San Francisco Prop. B Takes 51.16% Lead as Voters Keep Sunset Dunes

Late-arriving mail ballots pushed San Francisco's municipal public bank charter measure into the lead on Thursday, even as voters overwhelmingly affirmed the permanent Sunset Dunes coastal park, Congressman-elect Scott Wiener weighed in on the race to succeed him in the California Senate, and Canada's largest Asian supermarket chain opened its first San Francisco flagship.

Proposition B Public Bank Measure Takes 51.16% Lead in Updated Count

San Francisco Proposition B jumped into the lead with 51.16% Yes to 48.84% No—a margin of roughly 5,500 votes—after trailing at 48.46% in Election Night returns.

Sponsored by District 11 Supervisor Chyanne Chen under California's 2019 Assembly Bill 857 public banking framework (which sunsets in 2028), Proposition B authorizes the city to establish a nonprofit municipal finance corporation focused on affordable housing, small business lending, and green infrastructure, and allows the Board of Supervisors to convert that entity into a full municipal public bank after 3 years of operation. A 2023 municipal feasibility study estimated that capitalizing and launching a full public bank would cost between $310 million and $460 million over an 8-year period.

Campaign finance filings show the Yes on B committee raised $392,000, led by $175,000 from policy researcher Saikat Chakrabarti, $125,000 from the San Francisco Foundation, and $50,000 from SEIU Local 2015, while opponents raised $23,000 through GrowSF and $5,800 through SPUR.

Voters Reject Proposition G by 64.8%, Preserving Sunset Dunes Park

On the city's western shoreline, voters decisively rejected Proposition G by 64.8% (156,141 No votes) to 35.2% (84,828 Yes votes), defeating an initiative that sought to reopen the Upper Great Highway to private motor vehicles and dismantle the Sunset Dunes coastal park.

Since voters approved Proposition K with 55% citywide support in 2024 to close the oceanfront roadway to cars, Sunset Dunes has grown into San Francisco's 3rd most visited park. Precinct-level returns show a dramatic neighborhood shift along the park's immediate border: across the 8 voting precincts directly abutting the Upper Great Highway, support for keeping the coastal park jumped from 40% in 2024 to 58% in 2026.

Scott Wiener Endorses Matt Haney for 11th State Senate District

With state Sen. Scott Wiener heading to Washington after winning his congressional race, Wiener formally endorsed District 17 Assemblyman Matt Haney over Democratic Party activist Christine Pelosi in next year's special election to serve the remaining 2 years of Wiener's 11th Senate District term.

Haney now holds endorsements from more than 70 state legislators, including Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas and San Francisco Assemblywoman Catherine Stefani. The endorsement arrives as Haney navigates 2 open Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) investigations opened in July 2024 and Aug. 2025 examining roughly $75,000 in campaign spending on sports and concert tickets—including $65,000 on San Francisco 49ers tickets—as well as a $119,000 ballot measure committee that spent less than $19,000 on voter advertisements and a $5,000 campaign donation to a nonprofit toy drive.

Canada's T&T Supermarket Opens First San Francisco Store in Former Best Buy

On the commercial front, Canada's largest Asian grocery chain, T&T Supermarket, opened its 1st San Francisco store on Thursday, transforming a former Best Buy big-box space at City Center that had stood vacant for nearly 10 years.

Founded in 1993 and led by CEO Tina Lee, T&T Supermarket opened its first California location in San Jose in June; the San Francisco store is its 2nd in the state, with future Bay Area locations already planned for Millbrae and Newark. The San Francisco store features the chain's first U.S. T&T Cafe alongside a hot food bar, in-house bakery, and live seafood tanks, and has hired approximately 300 employees while recruiting for 50 remaining positions.