JFK Drive would reopen to car traffic on weekdays as well as Saturdays from October to March. The Great Highway from Skyline Boulevard to Lincoln Way would also be open to cars seven days a week under the measure.
The Chron story and others failed to mention who actually funded the signature-gathering campaign. A local NBC story even referred to the Access for All Campaign as "grassroots."
I can't believe it - the word "CAR" appears not a single time on this flyer. The museums and their donors won't even say the word! My goodness the cowardice - so telling. pic.twitter.com/8Gf5zXsliZ
As seen in the disclosures and on the bottom of the flyer included in the above Tweet, Wilsey wrote a check for $200,000 to pay for signature gathering. That's pocket change to Wilsey but enough money to get a ham sandwich on the ballot.
Map from Rec and Parks of the car-free areas (in green). Motorists can drive on all the other roadways and have a tunnel and parking garage under the museums and music concourse.Map from Rec and Parks
But JFK drive was useful for Wilsey to get to her hobby/museum from her mansion (one of them anyway) in Pacific Heights, across from Alta Plaza Park. It's a straight shot by car down JFK. Or at least it was until the all-powerful bike and walk lobbies ruined it by making her divert to the underground tunnel from Fulton.
Same probably goes for her ultra-rich friends, some of whom are listed alongside her on this invitation to her Trump fundraiser:
The good news is this: the ballot measure supporters probably made a mistake by linking JFK Promenade and Great Walkway. It's unlikely that everyone who wants the Great Walkway compromise blown up and cars returned to it seven days a week also want cars back on JFK, which all polling shows is immensely popular. It's also going to be harder to trick voters on what the campaign is really about on the ballot because the language will be regulated by the City Attorney. And Supervisor Mandelman, Supervisor Melgar, Supervisor Dorsey, Supervisor Ronen have already placed a counter-acting measure on the November ballot that will change city code to reinforce keeping the eastern half of JFK car-free. If that is supported by more voters than the Wilsey measure, JFK will remain a promenade.
Trump supporters want cars speeding through the park again, endangering childrenTrump supporters want cars speeding through the park again, endangering children