{"id":445684,"date":"2026-08-28T02:02:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T02:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/445684\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T02:02:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T02:02:37","slug":"prop-g-supporters-say-they-want-safer-streets-pedestrian-safety-group-was-horrified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/445684\/","title":{"rendered":"Prop. G supporters say they want safer streets. Pedestrian safety group was \u2018horrified\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cSunset Buzz\u201d is a recurring column on changes, tidbits and other news from the Sunset. Got news? Send us tips at\u00a0junyao@missionlocal.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For years, the yellow campaign signs with black text that covered the Sunset were synonymous with the fight to reopen the Great Highway to cars.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That was the design for materials opposing Prop. K in 2024, which closed the roadway in exchange for Sunset Dunes park, and for the recall of former Supervisor Joel Engardio who advocated for the park in 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But this year\u2019s campaign for Prop. G<\/a>, the latest ballot measure to bring cars back to the Great Highway on weekdays, has ditched its signature black and yellow. In its place, advocates for Prop. G opted for what resembles a pedestrian crossing sign and reads \u201cSafe streets & great parks, SF needs both.\u201d<\/p>\n

But pedestrian safety advocates at the nonprofit Walk SF, which opposes Prop. G, said they were \u201cfrankly horrified\u201d when they saw the new signs, calling them \u201cdeceptive tactics.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a complete misappropriation of pedestrian safety symbolism,\u201d said Marta Lindsey, the communications director at Walk SF. \u201cIn what world does adding vehicle traffic to a road make pedestrians safer?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Yes on G campaign claimed that \u201ctraffic injuries rose 34% in the Sunset\u201d and \u201caccidents increased when Great Highway commuters were routed through neighborhoods.\u201d But city data shows that there has been no increase of traffic injuries in District 4 since the road closure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jamie Hughes, the spokesperson for the Yes on G campaign, argued that reopening the roadway would make the neighborhood streets safer by decreasing the number of \u201cfrustrated\u201d drivers speeding down the avenues after sitting in traffic.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t about \u2018I wanna drive my car all the time,\u2019\u201d Hughes said. \u201cIf you have to get to your job in Daly City that starts at 8:30 in the morning and drop off your kids at school on the way, driving is the only viable option.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"StorefrontA new restaurant Istanbul Kebab & Gyros is coming to the former space of LaLe in the Inner Sunset. Photo by Junyao Yang on Aug. 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

After the 11-year-old Mediterranean restaurant LaLe closed last November in the Inner Sunset, its doors remained shut, its parklet empty \u2014 until recently. Construction is underway at the former space of LaLe and a new restaurant offering similar cuisine, Istanbul Kebab & Gyros, will open in its place, according to business filings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The new owner, Hayri Kabulantok, also runs Mesopotamia Kitchen, another Mediterranean restaurant in Noe Valley on 24th Street.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is the newest addition to a thriving Mediterranean cuisine scene in the Inner Sunset that includes Lavash, Mezze and Moore II and Park Gyros.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"TwoA new cafe may be coming to 725 Lincoln Way, the longtime home for Cuschieri\u2019s Cabinet Shop. Photo by Junyao Yang on Aug. 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

It feels like in every Sunset Buzz there\u2019s a coffee shop opening.<\/p>\n

This time it\u2019s a new cafe that may be coming to the vacant space at 725 Lincoln Way near Ninth Avenue as soon as next year. A new building permit filed on Tuesday indicated \u201cproposed tenant improvement for a coffee shop\u201d at the site.<\/p>\n

The owner wants to open a grab-and-go cafe serving coffee, tea, salad and perhaps sushi for park-goers to bring across the street to Golden Gate Park, said Jefferson Jin, a designer helping the building owner with permitting. The details haven\u2019t been finalized, he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The space was occupied for over 60 years by Cuschieri\u2019s Cabinet Shop<\/a>, run by Paul Cuschieri, a veteran who made custom furniture.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jackie, an employee at the neighboring Sip Tea Room, remembered \u201can old man\u201d who had been doing wood work in that space for almost all his life. \u201cThere were these beautiful wood work pieces all over the place,\u201d he recalled. The storefront windows were covered by wooden frames, soldiers and chess boards.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cuschieri died in 2020 and the building was sold in 2024. The new owner has been doing \u201cconstruction nonstop,\u201d Jackie said.<\/p>\n

\"AAn additional eating area for Irving Subs at 1046 Irving St. is closed and the owner is planning something different. Photo by Junyao Yang on Aug. 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

For a while, residents who frequent Irving Subs in the Inner Sunset could sit down and eat their dutch crunch at an additional dining area a few doors down at 1046 Irving St. The sandwich shop itself has very limited seating, just a public bench<\/a> in the front.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But Irving Subs owner, Frankie Lee, recently shuttered that dining area and said he was thinking of different projects for the space.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was not really necessary. It was always empty,\u201d Lee said of that space.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When he first leased the spot a couple of years ago \u2014 it was too good of a deal to miss \u2014 he planned to open a vegan spot, but that didn\u2019t pan out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cStuff with the city. Too much going on,\u201d he explained. He hasn\u2019t decided what to do with the space yet, but if anything were to come to fruition, it would be around the holiday season, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cSunset Buzz\u201d is a recurring column on changes, tidbits and other news from the Sunset. Got news? Send…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[168965,387,35072,101,103,102,104,106,105,18069,100357],"class_list":["post-445684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-ballot-measures-2026","tag-business","tag-election-2026","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-sunset","tag-sunset-buzz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445684","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=445684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}