"Mission Local caught up with Supervisor Joel Engardio one week before he was set to leave his City Hall office. The desks of Engardio's aides were still cluttered, but the photos and news clippings that once lined the walls were all packed away, as was the office popcorn machine. Engardio had just returned from officiating nine weddings on the second floor outside of the legislative chamber."
"As the first-ever supervisor to be successfully recalled in San Francisco history, District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio was voted out by his own district after sponsoring Proposition K, a ballot measure that proposed closing a portion of the Great Highway to cars and turning it into an oceanside park. ML: If you had known the way the Prop. K vote was going to go - that it was going to essentially cost you your job as sup"
Joel Engardio served as District 4 Supervisor and became the first supervisor successfully recalled in San Francisco history. The recall followed his sponsorship of Proposition K, a ballot measure to close a portion of the Great Highway to cars and convert it into an oceanside park. He supported Proposition K despite knowing that a majority of his constituents opposed it. The same Great Highway stretch had been closed on weekends under the Great Highway Pilot from December 2022 to December 2025. A related measure, Proposition I, failed citywide by a 35-65 vote. Engardio prepared to leave his City Hall office after officiating nine weddings.
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