SAN FRANCISCO’S DISTRICT 4 on the west side of the city has a new supervisor after a recall in September ousted the previous one and Mayor Daniel Lurie’s previous pick to fill the seat resigned a week later.
Alan Wong, a City College of San Francisco elected trustee and former City Hall aide, was selected Sunday by Mayor Daniel Lurie, who plans to swear Wong in on Monday as the new supervisor for the district that includes the Sunset and Parkside neighborhoods.
Wong, a Sunset native, will be the third District 4 supervisor since September. Former Supervisor Joel Engardio was recalled from office by the district’s voters that month, and Lurie’s initial selection to replace Engardio was Beya Alcaraz, a political outsider who resigned Nov. 13, a week after being appointed, amid allegations that she mismanaged the Sunset District pet store she formerly owned.
Lurie’s second pick to fill the seat has City Hall experience — Wong is a former education policy aide for Supervisor Gordon Mar, who served as District 4’s supervisor from 2019 to 2023 but lost to Engardio in his reelection campaign.
The effort to recall Engardio centered around the closure of the Great Highway to private cars on the western edge of the city, a move made permanent via Proposition K in the November 2024 election that transitioned the highway into a park named Sunset Dunes. Engardio supported Prop K but a majority of District 4 voters opposed it.
Wong is a first lieutenant in the Army National Guard and was previously a union organizer for home and health care workers. He is director of public policy communication at the child services organization Children’s Council of San Francisco and was first elected to the City College Board of Trustees in 2020.
The mayor’s office in a press release announcing Wong’s selection mentioned his work on the City College board to keep the school free for San Francisco residents and to preserve the system’s Cantonese classes, and said Lurie selected him for the seat “after a thorough evaluation process that included careful vetting and extensive community engagement.”
“This district needs a supervisor who can be a strong, steady voice on the issues that matter most. With Alan Wong as the supervisor, District 4 will have that voice,” Lurie said.
“This is my home. This community invested in me, and I’m ready to invest everything back into it.”
Alan Wong, District 4 supervisor
Wong, who will serve until District 4 voters return to the ballot box in June 2026, said in the mayor’s press release he is “someone who has called the Sunset home my entire life. I’m stepping up to be District 4 supervisor because I believe the Sunset, and San Francisco, can thrive again.”
He said, “We need leadership that restores trust in city government, keeps our neighborhoods safe, supports working families, expands housing opportunities, and helps residents actually access the services their tax dollars fund. This is my home. This community invested in me, and I’m ready to invest everything back into it.”
Community to Wong: ‘Do what’s right’
A group that advocates for the Sunset Dunes park was among those who expressed support for the selection of Wong and called on him to keep the highway closed rather than push to undo the voter-approved Prop K.
“We congratulate Alan Wong on his appointment to District 4 Supervisor,” said Lucas Lux, president of Friends of Sunset Dunes, in a statement. “As Sunset residents, we know what our neighborhood needs most after a recall, two Great Highway ballot measures, and a Supervisor appointee resignation: a leader who can show us the way forward, not work to destroy Sunset Dunes park.”
“Park opponents will undoubtedly — loudly — urge Mr. Wong to close Sunset Dunes. We’re hopeful that Mr. Wong will instead make decisions based on facts, and what’s best for the future of the Sunset and San Francisco,” Lux said. “We’re hopeful that Mr. Wong will do what’s right for our community and for our coastline: listen to the will of the 206,000 voters who already voted to open Sunset Dunes, and continue to move our neighborhood forward, not backward.”
