The Great Highway is poised to become San Francisco's kidney dialysis

"Barring unforeseen lunacy, come November, you'll be voting on cars on the Great Highway - for the third time since 2022. Like PAY YOUR PROPERTY TAXES BY DECEMBER 10 AND APRIL 10!!! there are some things you can apparently mark in permanent pen on your calendar. At the statewide level, you'll be voting about kidney dialysis and, locally, you'll be voting on this."

"In 1997, 53.5 percent of voters approved Proposition H, which authorized the reconstruction of the earthquake-damaged Central Freeway. One year later, 52.8 percent of voters approved Prop. E - which undid Prop. H of 1997. Finally, in 1999, 52.6 percent of voters inveighed against Prop. J, which would've undone Prop. E, which undid Prop. H. Yes, San Francisco voting can indeed begin to resemble the " Chad Gadya" song;"

San Francisco voters will decide in November whether cars can access the Great Highway, marking the third citywide vote on the roadway since 2022. Repeated ballot measures on the same street have an historical precedent in the 1997–1999 Central Freeway votes, which passed and were then rescinded across successive years. Narrow majorities in those elections ultimately changed the built environment and produced Octavia Boulevard. Repeat voting has demonstrably altered local infrastructure outcomes. The recurrence of roadway measures highlights persistent contestation over urban transportation policy and the regular use of ballot measures to settle street-design disputes.

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