SF Politics Latest Measure to Reopen SF’s Great Highway to Cars Will Likely Qualify For November Ballot The great Upper Great Highway debate continues, as a new measure proposing to restore weekday vehicle access to the roadway has gathered enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot.
SF Politics ‘Dumb Law’ Contest Winners Prompt SF Supes to Amend Residential Ceiling Height Rule After a two-decade push from an SF homeowner — one of the winners of Supervisor Wong’s “Dumb Law” contest — the city is moving to align its ceiling height requirement with state standards, paving the way for residents to legalize rental units in their homes.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Alan Wong’s District 4 Win Strengthens Mayor Lurie’s Agenda Lovers Point Beach in Monterey County is closed over the potential presence of a shark; two SoCal lawyers were penalized after including false, AI-generated information in a court briefing; and Alan Wong won big after joining forces with Lurie.
SF Politics Will Mayor Daniel Lurie Keep or Lose Allies In Today's Supervisor Special Elections? In addition to the two bigger primary fights on the ballot today in San Francisco, for governor and for Nancy Pelosi's Congressional seat, two moderate incumbent SF supervisors are fighting to hold on to their seats.
SF News SF Supervisor Alan Wong Seeks to Introduce Penalties for Setting Off Illegal Fireworks Ahead of the July 4th maelstrom of illegal fireworks lighting up SF’s foggy skies, Supervisor Alan Wong introduced legislation that would strengthen enforcement by allowing police to issue fines and pursue misdemeanor charges against repeat offenders.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Extends Subsidized Child Care to 750 Families Supervisor Alan Wong shares some submissions for the city’s “dumb law” contest; over 2,700 PG&E customers were without power in the Mission Thursday; and SF extended subsidized childcare to the families of 750 additional children.
SF Politics District 4 Supervisor Alan Wong Launches Contest to Call Out 'Dumb' SF Laws Newbie SF Supervisor Alan Wong launched a “dumb laws” contest Wednesday inviting residents and small businesses to submit examples of regulations or permit requirements they consider unnecessary, outdated, or overly burdensome, which could potentially be repealed.
SF Politics More Absurd Great Highway Drama: Supervisor Wong Blames Opponent That His Ballot Measure Failed to Launch The candidates are already fighting in the June primary elections, and District 4 Supervisor Alan Wong is attacking his rival Natalie Gee for not helping him enough to get his ‘cars back on the Great Highway’ ballot measure.
SF Politics Supervisor Alan Wong Fails to Get His Ballot Measure to Bring Cars Back to the Great Highway Newly appointed District 4 Supervisor Alan Wong just flunked his first big test, failing to meet a deadline on a ballot measure to bring cars back to the Great Highway, after he made a big to-do over announcing the effort.
SF News D4 Supervisor Wong Says He’s Full Speed Ahead With Do-Over Ballot Measure to Bring Cars Back to Great Highway We’re going to vote yet again on whether cars should be allowed on the Great Highway, or at least we are if District 4 Supervisor Alan Wong has his way, as he’s introducing another ballot measure, but he only has six days to do it.
SF Politics New D4 Supervisor Alan Wong Comes Out Against Car-Free Great Highway, Wants a Do-Over With Another Ballot Measure I guess we’re doing another ballot measure on whether the Great Highway should be car-free, because Supervisors Alan Wong and Connie Chan figure it could net them extra votes in the upcoming 2026 elections.