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 \u201ccompromise\u201d: open to car traffic on weekdays and to pedestrians, skaters, and cyclists on weekends.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSupporters 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,\u201d Hughes said. \u201cSan Francisco voters are looking for a sensible solution to this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n
He dismissed the effort from Wong, who was appointed by Mayor Daniel Lurie at the end of November.<\/p>\n
\u201cSupervisor Wong campaigned citywide multiple times and never did anything to support this effort,\u201d Hughes said. \u201cHe 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 \u2018at least I tried\u2019 act is not good enough.\u201d<\/p>\n
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>\n
\u201cUltimately, we were not able to get enough signatures. I am disappointed with the results,\u201d Wong said. \u201cOur office did our best to advocate for our constituents.\u201d<\/p>\n
Two supervisors, Richmond representative Connie Chan and District 11\u2019s Chyanne Chen, had agreed to back his proposal.<\/p>\n
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Supervisor Alan Wong shows that he received two signatures from his colleagues, Connie Chan and Chyanne Chen. | Source: Han Li\/The Standard<\/p>\n
Richard Corriea, a retired police captain and a leader of the Engardio recall effort, will serve as principal officer of the new campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlan Wong began slow-walking this issue the minute he took office and had no intention of truly supporting it from Day One,\u201d Corriea said. \u201cHe may want west-side voters to give him an A for effort, but that\u2019s disingenuous.\u201d<\/p>\n
The effort continues a four-year battle over the Great Highway\u2019s future. It adds to a deepening divide between the city\u2019s urbanist activists, who want more green space and bike lanes, and those who rely on cars.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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 voted to keep its dual status (opens in new tab)<\/a>through 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n The board then put Prop. K on the ballot to allow voters to decide the road\u2019s 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>\n The campaign to overturn Prop. K must collect roughly 10,000 valid signatures, according to the Department of Elections (opens in new tab)<\/a>. Unlike the process to qualify the Engardio recall, which was limited to D4 voters, the campaign can collect signatures citywide.<\/p>\n