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Urbanist Democrat and civil liberties advocate. Former city supervisor in San Francisco. Award-winning journalist. Learn more at https://t.co/7Rwg6B0Xv6

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Let’s decide once and for all if the Great Highway will be a park or not. I’m putting this question on the ballot. Should the Great Highway remain what it was the past century? Or become an iconic oceanside park that defines San Francisco for the next 100 years? Details here: I believe that an oceanside park is good for our city. I’m also working hard to tackle traffic concerns. And I’m purposefully putting this on the ballot so voters have the final say. We’ve made the most of a part-time park on the weekends — from senior yoga to dragon dances, jazz performances to Halloween costumes on parade. Now we can make it full time and official. We can give San Franciscans a real coastal park with playgrounds, seating for ocean and sunset views, plazas for concerts and holiday celebrations, and anything we can imagine. We could call it the Great Sunset Park. This is a once-in-a-century opportunity to create something as essentially San Francisco as the Golden Gate Bridge. A park is not only a good time. It’s also good for the environment. The Great Highway is already becoming a road to nowhere. The Southern section is closing due to coastal erosion. Drivers will be forced to turn inland to make their way out of the city. So, what’s the solution? Work is underway to smooth the path for drivers down Lincoln and Sunset. By simply turning left on Lincoln instead of taking the next left at Sloat, we can create an amazing coastal park. The Embarcadero used to be a double decker freeway. Crissy Field used to be a military dump. That is unimaginable today. But the decision to tear down the Embarcadero freeway was controversial 35 years ago, just as the decision about the Great Highway is now. I wonder, will the Great Highway for cars become as forgotten as the old Embarcadero freeway? Will our kids and generations after them be able to imagine San Francisco without an oceanside park? Will we be the lucky ones who get to create this joyful place that will define San Francisco for the next century? We get to decide this November. Read more about the measure and why it’s on the ballot:

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