Proposition K

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HELP! Prop. K was born in a dark room and foisted upon west side residents without warning. It is a terrible plan (or lack thereof).

Please support west side San Franciscans and vote to keep the Upper Great Highway as it has always been - Open to All.

Vote "No!" on Prop. K.

Paul Kozakiewicz 

Editor and former publisher of the Sunset Beacon and Richmond Review newspapers

www.richmondsunsetnews.com

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The Planning Association for the Richmond (PAR) opposes Proposition K   

Closing the Great Highway will harm residents, workers, students and Veteran's Hospital patients, who will be cut off from the only direct westside route between the outer Richmond and San Francisco’s southside neighborhoods and the Peninsula.

Closure will force thousands of vehicles daily onto quiet neighborhood streets and ultimately into SFMTA designated High Injury Corridors.

Proponents assert the need for recreational use of the Great Highway, but omit that the proposal provides zero funding for creating or maintaining such a space.

Proponent’s contention that wind driven erosion and drifting sand are reasons to close the Great Highway is meritless.  Sand removal is necessary, as it’s been for decades, and will continue under any use of the Highway. 

If Proposition K passes, the Great Highway will remain paved, but closed to private vehicles. According to the Controller, if closed the Great Highway will still require sand removal and maintenance of the roadway for emergency and other government vehicles. This includes access for trucks to service the PUC’s Westside Transport Box, a huge tank that extends fifty feet below the road surface for the entire length and width of the Great Highway, and which is integral to our wastewater system. 

The School District has 14,000 more student seats than it needs, and will close schools this fall.  Closure of the Great Highway will create serious challenges for parents and students that need to traverse Golden Gate Park to commute to their new schools.

There are no good reasons to close the Great Highway on weekdays.  Closure before mitigating neighborhood impacts, before completing necessary studies, and destroying the current thoughtful compromise is nothing more than a Great Highway Robbery. 

Vote No on Proposition K. 

Richard Corriea

Vice-President

Planning Association for the Richmond

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As environmentalists and as community members, we oppose this initiative.

This premature proposal will have negative environmental impacts on the Upper Great Highway, Ocean Beach, and Golden Gate Park. There has been no full environmental review of these impacts.   

The western end of Golden Gate Park contains abundant wildlife habitat. Closing the Great Highway on weekends has greatly increased Park car traffic. This initiative could channel the 20,000 cars that now drive the Great Highway each weekday onto Chain of Lakes Drive, degrading habitat and endangering wildlife and people.  

The Great Highway abuts Ocean Beach, which is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, our national park. The GGNRA legislation calls for protection of the integrity of the natural resources of this land while providing for recreational and educational opportunities. Due to the current weekend closures, increased foot traffic tramples the dune habitat. Despite this damage, there has been no comprehensive evaluation of the environmental impacts of this project. This project needs both Federal and State environmental review.

Will the Highway really become habitat and parkland, or will it be exploited by our Recreation and Park Department for profit? RPD has already started to monetize the area with food trucks and mass events of over 10,000 people. This initiative does not include any protection of wildlife habitat or restrictions on commercialization.

We need scientifically based studies of the environmental impacts and a clear plan for how the area will be used, BEFORE we subject Golden Gate Park and Ocean Beach to more environmental damage.  

Vote NO and protect Golden Gate Park and Ocean Beach!

Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods (CSFN)

Amy Meyer, Chairperson, People for a GGNRA*

Becky Evans, Former Commissioner, Commission on the Environment*

Richard Corriea, Retired SFPD Commander*

Candace Low, PhD, Ecology Faculty, San Francisco State University*

Katherine Howard, Ex-member Sierra Club San Francisco Executive Committee*, Sierra Club California Conservation Committee*

Stephen J. Gorski, Esq.  Member, Greenaction*

Susan Mullaney, District 7*

George Wooding, District 7*

*For identification purposes only; author is signing as an individual and not on behalf of an organization.

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San Francisco's four-lane Upper Great Highway (UpperGH), extending two miles from Lincoln Way to Sloat Blvd, is a crucial west-side transit route accommodating private, commercial, and public vehicles. It features well-protected paths for walking and cycling and is designed with traffic lights and multiple lanes to ensure smooth traffic flow. The current ballot measure fails to address the realities of a major road closure and park conversion, as this would need plans, approvals, infrastructure, and budget for such a development.

If the measure passes, increased commuter traffic on neighborhood streets will be a permanent reality as drivers can no longer use UpperGH. A 2019 SFMTA study reveals that fewer than 5% of San Franciscans commute by bicycle, meaning the closure would disproportionately impact those who rely on UpperGH for driving, including older and disabled individuals who currently enjoy the efficient and scenic route. Any possible cost savings are unproven, because the need for ongoing maintenance, such as clearing beach sand blown in by ocean winds, will continue whether road or park.

In this proposition, there is also an absence of a comprehensive plan for managing or financing the traffic, parking, facilities, waste disposal, neighborhood disruption, or emergency response access that would result from converting UpperGH into a park. Furthermore, UpperGH is one of only three clear north-south routes serving the west half of San Francisco, and its closure would worsen traffic issues, particularly in emergencies. Given these problems, this measure is an expensive and superficial attempt at repurposing UpperGH without addressing important practical needs or impacts.

Jeffrey Chris Rodman

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Vote No on Proposition K.

The proposed closure of the Great Highway is a blatant land grab orchestrated by real estate developers and their YIMBY lobbyists. This closure, which lacks funding for park transformation, is actually designed to increase the value of oceanfront land for future luxury real estate development.

By eliminating vehicle traffic, the closure undermines the north-south passage and harms the environment by causing increased congestion and pollution in residential streets, all without providing infrastructure or transportation alternatives.

Senator Wiener's recent SB 951 legislation attempts to remove the Coastal Commission's jurisdiction over San Francisco's coastline. Now, this closure is another attempt to achieve the same development goals.

YIMBY and their developer backers are using well-meaning cyclists and enticing park visuals to distract the public from the real agenda: paving the way for Miami-style towers on our coastline.

Join your fellow San Franciscans in pushing back against this land grab to protect our beloved coastline.

Neighborhoods United SF

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The current pilot program on the Upper Great Highway is a hard-won compromise, one that works for the majority of San Francisco residents. It strikes a reasonable balance: opening the road to cars during weekday commute hours while closing it to vehicles on weekends. But Measure K threatens to upend this delicate arrangement, imposing a rigid, car-free policy that could have dangerous and far-reaching consequences. 

Proponents of Measure K promise a park in place of the open road, but the measure includes no concrete plans for park construction, only a vague commitment to "seek permits and funding." This raises the very real possibility that the Great Highway could be closed to cars for years, left to languish as an abandoned thoroughfare rather than the vibrant green space residents deserve. 

The funding required to build and maintain such a park is also a glaring question mark. The section of roadway in question stretches for miles, and the city is already struggling to keep up with maintenance on existing parks. San Francisco faces a fiscal cliff of over $750 million — where will the money come from to transform the Great Highway? 

And then there's the traffic. Closing the Great Highway to cars at all hours will inevitably push traffic onto already-congested Sunset Boulevard and 19th Avenue, or onto the narrow, residential avenues that wind through the Outer Richmond and Sunset, home to families and seniors. 

The current compromise on the Upper Great Highway works. It balances the needs of commuters, recreationalists, and residents alike. Measure K, on the other hand, is a zero sum game. Let's keep the compromise that serves us, rather than rolling the dice on a potentially disruptive vision. 

Mary Jung, Past Chair, San Francisco Democratic Party 

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Why change what’s working?

Right now, there’s a massive open space right next to the Great Highway. It’s called Ocean Beach. And there’s a biking/walking path for those whose idea of recreation doesn’t involve sand.

Currently, the Great Highway is closed to traffic on the weekends – and open to cars on the weekdays when West Side commuters use it to get to and from work. It’s an essential corridor on the West Side for anyone moving north to south or vice-versa.  We already have the exact right compromise.

Measure K would change all that, banning cars permanently on the Great Highway, throwing even more traffic onto Sunset Boulevard and 19th Avenue – turning already heavily used corridors into parking lots.

That’s a terrible idea – and what’s the goal? Proponents want to create a 3.5 mile long open space that has no dedicated funding and will take millions from the city budget.

Right now, Park & Rec is barely able to maintain the parks it currently runs. Creating a park of that size will drain money from maintenance and development of parks all across the city.

Even if the park was completed as imagined, the dunes block views of the ocean, and sand will blow from the dunes onto the park on a daily basis. This supposed utopia will turn into an expensive nightmare.

Matt Boschetto, Small Business Owner 

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The current pilot program in place on the Upper Great Highway has been accurately called a compromise. Most residents city wide agree that this arrangement is reasonable; open to cars during the week and critical commute times, and closed to cars on the weekend. Measure K would disrupt all of this. 

Measure K would immediately close the Great Highway to cars at all times, forcing traffic east onto Sunset Boulevard and 19th Avenue, or more dangerously, onto the sleepy outer avenues that many families call home. Not only would this be a traffic nightmare for residents and those passing through, but also a tragedy waiting to happen, with frustrated drivers racing through neighborhoods in an attempt to beat the traffic.

To add insult to injury, Measure K does not stipulate any concrete plans to build a park. The actual impact of the legislation is simply banning cars, with the caveat that they would seek permits and funding. In effect, the Great Highway could easily turn into just an abandoned roadway, with no park. If we're going to remove the compromise in place, wouldn't we at least want to be guaranteed that something will come of it? 

Speaking of funding, where will the money come from for this park? The closed section of the roadway will be miles long, and City Hall can't even keep up maintenance on current parks, not to mention the $750 million+ fiscal cliff the city is facing overall. 

Don't vote to disrupt the compromise in place. What we have works for the most people, and with Proposition K there are too many unanswered questions and immediate negative consequences.

Vincent Budhai, Founder, Open the Great Highway

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Westside Families Need Your Help

As a former parent and co-founder of a PAC that hosts monthly meetings at a South Sunset elementary school, we face a serious threat to the school's enrollment.

SFUSD still lacks neighborhood assignments, forcing many families to travel long distances to attend. For working families, a quick commute to school is essential. This particular school offers attractive language programs, drawing students from across the city, with nearly 600 enrolled. About half of the families commute daily from the Richmond District, traveling through the Upper Great Highway (UGHW), a 7-minute drive within synchronized lights.

However, Proposition K on the November ballot will permanently close UGHW to personal and commercial vehicles, diverting 20,000 commuters, including families, workers, retirees, and disabled individuals to Sunset Blvd and 19th Ave. This will cause significant delays and traffic jams on already congested routes. Closing UGHW will make it impossible for many families to continue enrolling at this school, harming its enrollment pipeline and forcing families to seek private schools or leave the district altogether.

UGHW is currently in a hybrid pilot program as a weekday commute route and weekend park, with a year and a half left for evaluation. Yet, Prop K was added to the ballot without proper community outreach or discussions about mitigating the impact of alternative routes.

Support our families and schools. Vote NO on Prop K to keep the Great Highway open.

Josephine Zhao, President CADC

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Breaking down Proposition K, Permanently Closing the Upper Great Highway. 

Don’t be fooled into thinking that closing vital roadways are the only means to enjoy our scenic spaces. Proponents of Prop K have lost their compass on what city residents need. We already have a beautiful park, beach, wide paved promenade and recreation path along the Great Highway. City officials should look at ways to improve the existing Pacific Ocean Promenade. The city would save millions of dollars by leaving the Upper Great Highway in place and adding new attractions, similar to the Crissy Field Warming Hut.

Vote NO on gridlock-creation. 

There is no greater disservice to residents and commuters than to remove an important artery that allows traffic to circulate along the western expanse of San Francisco. Proposition K is not a plan to improve the lives of city residents, but another roadblock to the elderly, the disabled, and those who need access to roads in order to get to work, the VA, buy groceries or drive children to school. 

We need transparency. Prop K claims that the city will save $1.7 million a year on sand removal if the Upper Great Highway is closed, but city records show only $300K per year for sand removal – and the sand will still need to be removed.

Vote NO on Prop K. This bill jeopardizes the rhythm in which San Franciscans go about their daily lives. It creates another fiscally irresponsible project, designed ultimately to make San Francisco a car free city. 

Albert Chow, Small Business Owner

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Proposition K harmful to families, workers and seniors

Families, workers and senior residents across San Francisco rely on The Great Highway and oppose this effort to close it down.

Proposition K makes it harder for families, seniors, people with disabilities, veterans and workers to use The Great Highway to reach their work, their families and the VA Hospital.

Proposition K directly contradicts all the assurances from city officials that Great Highway closure was only during COVID and then only as a short-term Pilot Project whose impacts would be studied.

Proposition K isn't an example of democracy. It's forcing a premature decision before the promised facts are in. What's next? Can we all just gang up on the residents of a neighborhood and shut down Third Street, Potrero Street, California Street or Geneva because a park would be nice, no matter the consequences to people living there or merchants doing business?

The City-wide campaign of promoting biking over driving is not a one-size fits all solution for our transit needs.

Senior citizens are the most severely impacted by the closure of The Great Highway and other major thoroughfares. According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control, loneliness and social isolation are serious public health risks targeting physical and mental health issues amongst seniors.

We must put the brakes on transportation policies that ignore our senior citizens who have contributed years of work and taxes to make this city the great city that we love.

Make City Hall live up to its promises. Vote No on Proposition K.

John Trasviña, Retired Law School Dean

Nicky Trasviña, Labor and Community Activist

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Stop the madness! Vote NO!

The Great Highway, due to its excellent design with no intersections or cross traffic, has been practically accident free for decades. Alongside it are designated paths for pedestrians, joggers, hikers, and bicyclists. This public, open recreational space is shared with four lanes of traffic divided by a landscaped median. Every two blocks at each traffic light with walking signals is a wide, paved crosswalk for safe pedestrian access to and from the beach.

Unlike other areas of the Highway, families in homes and apartments live along this 2-mile section. When the highway is closed, driving within feet of front doors are grocery delivery vans, motorcycle groups of 100+, flatbed trucks, buses, and heavy traffic belonging far away from where children play and the elderly walk.

Why ban cars from a safe highway that relieves congestion and adds to the safety of the surrounding populated area? Why rebuild what is already here and working well?

To do so will require spending multiple millions to calm congestion and gridlock on the high-injury streets accepting thousands of diverted vehicles. San Francisco is deep in debt. Sand removal landscaping, and policing by the beach has been consistently underfunded. To fund even less maintenance will result in making the area useless to everyone as winds cover it with sand.

A NO vote will still close the Highway for special events and weekends, but will share it Mondays through Fridays with thousands of drivers safely using it every day to commute to work, schools, hospitals, stores, the airport, and other destinations.

Please stop the madness closing our streets. Save the west side. VOTE NO!

Judith Gorski, Outer Sunset Community Leader

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The proposal to permanently close the Great Highway to private vehicles raises serious concerns regarding the lack of transparency and democratic process.

Prop K attempts to close a vital artery for tens of thousands of residents and commuters who depend on this highway daily to get to their jobs, school, the VA or other activities. Active participation by citizens is the hallmark of democracy, yet in this case, the voices from residents opposing this measure (the majority in the impacted districts) have been ignored.

Moreover, key studies have yet to be made public and deceptive descriptions of what this proposition actually achieves continues the lack of transparency around it. As hard working residents and families who rely on our vehicles watch special interest groups gain undue influence over our transit policies, we can no longer tolerate being ignored.

We must continue to demand our right to be heard, our legitimate data be considered and our life experiences be respected. The decision on the Great Highway, like all transit policy issues, should reflect the diverse needs and perspectives of all San Francisco residents to ensure the common good.

Without transparency and democratic safeguards to crafting policy, in addition to harming thousands of residents, Prop K will be nothing more than a symbol of exclusion and bad governance.

Vote NO on Prop K and stand with your community. Demand your voice be heard and that basic tenets of our democratic process be honored.

Open Lake Street

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Prop K does not create a park, it creates an abandoned road.

Ripe for encampments and RVs to take over.

More incompetence from San Francisco government.

The proponents would have you believe this measure creates a park, it does not. There is no funding in Prop K for a park, but proponents claim that the "savings from sand removal" will pay for a park. False: 1) sand doesn't stop coming just because we call the road a park, removal will still be required, 2) the average cost of sand removal over the past 14 years: $300,000/ year.

Is that enough to build a park? No. I served on the Presidio Trust when we created the awesome Tunnel Tops, that 14 acres cost $117M. Turning the entire UGH into a park would cost.

The current arrangement: closed on weekends, open during the week, was a compromise at least residents could get to work and drive kids to school. Now they feel betrayed. This change will make life so much more difficult. Why?

Ocean Beach is 82,000 acres, 1000+ acre GG Park sits to the east. There is a beautiful recreation path running along Great Highway and a wide promenade. Not only is there no plan for a park, there is no need for one.

There is nothing required in the ballot measure to address the loss of one of only three main North-South arteries and the resulting nightmare traffic. The ideas of Joel Engardio in slick videos are not promises, they are just thoughts that may or may not come to pass. What is sure to come to pass is a drastically reduced quality of life for people who rely on this artery - and for those that rely on the other 2 arteries as they will become hopelessly clogged and congested

So one must ask why would we need another recreation area in the coldest, foggiest, windiest part of SF that would cause massive traffic congestion and daily pain on the west side of SF?

Marie Hurabiell, Neighborhood Leader 

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Proposition K will prematurely close one of the three main north south traffic arteries for the western SF neighborhoods. It is not true that there are alternatives that are five minutes away and don't prolong commuting times. When you decrease capacity by 1/3 and divert it to 19th Ave and Sunset Blvd, transit times are INCREASED, particularly when those two alternatives are delayed by construction, loss of a transit lane with the creation of HOV lanes (Park Presidio and Crossover) or accidents. It will INCREASE smog emissions as vehicles divert to less efficient routes. It will remove one of the safest roads in SF and divert traffic to higher injury streets. To close a vital traffic artery used not just by SF residents but by Peninsula residents who work/shop/attend school in SF NOW for a future potential recreational purpose makes no sense when there is ALREADY a national recreation area (Ocean Beach), a walking path, and shoulders for bicyclists who have successfully shared the Great Highway for decades. 20,000 vehicles per day use the Great Highway. Recreational use pales by comparison.

Voting yes will not create what proponents call "the Great Highway Park". There needs to be infrastructure changes to mitigate the diverted traffic, establish safety measures to ensure a closed GH doesn't become a homeless encampment or prevent illegal activities like the 4th of July fireworks a few years ago that set fire to a neighboring home's deck.  That will take years of planning, implementation and budget allocations which are currently not in place. Don't put the cart before the horse. Please vote NO to closure of the Great Highway now.

Christina Shih, MD

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Calling out Proponent's Misleading Official Ballot Argument:

Bullet 1: a data-less & meaningless claim: "San Franciscans want an oceanfront park." Says who? We already have several, including the BEACH, right there.

Bullet 2: "makes the coast more accessible for all." How? There is no park created or funded. And no budget for keeping this fantasy park clear of sand so the most likely scenario is the beach will be far less accessible.

Bullet 3: "... protect coastal ecosystem." False. a) The road closure has encouraged the public to run roughshod over the dunes, creating a new crisis not seen previously in the UGH's 95 years. b) Proponent's plan transfers car pollution from the UGH to residential streets and actually increases pollution in the area due to slower, idling traffic.

Bullet 4: "revitalizing west side small businesses.” False. Another made up, data-less assertion. The merchants in the area are opposed to closing the road.

Bullet 5: Lost utility of UGH is just laughable. The part that is already expected to close is tiny and there is a very short, easy detour. The Great Highway is one of ONLY 3 major North-South arteries on the entire West Side of SF, serving approximately 20K commuters on weekdays.

Proponents squeal "now is the time to decide." Nonsense. There is no urgency. This is a major change, harming tens of thousands of local residents and commuters. It should be given the time, polling and attention this *permanent* change deserves.

ConnectedSF

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When the surfers, residents and area merchants are against closing the Great Highway, voters should pay attention. The measure alludes to a grand park-like vision, but it is a political mirage and pipe dream. There is no plan for a park and no money to build it. Once closed, the sand dunes will reclaim the Great Highway and that community will be locked in. The current hybrid model is working well, allowing cars during the week and closing it to vehicle traffic on the weekend. Let's keep the Great Highway open for all.

Jay Elliott

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Supporters of Measure K have this pipe dream of a massive park along the Great Highway. I've looked at the numbers. It would cost over a billion dollars to create a park that spans 125 acres. Where is that money going to come from? Out of budget that funds parks all across the city. With a $800m city budget deficit, we barely have enough funds to maintain our existing parks. Vote NO on Prop K to stop City Hall from robbing our existing parks for this pipe dream.

Geoff Moore, Neighborhood Leader 

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Quite regularly, the Great Highway is closed to traffic because the winds are blowing sand from the massive dunes onto the Great Highway. Along comes City Hall to try to sell us on the idea of a park there? Imagine the lovely picnic you can have with wind-blown sand in your teeth!

Han Chang Su, Chinese Community Leader 

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We reached a compromise on the Great Highway — open to cars during the week when people commute — and closed on the weekends when they don't. Why did the Board of Supervisors turn the tides around to close it permanently? It makes no sense. Vote No on Prop K, and keep the current compromise on Great Highway!

Louise Whitlock, Community Activist 

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Measure K is a solution in search of a problem. Right now, you can walk or bike the entire length of the Great Highway — everyday. You don't need to ban cars to get that done — there is already a path for that. The current solution on Great Highway works for everybody and creates an amazing park on the weekends. Vote NO on Prop K.

Iconic D3

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I live on the West Side and I see and feel the traffic congestion on Park Presidio and Sunset every day. Close the Great Highway and we'll have gridlock on the only two multi-lane routes. That will push more angry car drivers onto our neighborhood streets. It's not safe - and it's not smart. Vote NO on Prop K - for families and residents in the Sunset and Richmond.

Renee Lazear, Neighborhood Leader

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I didn't like it, but I could live with closing the Great Highway on the weekends. But Measure K will throw tens of thousands of cars a week onto West Side streets, creating traffic jams that cost people time, money and aggravation. City Hall should respect the current compromise - vote NO on Prop K.

Shawna McGrew, Neighborhood Leader

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Don't fall for scare tactics. Backers of Measure K go on and on about how the Great Highway is going to be permanently shut even if this measure doesn't pass — but that's simply not true. The southern end past Sloat (the Great Highway extension) is indeed falling into the ocean — and climate change isn't going to bring that back. But the Great Highway from Fulton to Sloat can always remain open and traffic will simply turn on Sloat and curve around to Skyline.

Eddie Chin, Chinese Community Leader 

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Who thought closing the Great Highway permanently to car traffic was a good idea? City Hall didn't have their ear to the ground when they dreamed this one up. Join us in making sure City Hall isn't imposing their bad ideas on us. Vote NO on Prop K and tell City Hall to focus on the basics.

Alexandra Jansen, Community Activist 

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CONSIDER OUR VETERANS. VOTE NO ON K.

Proposition K should not even be on this ballot. It cancels the Pilot Program that was supposed to run until December 31, 2025, which called for the Great Highway to remain open to cars Monday, 6 a.m. through noon Fridays, giving the 20,000 cars that used it on weekdays before the pandemic a chance to get to work, school, health care, and weekday duties with ease. August 16, 2021, the road was closed to cars weekends and holidays, but left open during weekdays since the closure was harming commuters and nearby residents. At all times, the 10' wide paved bicycle/walking path and the hard-packed sand jogging path that runs the entire length were open.

The Veterans Administration Hospital in the outer Richmond serves 95,000 veterans patients yearly. It has 3,500 employees and 350 volunteers. It is open 24 hours a day. Thousands of patients and workers come from throughout San Francisco and beyond using the Upper Great Highway. Making them stop and go through the Outer Sunset as they try to get to or from the VA hospital is cruel. Also cruel, is diverting the 20,000 vehicles who use the Upper Great Highway daily onto the narrow streets of the Outer Sunset District, bringing noise, fuel pollution, and dangerous traffic to neighborhood families instead of having their fumes float on the ocean air out to sea.

The text of Prop K deletes all the excellent provisions of the original ordinance: data monitoring the use of the Highway, as well as neighboring streets during closure and when open, community outreach and discussion, and sand mitigation measures. None of these provisions have been accomplished; instead, Proposition K abandons them, and undemocratically stifles information and public engagement on this vital issue.

VOTE NO ON K!

Tomasita Medál

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