Catching the sunset at @sunsetdunes.org!

Beach weather? @sunsetdunes.org

Perception vs. Reality: The Great Highway Closure and Sunset District Traffic Nearly one year into a new era, do claims about congestion and danger hold up?

🚧 ICYMI, GREAT HIGHWAY HIGHS + LOWS: The closed roadway is expected back on the ballot in November, and no one has checked in recently on claims of traffic speeds and street safety.

Kristi Coale dug in to see what's happened on D4 streets ~1 year post- @sunsetdunes.org. thefrisc.com/perception-v...

Rusted out former traffic signal pole at Judah

Former traffic signal base showing severe rust and spalling

Traffic signal club column rust and spalling. New signals will require new foundations, poles and ADA updates

Putting weekday cars thru Sunset Dunes Park reqs >$15M in signal upgrades. Ancient traffic signals were removed at 7 intersections for safety reasons. Replacement reqs updating to current standards @sunsetdunes.org

The San Francisco Standard Opinion San Franciscans are sick of fighting about the Great Highway. It's time to move on.

Noah Berger, SF Standard "The reality is that Sunset Dunes is a wildly popular park that has changed the Sunset - and the city - for the better. The sooner we stop treating it like an unresolved controversy and start treating it like the success it clearly is, the sooner we can start investing in its future as a world-class coastal park, on par with places like Crissy Field, Tunnel Tops, and India Basin." - Lucas Lux

From Lucas Lux in @sfstandard.com After so many defeats — at the ballot box, in the courts, and at City Hall — Sunset Dunes opponents need to lay down arms, and embrace the city’s newest coastal park.
sfstandard.com/opinion/2026...

Brought to you by Friends of Sunset Dunes ACTIVITIES at the BEACH Fun and FREE events at Sunset Dunes Ist Sundays CHAIR YOGA At Irving 2-3:30 pm Wednesdays TRADITIONAL CHINESE DANCE At Judah 11-11:50 am 2md Sundays LIVE MUSIC At Judah 12-2pm 2nd Sundays COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP At Judah 1-3 pm 2nd Saturdays ZUMBA At Irving 10:30-11:30 am Friends of SUNSET DUNES In partnership with SAN FRANCISCO RECREATION & PARKS

We host free activities at the park every week! And starting this year, we’re excited to announce two new ones: Traditional Chinese Dance and Zumba classes
sunsetdunes.org/events/

Frustrating that we live in an era where politicians can just lie to create whatever compelling-sounding argument they want.

Supervisor Wong claimed that creating Sunset Dunes doubled traffic injuries in the district. That sounds really bad, except it's also horse apples.

That’s not a correction.

Happy Friday San Francisco. Enjoy your park.

With this latest failure, the decision has been made at the ballot box, upheld in court, and rejected repeatedly by the public and elected officials.

Sunset Dunes is open, popular, and functioning exactly as voters intended.

Just in: Supervisor alanwongsf failed to get the required signatures from fellow Supervisors to place another ballot measure targeting Sunset Dunes before SF voters.

It’s time to move forward and focus on improving our coastal park together. SF has made a decision, and the park is here to stay.

An open, heart-shaped sculpture through which you can see people walking along Sunset Dunes Park (formerly Great Highway, now a much greater recreation area) and beyond ocean beach and the pacific ocean just a few minutes after sunset.

Rode my bike through the Panhandle, along JFK Promenade and through the park to Sunset Dunes at sunset. Gorgeous night. Skaters skating, a DJ spinning mellow sunset beats. So many people out in all the parks.

A beautiful celebration of recent victories in the war on cars, SF front. 14 fun miles.

Friends of Sunset Dunes Forum with Supervisor Alan Wong January 7, 2026 YouTube video by Friends of Sunset Dunes

He now has one day left to get three other Supervisors to sign onto his park closure ballot measure. We hope his colleagues honor the will of the voters and let him play out this stunt as a solo act.
You can watch the whole event here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=28Qd...

Last week, we hosted a forum with the Sunset Dunes community and Supervisor Alan Wong. Outer Sunset Neighbors poured their hearts out, telling him how much the park means to them. We’re disappointed that he’s choosing to ignore our perspectives entirely with his attempt to close the park.

Sunset Dunes Park, looking south

Sunset Dunes Park, looking north

Sunset Dunes was popping off @sunsetdunes.org

Photo of a boy hanging onto a tentacle of a playground sculptural octopus behind him we see a man in a skate board zipping up a short embankment (there are technical words for whatever he is doing, I’m sure, but I do not know them)

Oh, I should’ve tagged @sunsetdunes.org here - what an amazing gift to everyone in the city this is! And one more image - my boy, top of a tentacle at sunset as behind him a skater flies up the ramp - what a spot!

Traffic safety and volume data are readily available. Methodologies vary, but trends are clear.
congestion.sfcta.org shows volume and delay pre-COVID to present in SF. While congestion is up elsewhere, @sunsetdunes.org park shows minor increase in Sunset Blvd traffic -- and improvement in 19th Ave

Street with no cars

We keep hearing about all the terrible traffic weekdays because of @sunsetdunes.org

Bumper to bumper (dogs and walkers and a guy playing the piano) Friday rush hour

It's a regular hellhole here in #realSF

From the sanfrancisco community on Reddit: No Evidence the Upper Great Highway Closure Made Sunset Streets Less Safe Explore this post and more from the sanfrancisco community

Data, unlike D4 Supervisor Alan Wong, doesn't lie. "No Evidence the Upper Great Highway Closure Made Sunset Streets Less Safe"

We hope his colleagues honor the will of the voters and let him play out this stunt as a solo act.

While Supe. Wong won’t tell anyone how much ripping out one of SF’s most popular parks will cost, along with other details about his political stunt, he’s choosing to mislead the public rather than engage in thoughtful policymaking.

The reality is that traffic injuries in District 4 in 2022 and 2023—with the weekend-only pilot—were higher than 2024 and 2025. With the park, SF residents now finally have a safe place to walk, bike and play in the Sunset, and the data backs this up.

FACT CHECK Supervisor Alan Wong is willfully misrepresenting data to justify a park closure ballot measure. He claims that Sunset Dunes is causing "traffic injuries in District 4 to nearly double." THE REALITY District 4 Injuries in 2022 and 2023, with the weekend-only pilot, were higher than 2024 and 2025. SF residents now finally have a safe place to walk, bike and play in the Sunset, and the data backs this up.

It's disappointing that Supervisor Wong is choosing to misrepresent data about traffic injuries to back up a political stunt, instead of engaging in thoughtful policymaking. We hope his colleagues honor the will of the voters and let him play out this stunt as a solo act.

Recently, to justify his political stunt and waste SF voters’ time with a third ballot measure, Supervisor Alan Wong is willfully misrepresenting data. He’s been claiming that Sunset Dunes is causing “traffic injuries in District 4 to nearly double.” 🤦That’s patently false.

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*an SF Superior Court judge

Now that opponents have lost two lawsuits and two elections, we invite them to accept the will of San Franciscans and work with us to make the most of our coastal park.

This lawsuit attempted to overturn the will of the voters and close one of the city’s most popular parks. Its decision affirms the city’s authority to move forward in making Sunset Dunes a permanent coastal park for future generations.

🚨Breaking News: an SF Superior Court just rejected the lawsuit attempting to overturn Prop K, dismissing all four claims.

Self-portrait of me sitting on one end of a natural wood bench, and two ravens standing on the other end. They're watching patiently to see if I drop any food

The Ravens at Sunset Dunes get awfully friendly when they see you have food.