Alan Wong
Candidate for San Francisco County Supervisorial District 4
Alan Wong was born in San Francisco. He grew up in the Sunset District. He attended Lincoln High School there. He earned a bachelor's degree from UC San Diego. He earned a master's degree from the University of San Francisco. He worked as a union organizer. He organized home care and health care workers. He then worked as an education policy advisor. He advised then-Supervisor Gordon Mar. He later led public policy and communications. This was for the Children's Council of San Francisco. He served as a trustee on the San Francisco Community College Board. He is also a first lieutenant in the Army National Guard. Mayor Daniel Lurie appointed him to the Board of Supervisors in December 2025. He represents District 4. Lurie chose him from five finalists in an open process. This happened after the seat became vacant.
Positions in brief
Wong has three main goals. One is public safety. Another is making government work better for residents and small businesses. The third is supporting families. He says public safety must be the city's top priority.
Wong supports fully staffing the police department. He says this would close a roughly 500-officer gap. He wants to end open-air drug dealing. He wants to move officers off desk jobs and use civilians instead. He wants to modernize police technology. He wants to recruit bilingual officers. He wants to prosecute both street-level and organized fentanyl dealers. On housing, he says the shortage stems from supply and demand constraints. He supports the Family Zoning Plan. He wants to make it easier for homeowners to expand properties. He also wants to make it easier to add accessory dwelling units. He supports exempting affordable housing from CEQA. He wants to exempt it from other permitting hurdles too. For small businesses, he backs Mayor Lurie's PermitSF initiative. It aims to streamline permitting. He wants to reduce or eliminate overly burdensome fees. He wants most non-vice businesses to open without special approval. On the budget, he favors an incremental, pragmatic approach. He wants to review both spending cuts and revenue increases. He wants to right-size government to essential services. On transportation, he opposes fully closing the Great Highway to cars. He supports reopening it on weekdays instead. He backs Vision Zero. He wants to consider all transit modes. On government reform, he wants to eliminate outdated commissions. He wants to cut red tape. He wants to dedicate half his staff to constituent services. He wants 24-hour response times for that work.
On the issues
- Public Safety & Policing
Wants to close a roughly 500-officer staffing gap, civilianize desk jobs, modernize police technology, and prosecute street-level and organized fentanyl dealers.
“public safety must be the number one priority”
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Supports the Family Zoning Plan, easier ADU and home-expansion approvals, and exempting affordable housing from CEQA review.
Source → - Economy & Jobs
Wants to streamline permitting for small businesses and cut overly burdensome fees.
“reducing or eliminating fees that are overly burdensome or unnecessary”
Source → - Taxes & Cost of Living
Favors an incremental, pragmatic approach to budget deficits that reviews both spending cuts and revenue increases.
“incremental, and pragmatic approach”
Source → - Infrastructure & Transportation
Opposes fully closing the Great Highway to cars and supports reopening it to traffic on weekdays.
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Wants to eliminate outdated city commissions, cut red tape, and dedicate half his staff to constituent services with 24-hour response times.
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