Supe's Great Highway ballot measure fails to qualify

Newly appointed District 4 Supervisor Alan Wong did not meet a Tuesday deadline for getting the three signatures from fellow supervisors he needed to qualify a June ballot initiative seeking to reopen Great Highway to vehicular traffic during weekdays.

The lack of buy-in from colleagues came despite Wong making public appeals for support, including at a press conference Tuesday afternoon in which he reiterated claims that some dispute that traffic injuries have increased in his district since a stretch of Great Highway was turned into Sunset Dunes park.

Wong’s district includes the Sunset and Parkside neighborhoods west of 19th Avenue. Mayor Daniel Lurie appointed Wong on Dec. 1 to fill the vacant seat previously occupied by former Supervisor Joel Engardio, who was recalled for sponsoring Prop. K.

The only colleagues to support Wong were Supervisor Connie Chan — who represents District 1, where just as in Wong’s neighboring district voters strongly opposed Proposition K, the 2024 measure that closed Great Highway — and District 11’s Chyanne Chen, where 58.4% of cast ballots voted against Prop. K.




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