Voters Reject Prop G, Keeping Sunset Dunes on the Great Highway Closed to Cars

San Francisco voters rejected Proposition G on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, leaving Sunset Dunes, the park on the former upper Great Highway beside Ocean Beach, closed to cars seven days a week. In the Department of Elections’ fourth election-night report, released at 11:45 p.m., the measure trailed with 64,776 yes votes (37.2 percent) to 109,319 no votes (62.8 percent), according to the San Francisco Public Press results tracker. The San Francisco Standard and Bay City News both reported the measure as defeated on election night.

The totals are preliminary. Mail ballots are still being counted, the city’s next scheduled update is Wednesday, November 4 at 4 p.m., and the Department of Elections certifies final results in early December.

What Prop G would have done

Prop G, a citizens’ initiative, would have reopened the upper Great Highway to cars on weekdays and kept it open as a park on weekends. It sought to undo Proposition K, which voters passed with about 55 percent in November 2024 and which closed the two-mile stretch between Lincoln Way and Sloat Boulevard to private vehicles. Our July report on how the measure qualified for the ballot covers the signature drive and the campaigns on each side.

Cost was one of the arguments against it. City agencies earlier estimated weekday reopening at $13.95 million, mostly for traffic signals, as covered in our report on the cost analysis. The Standard reports that a city controller’s report put the cost at $20 million over five years.

What the two sides said

District 4 Supervisor Alan Wong, who backed Prop G, said in a statement reported by Bay City News that he respects the result and will keep working on the traffic safety and congestion concerns raised by Sunset residents. Lucas Lux, chair of Friends of Sunset Dunes and campaign manager for No on G, invited San Franciscans “no matter how they voted on Prop G” to help plan the park’s future. The Standard notes that some opponents of the closure have said they will keep pursuing legal challenges and ballot measures, so this may not be the last vote on the road.

What it means if you visit

Nothing changes on the ground. Sunset Dunes stays open to people on foot, bike and skateboard every day of the week, with the skate park, playground, public art and picnic areas the city has added since the park opened in April 2025. San Francisco Recreation and Parks counted 1.7 million visits in its first year. The N Judah and the 18 46th Avenue both reach the north end of the park.

For what is there and how to plan a visit, see our guide to Sunset Dunes. For everything else happening this month, see things to do in San Francisco in November 2026, and for how voting worked this year, our Election Day explainer.

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