On Friday, Feb. 20, proponents for restoring a previous compromise to share the Upper Great Highway submitted at the SF Department of Elections their intent to gather signatures to put the issue before San Francisco voters in the November election. Attending the event were supporters of the cause, including four candidates for District 4 supervisor. Pictured are proponents including (front row, left to right) candidate David Lee, current District 4 Supervisor Alan Wong, proposition proponent Richard Corriea, and candidates Natalie Gee and Albert Chow. Proponents have until July to gather 10,000 signatures for the proposition, which would reopen the roadway for vehicles Monday through Friday and would close the roadway for pedestrians and cyclists on the weekends.
In a email sent on Feb. 20, Friends Sunset Dunes vowed to oppose the efforts to return to the compromise.
“The park opponents are filing paperwork today indicating that they intend to collect petition signatures to place a measure on the ballot that would close Sunset Dunes and require the City to remove all park improvements, present and future,” the email said. “No more seating, skate park, bike park, play features, or public art. No more planning a better future for our coast. Instead, they want our coast to be an expensive road to nowhere that closes frequently due to sand buildup. We know our coast deserves better, and are confident San Franciscans will agree for a third time at the ballot box.
“For now, we will continue to focus on improving and activating the park. If the park opponents qualify a measure for the November ballot, we will launch a vigorous campaign to defend the park.”
Categories: Upper Great Highway
Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon 
Uh, “improving and activating the park” when there was no funding included when Prop K passed? Then it turns out that Ginsberg illegally used bond funds from the coastal proposition for capital improvements – money NOT intended for hammocks, giraffes, phone booths to nowhere, etc. Then after the SF Parks Alliance imploded Ginsberg got out of town. Contrary to the assertions that money would be saved by decreased sand clearing when the Great Highway was open to cars, sand clearing now occurs MORE frequently. The officials that supported closure of the GH – Breed, Ginsberg, Engardio – now all gone. The Richmond district opposed Prop K to even a greater degree than the Sunset – 70% voted no. Between the two districts getting 10,000 signatures should not be too hard. The Sunset district alone got enough signatures to recall Engardio and that only required around 9,000-10,000 signatures.
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An incomplete list of the times these exact same people have tried to kill Sunset Dunes:
1. 2/2021: Lawsuit demanding cars on the Great Highway (they lost)
2. 1/2022: Prop I campaign (they lost), which would have required the entire Great Highway, including the extension, to have cars 24/7.
3. 2/2022: Tried to kill the pilot program at the Board of Supervisors (they lost)
4. 2/2023: Appeal of above lawsuit (they lost) (case number A164797)
5. 2/2024: Tried to get the Board of Appeals to force cars 24/7 (they lost)
6. 3/2024: Tried again at the Board of Appeals (they lost)
7. 5/2024: Tried once more at the California Coastal Commission (they lost)
8. 11/2024: No on K campaign (they lost and are still $45,000 in debt because I guess they didn’t pay their vendors or something)
9. 12/2024: Tried to block Prop K at the California Coastal Commission (they lost)
10. 1/2026: Second lawsuit (they lost)
11. 1/2026: Tried to get the Board of Supervisors to sponsor a ballot measure overturning Prop K (they failed)
12. 2/2026: Submitted third ballot measure (pending signatures)
Enough already. We have actual problems to address and I’m sick of this.
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Residents blame SFMTA and Rec and Park, who have taken over control of SF streets for the gridlock and the failing businesses that have resulted from the difficulty people have getting anywhere these days. The more they harass drivers and threaten MUNI riders the less likely they are to get more money out of the voters. This is step one in fighting back.
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