June 2026: No SFLCV endorsement for District 4 Supervisor

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The San Francisco League of Conservation Voters (SFLCV) has chosen not to make an endorsement in the District 4 Supervisor race. During the endorsement process, the SFLCV focused on candidates' responses to questions about housing, transportation, and Sunset Dunes. These issues are critical to District 4 and the city at large because: 

  • Meeting the state mandate to build approximately 82,000 new housing units by 2031 will require increased housing density in parts of District 4 

  • Addressing Muni’s growing budget deficit (currently $307 million and growing) is essential to maintaining service and implementing the Transit-First Policy 

  • Sunset Dunes Park, located in District 4, is now a permanent park and a model of smart climate adaptation that benefits all San Franciscans

Although three of the candidates — Alan Wong, Natalie Gee, and Jeremy Greco — showed real alignment with our priorities in some areas, none made a compelling enough case across each of these critical issues (housing, transportation, and Sunset Dunes) to earn our endorsement.

Wong supports measures that will increase housing density and prioritize transit in District 4, but he has not supported maintaining Sunset Dunes as a permanent park. Gee supports many transit-first policies and has a track record of doing so, but she proposes restrictions to the Family Zoning Plan, which may limit building critically-needed new housing. She also does not support keeping Sunset Dunes as a permanent park. Greco supports Sunset Dunes, but offered unclear reservations about Slow Streets and upzoning in the Family Zoning Plan. 

As for the other two candidates in the race, David Lee's responses to our initial questionnaire did not demonstrate alignment with SFLCV's positions, and Albert Chow declined to participate in our endorsement process.

Housing

Wong was the strongest candidate on housing issues and was the only one to fully endorse Mayor Lurie’s Family Zoning Plan. Wong understands the urgency of meeting the state’s mandate of building 82,000 new housing units in San Francisco and the Family Zoning Plan’s part in meeting that goal. He supports building both rent-controlled and market-rate housing. 

Gee would limit the Family Zoning Plan by increasing protections for small businesses and rent-controlled units. To make up for any resulting losses in housing units, she proposes increasing the number of office-to-residential conversions in other districts, continuing a problematic history of shifting housing development out of District 4. San Francisco has made some progress on office-to-residential conversion policies, but SFLCV considers this an insufficient solution fraught with logistical and financial challenges. SFLCV feels that the small business protections encompassed in the Family Zoning Plan are already robust.

Greco argued against the Family Zoning Plan, citing apprehension about blanket upzoning. However, the plan does not call for blanket upzoning and instead targets major transit corridors like Noriega, Taraval, and Judah as locations slated for increased density. When asked to clarify, Greco did offer support for upzoning along those corridors.

Transportation

Each of the candidates aligned with SFLCV on supporting the regional sales tax measure to fund Bay Area transit agencies; the parcel tax measure to fund Muni; and the city’s transit-first approach to transportation. 

Of all the candidates, Gee had the best track record on transit, as illustrated by her work bringing back the 8AX & 8BX lines and creating the Bayview Shuttle as Chief of Staff for D10 Supervisor Shamann Walton. All candidates emphasized placing bike lanes, traffic diverters, and modal filters where the community wants and needs them. Greco expressed concern about the expansion of the Slow Streets given the controversy surrounding Sunset Dunes and rerouting traffic from the Great Highway.

Sunset Dunes

Sunset Dunes Park is a burgeoning public space and a model of smart climate adaptation. SFLCV wholeheartedly supports it as a full-time park. Greco was the only candidate to agree, making him the strongest on this issue. Wong and Gee both support reopening the highway to weekday traffic, effectively rolling back what voters decided with November 2024’s Prop K. Wong went further, leading an unsuccessful effort to put the issue back on the ballot entirely. Traffic concerns don't hold up to scrutiny — analyses show that there have been no statistically significant changes to congestion and collision rates on nearby streets since the park's establishment. Every SF taxpayer bears the cost of maintaining a highway that nature is already reclaiming. 

Sunset Dunes is only beginning to reach its potential as a natural buffer against rising sea levels, a recovering coastal habitat, and a beloved public space for all San Franciscans. It deserves a champion in D4.