{"id":101585,"date":"2025-12-19T19:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T19:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/101585\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T19:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T19:53:08","slug":"new-sunset-supervisor-supports-2026-effort-to-put-cars-back-on-the-great-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/101585\/","title":{"rendered":"New Sunset supervisor supports 2026 effort to put cars back on the Great Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"

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 Proposition K passed to convert the road into a coastal park<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nearly three weeks after he was sworn in to represent District 4, Supervisor 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>\n

Only four supervisors need to sign on to an effort to put a ballot measure before voters. Progressive Supervisor Connie Chan has previously said she supports sending the issue back to voters.<\/a> Supervisors Shamann Walton and Chyanne Chen have also expressed interest in reconsidering the closure. <\/p>\n

Chan told The Standard that she was not aware of the details of Wong\u2019s proposal and had not yet committed to endorsing the measure. <\/p>\n

Walton\u2019s office also said he\u2019s not a solid yes to Wong\u2019s proposal. Chen did not immediately respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n

Wong made the announcement when filing papers to run in 2026 for a full term representing the Sunset. He had 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\u2019s passage.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a new District 4 supervisor, it is my responsibility to heal a divided community, and that\u2019s why it is my commitment to always listen before I act,\u201d Wong said during his Dec. 1 swearing-in ceremony. \u201cI will always hear my constituents before moving forward with major policy decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n

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>\n

\u201cMy time as a supervisor is going to be shorter than expected. I accept the election results. But we can still celebrate, because we are on the right side of history,\u201d Engardio said in a speech to supporters on the night of his ouster.<\/p>\n

\u201cSunset Dunes is a success. It\u2019s good for the environment. It\u2019s good for the local economy. It\u2019s bringing joy to people of all ages. We created something positive, and very soon people are going to wonder: What was the controversy about?\u201d<\/p>\n

Lucas Lux, president of Friends of Sunset Dunes, said the group was \u201cdeeply disappointed\u201d with Wong and criticized him for moving forward on the proposal without community input. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe believed that he was serious when he said he wanted to help restore trust after a divisive few years in the Sunset. Instead, he\u2019s doing the opposite: claiming he\u2019d listen to constituents while actively turning his back on them,\u201d Lux said. \u201cThis 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.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The issue of whether the Upper Great Highway should reopen to cars is increasingly likely to go back…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[45661,9386,6088,101,103,102,104,106,105,37511,27669],"class_list":{"0":"post-101585","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-alan-wong","9":"tag-great-highway","10":"tag-joel-engardio","11":"tag-san-francisco","12":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","13":"tag-san-francisco-news","14":"tag-sf","15":"tag-sf-headlines","16":"tag-sf-news","17":"tag-sf-reality-check","18":"tag-sunset-district"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}