With Sunset District residents angered by his support of the closing of San Francisco’s Great Highway, a special election held in San Francisco saw Chinese-American voters recall Supervisor Joel Engardio. This was somewhat surprising. When we first reported on the recall effort, local political pundits did not think it had much of a chance. The recall’s opponents raised $824,000 while proponents raised over $250,000.
The Great Highway isn’t going to reopen anytime soon – you can see Sunset Dunes Park in the picture above. Much of the road was going to erode anyway. Despite that, 65% of the voters felt that Engardio had to go for not representing them. Engardio is the first San Francisco Supervisor to ever be recalled. Mayor Dan Lurie will appointment a replacement. Given upcoming conflict over housing rezoning, it will be a politically tricky position to fill.
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