Cars Back on the Great Highway' Crowd at It Again, Vows Another Do-Over Ballot Measure on November 3

"Less than 24 hours after D4 Supervisor Alan Wong failed to get a June 2 ballot measure to put cars back on the Great Highway, the Recall Joel Engardio crowd says they'll do it instead, and say they want it on the November 3 ballot. In the still-unresolved (in some people's minds) battle of whether we should let cars back onto the Great Highway, many of the city's west side residents continue to refuse to accept that"

"Well, he could have actually lined up the necessary support before he announced his proposed ballot measure. And one of Wong's opponents in the upcoming June 2 election, Great Wall Hardware owner Albert Chow, told the Chronicle that he would have started the effort on Day 1 in office. So Sunset residents are already ganging up on Alan Wong for what they perceive as his failure on the Great Highway front."

"But they're also going a step further, as the Chronicle reports they've started an effort to bring a measure to the November 3 ballot to bring cars back to the Great Highway. "Several people involved in recalling [Joel] Engardio are planning to start petitioning residents to get a question on November ballots, the Chronicle reports. That proposal, like Wong's, would open the highway to cars on weekdays."

Alan Wong failed to secure Board of Supervisors support for a June 2 ballot measure to restore weekday car access on the Great Highway. Recall supporters of Supervisor Joel Engardio plan to petition to place a similar measure on the November 3 ballot to reopen the highway to cars on weekdays. San Francisco voters approved Prop K in 2024 by a 55%-45% margin to ban cars from the Great Highway. Wong expressed disappointment but said his office advocated for constituents. Critics say he did not line up support before announcing the measure, and opponent Albert Chow said he would have started the effort immediately.

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