SF supe Joel Engardio concedes recall, calls Sunset Dunes fight the ‘right side of history’

by Alise Maripuu, Bay City News September 17, 2025September 17, 2025

Former District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio speaks during a San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting at City Hall in San Francisco on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. Engardio, who was recalled in September, has vowed to defend Sunset Dunes and oppose efforts to reverse Proposition K. (Autumn DeGrazia/Bay City News)

SAN FRANCISCO SUPERVISOR Joel Engardio appears to have been recalled from office and accepted defeat after early returns came in for Tuesday’s special election involving only voters in District 4 on the west side of the city.

Preliminary results from more than 15,000 vote-by-mail ballots received before Election Day and more than 1,000 ballots cast at polling places on Election Day showed that nearly 65% of District 4 voters supported the recall, which requires only a simple majority.

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Alise Maripuu, Bay City News

Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.

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