Outer Sunset merchants grill Safaí on Great Highway
Mission Local is publishing campaign dispatches for each of the major contenders in the mayor’s race, alternating among candidates weekly until November. This week: Ahsha Safaí. Read earlier dispatches here.The fog rolled in on the Upper Great Highway around noon on Tuesday, and dozens of cars drove down the oceanside road. Two blocks east of the highway, some 15 business owners of the Outer Sunset Merchant Association met with major mayoral candidates at the Outerlands restaurant on Judah Street and 45th Avenue — and the Upper Great Highway’s potential closure is on the top of everyone’s mind. A 2-mile stretch of the highway connecting San Francisco’s westside to Daly City and regions further down the Peninsula may be quite different after Election Day, if a ballot measure mandating its closure passes.The issue has become hotly contested: Dueling rallies took place over the […]