Latest Measure to Reopen SF's Great Highway to Cars Will Likely Qualify For November Ballot
The great Upper Great Highway debate continues, as a new measure proposing to restore weekday vehicle access to the roadway has gathered enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot.
Great Highway for Everyone, the group fighting to reopen the Upper Great Highway to vehicles, say they've collected enough signatures to send the issue back to San Francisco voters in November, as Mission Local reports. The group reportedly submitted a petition with more than 15,600 signatures to the Department of Elections on Monday — well above the roughly 10,600 required to qualify for the November ballot, pending verification.
If approved, the measure would reopen the stretch between Lincoln Way and Sloat Boulevard to cars on weekdays while keeping Sunset Dunes Park open on weekends. According to KTVU, the measure would also require approval from the California Coastal Commission and potentially other agencies.
The proposal comes less than two years after San Franciscans approved Prop K by a 55%-45% margin, permanently closing the Upper Great Highway to vehicles and creating Sunset Dunes, as SFist reported at the time. The fight over the Great Highway has continued ever since, with District 4 voters recalling Supervisor Joel Engardio over his support for Prop K, opponents losing a lawsuit seeking to overturn Prop K in January, and a separate ballot measure introduced by District 4 Supervisor Alan Wong failing to qualify for the June election.
https://sfist.com/2026/07/07/latest-measure-to-reopen-sfs-great-highway-to-cars-will-likely-qualify-for-november-ballot/