Early election night results show that Proposition G, a measure to reopen the Great Highway in San Francisco to cars on weekdays, is well behind the majority needed to pass.
The first release of preliminary results, which includes most vote-by-mail ballots received before Election Day, showed 37.35% approval for the measure.
Prop G got on the ballot through a citizens’ initiative, seeking to reverse Proposition K, a November 2024 ballot measure that fully shut the 2-mile stretch of road to cars and turned the site into a coastal park along Ocean Beach, now called Sunset Dunes.
Prop G supporters have argued that the closure of the Great Highway has resulted in increased traffic safety risks and more congestion along other thoroughfares.
Prop G followed a failed attempt by Supervisor Alan Wong to get a similar measure on the June ballot. In January, he did not meet the required threshold of signatures needed from his colleagues on the Board of Supervisors for the measure to head before voters.
Wong represents District 4, which encompasses the Sunset District, where the Upper Great Highway is located. Despite the early election result for Prop G, Wong said he will try to address the traffic safety and congestion concerns raised by the measure’s supporters.
“While Proposition G did not pass as I had hoped, I respect the decision of San Francisco voters and remain proud to have supported a compromise that reflected concerns raised by many Sunset residents,” he said in a statement.
“This citywide outcome does not erase the concerns that many Sunset and San Francisco residents have raised throughout this debate. Traffic, pedestrian safety, neighborhood access and mobility will remain important issues for our community,” Wong said.
Friends of Sunset Dunes, the group supporting Sunset Dunes Park and opposing Prop G, celebrated the result.
“We’re so grateful that San Franciscans rejected Prop G, making it clear after a six year debate that Sunset Dunes is here to stay,” said Lucas Lux, Friends of Sunset Dunes chair and campaign manager for No on G, in a statement. “We invite every San Franciscan — no matter how they voted on Prop G — to join us in planning the future of the park, so that we can make Sunset Dunes into the world-class coastal park that our city deserves.”
