray-300 rounded-xl flex flex-col gap-md px-lg py-[20px]"><div class="flex flex-row text-medium leading-[1.1] text-black font-inter gap-xs"><span class="italic font-normal">More about</span><a href="https://sfstandard.com/tag/daniel-lurie/"><span class="font-bold underline decoration-highlight decoration-[3.2px]">Daniel Lurie</span></a></div><ul class="flex flex-col gap-md"><li class="flex flex-row gap-sm pb-md border-b border-warm-gray-300"><a href="https://sfstandard.com/opinion/2025/12/01/natalie-gee-lurie-sunset-supervisor/" tabindex="-1"><div class="flex-none w-[90px] h-[60px] overflow-hidden"><img alt="" class="object-cover w-full h-full lazyloaded" data-nimg="1" decoding="async" height="2284" loading="lazy" src="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_pjdfmb4mpp4vj3r7j1r5ehit1v/-S3840x3840-FPNG" srcset="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_pjdfmb4mpp4vj3r7j1r5ehit1v/-S3840x3840-FPNG 1x" style="color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 2284 2284'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="2284"/></div></a><a class="h-fit" href="https://sfstandard.com/opinion/2025/12/01/natalie-gee-lurie-sunset-supervisor/"><h3 class="text-medium sm:text-lg leading-[1.3] font-medium text-warm-gray-900 font-ivar-headline">At last, Lurie appoints a legit Sunset supervisor. But another candidate could haunt him</h3></a></li><li class="flex flex-row gap-sm pb-md border-b border-warm-gray-300"><a href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/30/sunset-supervisor-alan-wong-appointment/" tabindex="-1"><div class="flex-none w-[90px] h-[60px] overflow-hidden"><img alt="A man in a light gray suit stands smiling in front of the City College of San Francisco building with large windows and white pillars." class="object-cover w-full h-full lazyloaded" data-nimg="1" decoding="async" height="2832" loading="lazy" src="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_oq4jfnd8010fn77njr5mkj9a5r/-S3840x2565-FPNG" srcset="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_oq4jfnd8010fn77njr5mkj9a5r/-S3840x2565-FPNG 1x" style="color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 4240 2832'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="4240"/></div></a><a class="h-fit" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/30/sunset-supervisor-alan-wong-appointment/"><h3 class="text-medium sm:text-lg leading-[1.3] font-medium text-warm-gray-900 font-ivar-headline">Lurie to appoint City College trustee Alan Wong to Sunset supervisor seat</h3></a></li><li class="flex flex-row gap-sm"><a href="https://sfstandard.com/pacific-standard-time/2025/11/26/lurie-sunset-beya-alcaraz/" tabindex="-1"><div class="flex-none w-[90px] h-[60px] overflow-hidden"><img alt="A man in a suit stands at a podium with a San Francisco seal, looking toward a digitally stylized woman in a blazer against an orange and blue backdrop." class="object-cover w-full h-full lazyloaded" data-nimg="1" decoding="async" height="2000" loading="lazy" src="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_494nht6emd5ofcvha160hr3733/-S3840x2560-FPNG" srcset="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_494nht6emd5ofcvha160hr3733/-S3840x2560-FPNG 1x" style="color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 3000 2000'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="3000"/></div></a><a class="h-fit" href="https://sfstandard.com/pacific-standard-time/2025/11/26/lurie-sunset-beya-alcaraz/"><h3 class="text-medium sm:text-lg leading-[1.3] font-medium text-warm-gray-900 font-ivar-headline">How dead mice delivered Lurie his first big fail</h3></a></li></ul></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“This district needs a supervisor who can be a strong, steady voice on the issues that matter most,” Lurie said. “With Alan Wong as the supervisor, District 4 will have that voice.” </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Wong may not have long to make up his mind on the Great Highway. Supervisor Connie Chan has floated the idea of placing a referendum to reopen the coastal road on next year’s ballot. She would need support from three other members of the Board of Supervisors to qualify the measure — and Wong is expected to be a crucial vote.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Those on both sides of the issue are preparing for another fight.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Lucas Lux, a Prop. K proponent and president of Friends of Sunset Dunes, said he’s confident San Francisco voters will again side with the park, no matter what action Wong takes. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“So our worst-case scenario is San Francisco wastes this time yet again to vote on this issue a third time, and we land exactly where we are today,” Lux said. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Jamie Hughes, the recall campaign leader, criticized Wong’s noncommittal position on the Great Highway.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“Sunset residents have made it clear where they stand on this issue. They want the compromise back,” Hughes said. “A supervisor who is not willing to take a strong stance on this issue does not inspire a lot of confidence. Voters asked for real representation. This isn’t it.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Wong asked for patience as he takes time to talk with residents about the matter.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“I will meet with everybody, including those that support the closure and those that want to return to the compromise to develop a new path forward that has public legitimacy and trust,” he said.</p></div></div>

How the Sunset became San Francisco’s political disaster zone

<div class="content-grid article-content"><div class="Metadata_container__fxAzw"><div class="flex flex-row gap-x-md"></div><div class="Metadata_metadata__W_0LF"><span>By <a class="" href="https://sfstandard.com/author/han-li/">Han Li</a></span><time datetime="2025-11-29T14:00:00.000Z">Published Nov. 29, 2025 • 6:00am</time></div></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">It’s been a turbulent year and a half for the Sunset, with a series of dramas that have raised uncomfortable questions: Is the district doomed to political dysfunction, and how much of the recent meltdown is self-inflicted? </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">First, there was the saga over Proposition K, which prompted the recall of District 4 <a data-post-id="d3269933-88c9-4b5d-a826-ba1d66a31a65" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/09/16/san-francisco-joel-engardio-recall-election-results/?utm_campaign=power_play&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=sfs_newsletter&amp;utm_term={date(%27MM_dd_YY%27)}">Supervisor Joel Engardio</a>. The frustration intensified when Mayor Daniel Lurie appointed political newcomer <u><a data-post-id="d3b5525e-f94f-4671-b63a-7d32b74f10bb" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/06/lurie-picks-29-year-old-former-pet-store-owner-represent-sunset-bitter-recall/">Isabella “Beya” Alcaraz</a></u> to replace Engardio, only for her to <u><a data-post-id="9a4f5708-d1e0-4db4-9616-fbf2d530e3ec" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/15/san-francisco-daniel-lurie-isabella-beya-alcaraz/">resign after eight days</a></u> amid <u><a data-post-id="14a603bb-ef07-4f5e-b4d5-2b1d433a90a9" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/10/san-francisco-alcaraz-daniel-lurie-sunset-supervisor-animal-connection-pet-store/">scandals about her former pet store</a></u>. Before that, two former Sunset supervisors <u><a data-post-id="8501c6ee-d937-4e18-8295-312478d72857" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/10/10/sunset-supervisor-gender-appointment/">served jail time</a></u>, and another <a data-post-id="87c984be-65ec-4d73-9993-cfdb30fef682" href="https://sfstandard.com/2022/11/08/engardio-leads-mar-but-sf-sunset-supervisors-race-still-too-close-to-call/">lost reelection</a> amid the city’s public safety crisis.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The leadership void, combined with increasing friction between the city’s broader push toward an urbanist future and the district’s resistance to those changes, has added to decades of discontent, with many residents saying their voices are routinely ignored and their neighborhood dismissed as politically irrelevant.</p></div><div class="!p-0 !m-0"></div><h2 class="heading-block article-body text-left">‘Western outerland’</h2><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Natalie Gee, a progressive City Hall staffer and declared 2026 D4 candidate (and potential appointee by Lurie), described what has happened recently as “an ill-fated political game.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“It is unacceptable for any district in our city to be subject to what has transpired in District 4,” Gee said. “Sunset residents did not have a leader that understood their needs.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Lisa Arjes, a Sunset resident who contributed more than $40,000 to the campaign to recall Engardio, said the district has long been considered the “western outerland,” as opposed to the more politically active east side.</p></div><figure class="ImageBlock_ImageFigure__ZnquR inset-image mobile-grid-full mobile-grid-full" data-align="none"><div class="relative"><div><img alt="" class="block lazyloaded" data-nimg="1" decoding="async" height="2000" loading="lazy" sizes="(min-width: 1001px) 600px, (min-width: 768px) 700px, 100vw" src="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_t0titm6jed67l9b31fgrm9ba74/-S3840x2560-FPNG" srcset="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_t0titm6jed67l9b31fgrm9ba74/-S640x427-FPNG 640w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_t0titm6jed67l9b31fgrm9ba74/-S750x500-FPNG 750w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_t0titm6jed67l9b31fgrm9ba74/-S768x512-FPNG 768w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_t0titm6jed67l9b31fgrm9ba74/-S828x552-FPNG 828w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_t0titm6jed67l9b31fgrm9ba74/-S1024x683-FPNG 1024w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_t0titm6jed67l9b31fgrm9ba74/-S1080x720-FPNG 1080w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_t0titm6jed67l9b31fgrm9ba74/-S1200x800-FPNG 1200w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_t0titm6jed67l9b31fgrm9ba74/-S1920x1280-FPNG 1920w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_t0titm6jed67l9b31fgrm9ba74/-S2048x1365-FPNG 2048w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_t0titm6jed67l9b31fgrm9ba74/-S3840x2560-FPNG 3840w" style="color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 3000 2000'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="3000"/></div></div><figcaption class="basis-full mt-[10px] text-xs text-gray-550 font-inter leading-[18px]">Sunset resident Albert Chow said the supervisor vacancy has put the district at a serious disadvantage amid negotiations over Mayor Daniel Lurie’s zoning plan. <span class="image-caption-divider"> | </span><span class="image-credit"><span class="sr-only">Source: </span>Thomas Sawano/The Standard</span></figcaption></figure><div class="!p-0 !m-0"></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Arjes said the closure of the Great Highway, brought about by Prop. K, was a breaking point for many residents. “I can’t be quiet any longer,” she said. “I’m not happy with what the city is doing to me — not with me or for me.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">With the D4 seat vacant, residents lack representation as supervisors debate another consequential policy: Lurie’s Family Zoning Plan, which calls for tens of thousands of more housing units over the next several years, including in the largely residential and development-averse Sunset. </p></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Albert Chow, another contender for the D4 appointment, said the vacancy has put the district at a serious disadvantage as supervisors elsewhere secure amendments to the zoning plan that carve out exemptions for their constituents. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“That’s completely unfair,” he said. “If appointed, I have to vote no and come back another day to get those amendments done after hearing from my neighborhood.”</p></div><h2 class="heading-block article-body text-left">Self-inflicted wounds?</h2><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">While many in the Sunset feel abandoned, others argue that the district’s woes are self-inflicted.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Daniel Ramirez, an Irving Street merchant and organizer of the popular <u><a data-post-id="968087c5-45ae-4c25-9300-153d518f8949" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/08/25/sunset-after-dark-night-market/">Sunset After Dark night market</a></u>, said Engardio’s recall was driven by emotion rather than logic, leaving the Sunset without an advocate at City Hall.</p></div><div class="w-full bg-warm-gray-50 border border-warm-gray-300 rounded-xl flex flex-col gap-md px-lg py-[20px]"><div class="flex flex-row text-medium leading-[1.1] text-black font-inter gap-xs"><span class="italic font-normal">More about</span><a href="https://sfstandard.com/tag/great-highway/"><span class="font-bold underline decoration-highlight decoration-[3.2px]">Great Highway</span></a></div><ul class="flex flex-col gap-md"><li class="flex flex-row gap-sm"><a href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/10/san-francisco-alcaraz-daniel-lurie-sunset-supervisor-animal-connection-pet-store/" tabindex="-1"><div class="flex-none w-[90px] h-[60px] overflow-hidden"><img alt="A woman wearing a gray penguin shirt stands near bird cages with colorful toys and seed feeders inside a pet store or aviary." class="object-cover w-full h-full lazyloaded" data-nimg="1" decoding="async" height="666.6666666666666" loading="lazy" src="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_f4qako516d4qt6i5eo9199l511/-C100.00%25x99.95%25%2C0.00%25%2C0.00%25-S2048x1365-FPNG" srcset="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_f4qako516d4qt6i5eo9199l511/-C100.00%25x99.95%25%2C0.00%25%2C0.00%25-S1024x683-FPNG 1x, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_f4qako516d4qt6i5eo9199l511/-C100.00%25x99.95%25%2C0.00%25%2C0.00%25-S2048x1365-FPNG 2x" style="color:transparent;aspect-ratio:1.5;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 666.6666666666666'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="1000"/></div></a><a class="h-fit" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/10/san-francisco-alcaraz-daniel-lurie-sunset-supervisor-animal-connection-pet-store/"><h3 class="text-medium sm:text-lg leading-[1.3] font-medium text-warm-gray-900 font-ivar-headline">Dead critters, filthy cages: New Sunset supervisor left pet store in squalor, owner says</h3></a></li></ul></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“District 4 lost the right to demand community input when they decided to recall the previous supervisor,” he said. “We gave up the right to be represented.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Lucas Lux, a supporter of Prop. K and head of the nonprofit Friends of Sunset Dunes, pointed to competing interests in the district, noting that a third of Sunset voters approved closing the road.</p></div><figure class="ImageBlock_ImageFigure__ZnquR inset-image mobile-grid-full mobile-grid-full" data-align="none"><div class="relative"><div><img alt="A skateboarder performs a trick mid-air near a large, curved purple tentacle sculpture at an outdoor skate park with people watching." class="block lazyloaded" data-nimg="1" decoding="async" height="2855" loading="lazy" sizes="(min-width: 1001px) 600px, (min-width: 768px) 700px, 100vw" src="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_q6ocjc86u10d7821mdg2an0v74/-S3840x2560-FPNG" srcset="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_q6ocjc86u10d7821mdg2an0v74/-S640x427-FPNG 640w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_q6ocjc86u10d7821mdg2an0v74/-S750x500-FPNG 750w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_q6ocjc86u10d7821mdg2an0v74/-S768x512-FPNG 768w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_q6ocjc86u10d7821mdg2an0v74/-S828x552-FPNG 828w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_q6ocjc86u10d7821mdg2an0v74/-S1024x683-FPNG 1024w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_q6ocjc86u10d7821mdg2an0v74/-S1080x720-FPNG 1080w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_q6ocjc86u10d7821mdg2an0v74/-S1200x800-FPNG 1200w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_q6ocjc86u10d7821mdg2an0v74/-S1920x1280-FPNG 1920w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_q6ocjc86u10d7821mdg2an0v74/-S2048x1365-FPNG 2048w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_q6ocjc86u10d7821mdg2an0v74/-S3840x2560-FPNG 3840w" style="color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 4282 2855'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="4282"/></div></div><figcaption class="basis-full mt-[10px] text-xs text-gray-550 font-inter leading-[18px]">The Sunset’s year of chaos largely centered around Proposition K, which closed a portion of the Great Highway to make room for a coastal park. <span class="image-caption-divider"> | </span><span class="image-credit"><span class="sr-only">Source: </span>Manuel Orbegozo for The Standard</span></figcaption></figure><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“If you look at the Sunset today, you will see a lot of folks seeing the benefits of living next to a coastal park,” Lux said.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">He said the Sunset has for years diverged from the priorities of the city’s broader electorate, which has grown more favorable to urbanist policies, such as building more housing and funding transit. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">He pointed to a similar land-use fight in the 1990s, when residents of the Sunset, along with other west-side neighborhoods and <u><a href="https://www.sfpublicpress.org/not-just-the-great-highway-sf-chinese-american-history-freeway-controversies/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">parts of the Chinese community<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u>, unsuccessfully fought to preserve the Central Freeway. Similarly to the Prop. K scenario, voters citywide <u><a href="https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Timeline-A-look-back-at-Octavia-St-and-the-2680322.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">approved a measure<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u> to replace the freeway.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Three decades later, some west-side residents who fought to keep the Central Freeway were reinvigorated by Prop. K, Arjes said. She noted that the Sunset’s victory in ousting its supervisor showed that the neighborhood can’t be taken for granted.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“The recall shows a very important claim: a victory against billionaire dollars. We needed to win that,” Arjes said. “Otherwise, people would have lost hope.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Lurie is expected to announce the next supervisor within days. The mayor’s appointment, which poses a tricky situation for him, could shape Sunset politics for years. Lurie has an incentive to find someone with a pro-housing perspective who will support his upzoning plan but who can appease locals who remain outraged over the Great Highway’s closure. That might include putting a referendum to overturn Prop. K on the ballot.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">As usual, it makes the next supervisor’s job anything but easy — and any decision the appointee makes is likely to stir up more controversy. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“Is the office cursed?” Ramirez asked. “Who knows.”</p></div></div>

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