Sunset District supervisor faces pushback in town hall on plans to reopen Great Highway

by Alise Maripuu, Bay City News January 9, 2026January 9, 2026

San Francisco District 4 Supervisor Alan Wong answers questions from Heidi Moseson, a founding board member of Friends of Sunset Dunes, the organization fighting to keep Sunset Dunes as a permanent park on the Great Highway in San Francisco, Calif. on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. Wong is planning to introduce a ballot initiative that will allow cars back on the Great Highway during the weekdays. (Alise Maripuu/Bay City News)

SAN FRANCISCO SUPERVISOR ALAN WONG faced his first contentious public appearance on Wednesday as he defended his idea to reopen the Great Highway to cars on weekdays.

Wong spoke to a room full of Sunset District denizens who all love the fact that the thoroughfare has been closed to vehicles and turned into a park named Sunset Dunes.

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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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