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The story of San Francisco’s November election, in 7 maps
Seven maps of San Francisco's November election show how the city and the state divided on the Sunset Dunes measure, the race to replace Nancy Pelosi and state measures on billionaires and voting rights.
Friday, November 6, 20261 story →
The Great Highway’s neighbors flipped and saved the park they once hated
Precincts along the Great Highway swung from 40% to 56% in favor of keeping the coastal road closed as a park, according to the Standard's precinct-level analysis of the Proposition G vote. Voters citywide rejected the measure to reopen the Upper Great Highway to cars on weekdays.
Wednesday, November 4, 20261 story →
Great Highway measure Prop. G fails. Sunset Dunes will stay a park.
For the third time, San Francisco voters rejected an effort to bring cars back to the Great Highway. The coastal road will stay closed to traffic and remain Sunset Dunes park.
Tuesday, November 3, 20261 story →
Prop G campaigns' fundraising differs tenfold
Campaigns opposing Proposition G, which would reopen the Upper Great Highway to cars on weekdays, have raised about $1.61 million, roughly ten times the $160,000 reported by supporters, according to the latest filings with the city Ethics Commission. Yelp chief executive Jeremy Stoppelman has given $750,000 to the opposition; the Chinese Democratic Club gave $25,000 to the yes side.
Sunday, October 11, 20261 story →
The kid-forward campaign to keep the Great Highway closed to cars
Supporters of the Sunset Dunes Park are asking voters to keep the Great Highway closed to cars. Their campaign puts children at the center of the argument, asking voters to think of the kids who use the car-free stretch.
Saturday, October 10, 20261 story →
San Francisco voters to decide Great Highway reopening in November
San Francisco voters will decide next month whether to reopen the Great Highway to cars on weekdays. Proposition G would undo a 2024 measure that closed the two-mile road to cars and created Sunset Dunes. Supporters call it a compromise; opponents say it would destroy the park, and the controller's office estimates reopening would cost about $10 million plus up to $1.5 million a year for sand removal.
Thursday, October 1, 20261 story →
Voters will decide whether to reopen Great Highway to traffic in San Francisco
San Francisco voters will vote in November on Proposition G, which would reopen the Great Highway to cars on weekdays and keep it as a park on weekends. The measure would reverse Proposition K, approved in 2024, which closed a two-mile stretch to traffic and created Sunset Dunes park next to Ocean Beach. Supervisor Alan Wong, a supporter, said he prioritizes people who need to drive to work or school on weekdays over recreation.
Thursday, September 17, 20261 story →
Street-Safety Advocates Accuse Yes on G Campaign of Pushing Bad Data
The directors of San Francisco's bike and pedestrian safety groups and the chief executive of the think tank SPUR signed a letter accusing the Yes on G campaign of using "misleading, cherry-picked" data to suggest that closing the Great Highway raised traffic injuries. They also objected to the campaign's use of pedestrian-safety imagery and language to suggest that reopening the road to cars on weekdays would bring safe streets.
Monday, September 14, 20261 story →
Judge Tosses Suit, Allowing Great Hwy Ballot Measure
A judge dismissed a lawsuit that would have kept a proposition about the former Upper Great Highway off the November ballot. Advocates of restoring the road's earlier arrangement are hailing the ruling, which lets voters decide the question.
Tuesday, September 8, 20261 story →
Sunset Dunes vs. Great Highway: Pro-park side outraising opponents 7-to-1
Supporters of the Sunset Dunes park ballot measure, Prop. G, have outraised opponents 7-to-1, according to Mission Local. Several technology executives and investors are among the measure's financial backers.
Thursday, September 3, 20262 stories →
Ocean Beach Plan to Replace an Eroding Stretch of Great Highway Is Delayed Again
The city has again delayed replacing the eroding Great Highway Extension, the strip that keeps Pacific storms from flooding a sewage treatment plant and the San Francisco Zoo, The Frisc reports. Voters will decide for a third time in November whether cars can use Sunset Dunes Park.
Sunset Dunes becomes proxy battle in San Francisco congressional race
Candidates in San Francisco's congressional race are using Sunset Dunes, the car-free Great Highway stretch, as a campaign issue, Mission Local reports. Scott Wiener's camp believes his position wins citywide, while Connie Chan's stance is seen as strong on the Westside.