San Francisco Board of Supervisors — District 4 (Special Election)
✦ AI Race Summary
Sunset, Parkside, Outer Sunset. Special election to fill the remainder of the unexpired term after voters recalled Joel Engardio in 2025; Mayor Daniel Lurie appointed Alan Wong to the seat in December 2025 after Beya Alcaraz's brief tenure. Whoever wins June 2 serves through January 2027 — the seat is up again for a full term in November 2026. Family Zoning Plan, the Great Highway closure, Sunset public safety, and the moderate-vs-progressive balance on the Board of Supervisors dominate the race. Five candidates on the ballot; ranked-choice voting is in effect.
Candidates · sorted by endorsements
Sunset native and Lincoln High School graduate. First Lieutenant in the California Army National Guard. Previously served as Legislative Aide to former D4 Supervisor Gordon Mar (2019–2023), then led Public Policy at the Children's Council of San Francisco, and was elected to the City College of San Francisco Board of Trustees, serving two terms as board president. Appointed to the D4 seat by Mayor Lurie in December 2025. His first ballot measure as supervisor would have re-opened the Great Highway to cars on weekdays, but only two other supervisors signed on so it didn't qualify. Supports the Family Zoning Plan, fully staffing SFPD with bilingual recruitment (Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish), and Prop 36 enforcement.
United Democratic Club · Endorsed
Association for the Advancement of Asians · Endorsed
Owner of Great Wall Hardware on Taraval Street, a family-run hardware store established in 1978. President of People of Parkside Sunset (POPS), a neighborhood organization that hosts local events and partners with residents and SFPD on quality-of-life issues. Was an organizer of the 2025 Engardio recall campaign. Opposed the Family Zoning Plan; supports the original Great Highway compromise (open to cars weekdays, closed on weekends). Platform emphasizes small-business survival, neighborhood character, and public safety.
Longtime City Hall staffer. Most recently chief of staff to D10 Supervisor Shamann Walton. Platform emphasizes protecting renters, expanding affordable housing, supporting unions, opposing recalls, and establishing a public bank. Opposed the Family Zoning Plan as written but says she supports it with amendments. Leading the field in fundraising as of February 2026.
Longtime instructor of political science at San Francisco State University and other public institutions. Former San Francisco Recreation and Park Commissioner. Founder of the Chinese American Voters Education Committee, through which he says he registered over 100,000 voters. Platform focuses on infrastructure investment, public safety, and Asian-American civic engagement.
Local school-campus coordinator and longtime Sunset renter. Cooperative-housing advocate; platform centers on housing cooperatives, community land trusts, and economic democracy as solutions to the affordability crisis.