Engardio Recall. Motorists drive into the Pacific like pier clinging Barnacles

SAN FRANCISCO

Lee Heidhues 5.29.2025

SFiST says it best, “the ship already sailed and Sunset Dunes (is) already open as a park.”

The barnacle clinging motorists have had their tantrum and qualified the Recall of Supervisor Joel Engardio, leader of the Sunset Dunes initiative, for the ballot.

Never mind that the special election will be held September 16, 2025. Less than 14 months until the Supervisor would face the voters in the November 3, 2026 vote. Just 523 days away.

Never mind that San Francisco is facing an 800M budget deficit with Mayor Lurie planning to announce the layoff of 1500 city workers.

Never mind that ousting Supervisor Engardio will do absolutely nothing to bring cars back to what was formerly known as The Great Highway.

Call this mindless Recall for what it is. A political temper tantrum.

Excerpted from SFiST 5.29.2025

SF’s First Recall Election of a Sitting Supervisor Gets a Date.

A special election has been called for September 16, 2025 in which only voters in San Francisco’s District 4 will be voting, marking the first time in city history that a sitting supervisor is facing a recall. Proponents of the recall, who are largely upset about one issue alone — the closing of the Great Highway to car traffic — have been vowing for months to punish Supervisor Joel Engardio for his support of the project and the proposition that made it permanent.

Proponents of the Supervisor Joel Engardio recall would also like to see the question of reopening the Great Highway put to another vote — something that Richmond District Supervisor Connie Chan has vowed to get on the ballot again — though it’s far from clear that the results would be any different the second time around. So, with the ship already sailed and Sunset Dunes already open as a park, it’s possible that Engardio could get recalled out of spite, but the result will not be what those voters really wanted, which is the reopening of the roadway to cars.

https://sfist.com/2025/05/29/sfs-first-recall-election-of-a-sitting-supervisor-gets-a-date/