Two weeks ago, Sunset renter Lori Milburn knocked on door after door, armed with bright yellow Recall Engardio posters, to encourage District 4 residents to vote out incumbent San Francisco Supervisor Joel Engardio.
The recall, Milburn said, was not only about the Great Highway; it was also a battle for “the soul of the Sunset, for the city of San Francisco and for the average person.”
When Engardio was ousted in Tuesday’s election, the recall vote closed a tumultuous chapter that cemented the city’s west side, once considered a sleepy suburban-style neighborhood, as a hotbed for grassroots political mobilizing with an anti-establishment bent. The neighborhood has played a key role in kicking out incumbents in five elections since 2022, including two high-profile recall elections in 2022…