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District 4 Supervisor Ranked-Choice Voting

CADC endorsed Albert Chow #1, Alan Wong #2 and Natalie Gee #3, is to ensure we model unity in the Chinese community, and also allow the ranking to differentiate the representations that best represent the community voice given the turbulence in the Sunset in the past 2 years in the fights that CADC has joined and led.  With an AAPI population of over 53%, the Sunset District deserves representatives who understand the community. See more here (https://www.sfcadc.org/cadc_endorsed_albert_chow_alan_wong_natalie_gee_for_district_4_supervisor).

Albert Chow for District 4 Supervisor #1

Albert Chow is a proven community leader who led the consequential 2024 No on K campaign that CADC supported, in order to preserve the Great Highway compromise and protect the fabric of Westside’s multigenerational community. As a legacy hardware store owner who knows the nuts and bolts of the neighborhood, and longtime leader of People of Parkside Sunset (POPS), he has built beloved community traditions like Movie Nights and Tree Lighting, and helped launch the Farmers Market, Night Markets, Chinese Culture District and Great Hauntway. Albert has delivered real results, including safer crossings on Sunset Boulevard and $1 million for Taraval merchants affected by L-Taraval construction. He has made a lasting impact across District 4.

Source (https://www.sfcadc.org/6_2_26_endorsement_partial)

Albert Chow is a long-time Sunset District resident and small business owner in San Francisco. He owns Great Wall Hardware on Taraval Street, a family-run store established in 1978 and has been active in the community for decades. Chow serves as president of People of Parkside Sunset (POPS), a neighborhood organization that hosts local events, such as movie nights and markets, and partners with residents and police on quality-of-life issues. Through POPS, he has emphasized community engagement and safety. His campaign highlights include a focus on safe streets, housing affordability and support for small businesses. If there is a candidate whose heart is in the right place, whose motives are pure and genuine, and who truly cares and understands his community, it’s Albert. Juggling the demands of City Hall as a small business owner, along with his strong commitment to family, makes us a little worried that he has bitten off more than he can chew. But Albert is a homegrown candidate who our members overwhelmingly selected as their number one pick for D4 Supervisor. We would love to see him representing his District at City Hall. Rank #1.

Source (https://www.connectedsf.com/d4-board-of-supervisors-2026-endorsement)

Alan Wong was appointed by Mayor Lurie last fall as the supervisor for District 4, following the recall of former supervisor Joel Engardio and the brief tenure of Beya Alcaraz. Wong is a lifelong resident of the Sunset District and a graduate of San Francisco public schools. Before his appointment, Wong served on the City College of San Francisco (CCSF) Board of Trustees, including two terms as board president, and worked as a legislative aide from 2019 to 2023 to longtime D4 supervisor Gordon Mar. While serving as CCSF Board President, the board resisted cost-cutting measures, favored union-aligned leadership choices and delayed and undermined financial reforms that could have helped stabilize the college’s finances. Alan is heavily backed and supported by a large number of unions, which means he will be beholden to a significant number of unions.  While it doesn’t really make sense to us to vote for a guy who worked for the supervisor who D4 did not re-elect, he might be a marginally less progressive option than Natalie Gee. RANK #2

Source (https://www.connectedsf.com/d4-board-of-supervisors-2026-endorsement)

Natalie Gee is a progressive community organizer and was chief of staff to Supervisor Shaman Walton. That should tell you all you need to know about why we cannot support her for D4 supervisor. Her extremely progressive platform includes supporting unions, opposing recalls and establishing a public bank, just to name a few of her ideological priorities. If you thought those were ideal, how about these: other more pie-in-the-sky priorities are progressive tax measures targeting high earners.

Her claim to fame is her community “activism,” which in politics usually translates into an inability to govern due to adherence to ideology over pragmatism. The Board of Supervisors does not need more activists. It needs stalwart soles who can do the boring work of legislating on behalf of all of us. Gee can continue her brand of progressive activism as Shaman Walton’s Chief of Staff. DO NOT RANK

Source (https://www.connectedsf.com/d4-board-of-supervisors-2026-endorsement)

Incumbent Alan Wong, appointed by Mayor Lurie, was a decent member of the Community College Board, mostly aligned with labor—until suddenly he wasn’t. From a progressive start years ago, he has moved rapidly to the right, supporting the mayor’s Rich Family Zoning Plan and Lurie’s efforts to push homelessness and substance use issues into the criminal justice system.

He has become a loyal Lurie ally, and the board desperately needs more independent voices who are willing to stand up to the mayor.

Four candidates are challenging Wong, and they are generally, if not formally, working together on a ranked-choice voting strategy that could oust a Lurie ally and move a step toward a more independent board.

We endorse that strategy.

Natalie Gee is by far the best candidate in the race. She’s been Sup. Shamann Walton’s chief of staff, and knows both public policy and City Hall politics far better than any of the other candidates, including Wong. She is a progressive in a district that ousted a progressive (Gordon Mar) in favor of a conservative (Joel Engardio)—but the same district then voted to recall Engardio. Gee listens to what the district wants, but is not afraid to say that Housing First matters, that turning the police on unhoused people is not the best solution, and that market-rate housing won’t solve the city’s affordability crisis.

She would be an exceptional addition to the independent bloc on the board, and we happily endorse her.

Source (https://www.sfbg.com/2026/05/06/endorsements-for-the-june-2-election/)

David Lee has run for office with little success in the past. He started the Chinese American Voter Education Project, and frankly, has been all over the political map in past years. But he’s talking, daily, repeatedly, about the need to municipalize PG&E, and agreed at a recent forum that the city should immediately start the process of eminent domain.

Source (https://www.sfbg.com/2026/05/06/endorsements-for-the-june-2-election/)

Albert Chow is a hardware store owner and one of the leaders in the Recall Joel Engardio. Chow is the most conservative candidate; he is dubious about most taxes, including Prop. D, and is wary of taking over PG&E’s system. But he is absolutely independent of the mayor and the Lurie cronies; in fact, he said at a recent debate that the Grow SF crowd had offered him a commission appointment if he would drop out of the race, and he refused. So in the spirit of an RCV strategy to replace Wong, we are willing to give him a reluctant nod.

Source (https://www.sfbg.com/2026/05/06/endorsements-for-the-june-2-election/)

My occupation is Hardware Store Owner.

I’m a 50 year Sunset resident, raising my children and sending them to the same neighborhood public schools I attended. I co-founded People of the Parkside Sunset to strengthen our neighborhood by hosting community meetings to keep residents informed, supporting merchants and creating beloved community events like outdoor movie nights. I led the battles to keep the Great Highway Compromise and recall Supervisor Joel Engardio when he didn’t listen to us. I’ve always been on the side of Sunset voters. Recently, Great Wall Hardware – established by my parents in 1983 – was burned down by an arsonist. I’ve spent the last two years rebuilding my family’s legacy. Like my store, our district is damaged and divided. I’ll build it back up and bring everyone together. As your Supervisor, I’ll fight to: • Fully staff our Police Department to keep us safe. • Create needed housing without displacing working class residents and families. • Help start and grow small businesses while supporting our local establishments. • Fight to restore the Great Highway compromise. • Support local schools to ensure our next generation gets the education they deserve. • Add needed infrastructure like emergency services, parking and traffic safety measures. Endorsers: • The Chinese American Democratic Club • Richard Corriea, SFPD Commander (ret.) • Peter Walsh, SFPD Commander (ret.) • Liam Reidy, President United Irish Cultural Center • Wei Rapaport, Owner Qiao Ji Mandarin Language School

VIG listing; Occupation: Hardware Store Owner; 50-year Sunset resident; co-founded People of the Parkside Sunset