A compromise that worked. For years, San Francisco had a practical compromise on the Great Highway: vehicle access on weekdays and a car-free space for recreation on weekends and holidays. It gave residents access to the coast while keeping an important transportation route available during the workweek. A compromise that worked.
City Hall changed course. In 2024, five members of the Board of Supervisors placed Proposition K on the ballot to permanently end vehicle access on the Great Highway. The measure passed citywide, despite strong opposition from many of the Westside neighborhoods most directly affected.
The Westside fought back. More than 10,000 District 4 residents signed a petition to recall Supervisor Joel Engardio, a leading Prop K proponent. Nearly two-thirds of voters removed him from office, but the recall couldn’t change Prop K. So residents organized again.
16,000 San Franciscans put Prop G on the ballot. In an all-volunteer effort, residents collected more than 16,000 signatures to give voters another say. On November 3, San Francisco can restore the weekday/weekend compromise that worked. Prop G restores it.
Restores the compromise that worked. The Great Highway reopens to vehicle traffic Monday through Friday, while weekends and holidays remain a car-free park for recreation. It restores the same balance San Francisco successfully used before permanent closure.
Makes our neighborhood streets safer. Traffic injuries on streets closest to the Great Highway rose 34% after the closure. Prop G restores the Great Highway as a weekday route, helping move traffic off neighborhood streets and back onto the road built to carry it.
Keeps recreation seven days a week. Ocean Beach, the dunes, walking and biking paths, and other coastal amenities remain available every day. Prop G preserves daily recreational access while keeping weekends and holidays car-free.
Doesn’t “destroy” a park. Sunset Dunes is a roughly 50-acre coastal park that extends beyond the Great Highway roadway. Prop G restores vehicle access to the roadway Monday through Friday while the surrounding park, beach, dunes, paths, and recreational areas remain. On weekends and holidays, the roadway remains part of the car-free park.
Doesn’t spend $10 million “destroying” a park. Of the Controller’s estimated $9.8 million in one-time costs, $8.8 million is for new traffic signals at eight intersections, investments in traffic safety that remain regardless of how the roadway is used. About $750,000 is estimated for changes to park elements and restoring roadway segments.
Doesn’t reopen a road that’s “falling into the ocean.” The section permanently closed due to coastal erosion is the southern extension near Sloat and Skyline. Prop G does not reopen that section. It restores weekday vehicle access on the Upper Great Highway between Lincoln Way and Sloat Boulevard, which is not under threat of coastal erosion.
