Man responsible for SF’s Sunset Dunes park still gets threats

San Francisco Chronicle · Harry Mok · 2026-11-05 12:00 UTC

Prop G’s defeat could end the acrimony of three elections in four years over the fate of the Great Highway. But for Joel Engardio, the fallout could linger.

It was supposed to be a cordial meeting at a neighborhood coffee shop. Instead, it turned ugly, fast.

In November 2024, then-Supervisor Joel Engardio invited his newly elected colleague Bilal Mahmood to meet at Lakeshore Plaza. Voters had recently approved Proposition K, which closed the Great Highway to car traffic to create a park.

Much to the chagrin of many of his Outer Sunset constituents, who mostly voted no on Prop K, Engardio had led the charge for the measure, and an effort to recall him launched right after the election.

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