Alan Wong
Alan Wong is a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in California, representing District 4. He assumed office on December 1, 2025. His current term ends in 2026.
Wong is running in a special election to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to represent District 4 in California. He is on the ballot in the special general election on June 2, 2026.[source]
Biography
Alan Wong was born in San Francisco, California. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, San Diego and a master’s degree from the University of San Francisco. Wong’s career experience includes working as Education Policy Advisor for San Francisco Supervisor Gordon Mar and as a union organizer for homecare and healthcare workers.
Wong’s community service experience includes serving as a delegate for the San Francisco Labor Council. He has also served on leadership panels for the following organizations:
- Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, San Francisco Chapter;
- American Red Cross, Bay Area Chapter; and
- Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs, San Francisco Chapter.[1]
2026 battleground election
Ballotpedia identified the June 2, 2026, special election for San Francisco Board of Supervisors as a battleground election. The summary below is from our coverage of this election, found here.
Two seats on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors are up for special election on June 2, 2026. Incumbent Stephen Sherrill, Lori Brooke, and Jeremy Kirshner are running in District 2. Incumbent Alan Wong, Albert Chow, Natalie Gee, Jeremy Greco, and David Lee are running in District 4. As of February 2026, Sherrill and Brooke led in fundraising and local media attention in District 2. As of the same date, Wong, Chow, and Gee led in endorsements and fundraising in District 4.
The winners of both elections will serve through January 2027. Both seats will be up for election again in November 2026 for full terms. Former Mayor London Breed appointed Sherrill to the board in December 2024 to fill the vacancy opened when Catherine Stefani (D) resigned after winning election to the California Assembly. Mayor Daniel Lurie appointed Wong to the board in December 2025 after voters recalled Joel Engardio.[2]
The Democratic Party of San Francisco and Mayor Daniel Lurie endorsed both Sherrill and Wong.[3][4][5] GrowSF, a group describing its mission as "[advocating] for a safer, cleaner, and more affordable San Francisco," says it will spend at least $250,000 in support of both Sherrill and Wong.[6][7]
Sherrill is a former staffer for both Breed and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I). Brooke is an activist and the president of the Cow Hollow Association.
Wong is a former member of the San Francisco Community College Board. Gee is the chief of staff for District 10 board member Shamann Walton. Chow is a hardware store owner and an organizer of the Engardio recall campaign.
Both Sherrill and Wong voted in December 2025 to pass a Lurie-backed zoning proposal. The plan increased height limits from four stories to six or eight stories for both new and existing structures throughout much of the city, with affected structures including both commercial and residential lots.[8] Brooke is the co-founder of Neighborhoods United SF, which opposes the zoning plan.[9] Both Chow and Gee oppose the zoning plan.[10]
The 11-member Board of Supervisors is the City of San Francisco's legislative body. Members are elected by district to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections. All five seats in even-numbered districts are up for election in November 2026. Four of the members up for election this year supported the rezoning proposal.
Elections
2026
See also: City elections in San Francisco, California (2026)
General election
The general election will occur on June 2, 2026.
Special general election for San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 4
Incumbent Alan Wong (Nonpartisan), Albert Chow (Nonpartisan), Natalie Gee (Nonpartisan), Jeremy Greco (Nonpartisan), and David Lee (Nonpartisan) are running in the special general election for San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 4 on June 2, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | Alan Wong (Nonpartisan) | |
 | Albert Chow (Nonpartisan) | |
 | Natalie Gee (Nonpartisan) | |
| Jeremy Greco (Nonpartisan) | ||
 | David Lee (Nonpartisan)  | |
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Candidate spending
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Endorsements
Wong received the following endorsements. To send us additional endorsements, click here.
- U.S. Rep. Kevin Mullin (D)
- Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis (D)
- San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie (Nonpartisan)
- Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta (D)
- State Controller Malia Cohen (D)
- State Treasurer Fiona Ma (D)
- City and County of San Francisco, Calif., Democratic Party
- Carpenters Local Union 22
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters Joint Council 7
- International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC) Local 8
- International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 3
- North Coast States Carpenters Union
- San Francisco Police Officers Association
- United Association (UA) Local 38 Plumbers, Steamfitters & HVAC/R
- United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 648
- San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs’ Association
2024
See also: City elections in San Francisco, California (2024)
General election
General election for San Francisco Community College Board (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for San Francisco Community College Board on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Heather McCarty (Nonpartisan) | 19.7 | 162,477 |
| ✔ |  | Aliya Chisti (Nonpartisan) | 18.2 | 149,638 |
| ✔ | | Alan Wong (Nonpartisan) | 17.1 | 140,951 |
| ✔ | Luis Zamora (Nonpartisan) | 14.3 | 117,682 | |
| Ruth Ferguson (Nonpartisan) | 13.9 | 114,132 | ||
 | Leanna Louie (Nonpartisan) | 6.1 | 50,353 | |
| Ben Kaplan (Nonpartisan) | 6.0 | 49,320 | ||
 | Julio Ramos (Nonpartisan) | 4.7 | 38,741 | |
| Total votes: 823,294 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Paige Bailey (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Wong in this election.
2020
See also: City elections in San Francisco, California (2020)
General election
General election for San Francisco Community College Board (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for San Francisco Community College Board on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Shanell Williams (Nonpartisan) | 18.0 | 195,356 |
| ✔ |  | Tom Temprano (Nonpartisan) | 17.2 | 186,583 |
| ✔ | | Aliya Chisti (Nonpartisan) | 11.7 | 126,904 |
| ✔ | | Alan Wong (Nonpartisan) | 11.4 | 123,437 |
 | Anita Martinez (Nonpartisan) | 10.8 | 117,629 | |
 | Marie Hurabiell (Nonpartisan) | 8.0 | 86,726 | |
| Han Zou (Nonpartisan) | 6.9 | 74,975 | ||
 | Victor Olivieri (Nonpartisan) | 6.7 | 72,840 | |
 | Jeanette Quick (Nonpartisan) | 5.3 | 57,925 | |
 | Geramye Teeter (Nonpartisan) | 2.4 | 25,580 | |
| Dominic Ashe (Nonpartisan) | 1.7 | 18,556 | ||
| Total votes: 1,086,511 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2026
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Campaign websites
Wong's campaign website stated the following:
Create cleaner, safer streets–because for San Francisco to thrive, public safety must be our top priority.
- Fully fund and staff the Police Department with at least 2,100 officers so they can successfully enforce existing laws, and end open-air drug dealing and brazen retail theft. The Department is currently 500 officers short of its recommended staffing levels. That’s unacceptable.
- Focus police recruitment on officers with neighborhood ties as well as bilingual officers who are culturally attuned to our neighborhoods, to ensure the force reflects the city it serves.
- Increase the civilianization of police desk jobs so more officers can move from the office to patrol, while hiring professional staff who are knowledgeable and effective to fill these roles.
- Support proven strategies that reduce officer-involved shootings–inlcluding strong civilian oversight and accountability, clear use-of-force standards, and independent investigations when force is used.
- Advocate for police training that emphasizes de-escalation, crisis response, and alternatives to armed police responses, especially for mental-health and nonviolent situations.
- Strengthen visible ambassador and outreach programs so residents, workers, and visitors feel safe coming to Downtown and our neighborhoods.
- Support traffic safety policies with thoughtful planning, preventative measures, and better street design to protect pedestrians.
Build more housing at all income levels so young people, working families, and seniors can stay in San Francisco
- Prioritize more affordable housing for low and middle-income families, workforce housing for teachers and first responders, and veteran and senior housing.
- Make it easier to build ADUs and support small and mid-sized multifamily projects that fit with neighborhoods.
- Streamline the permitting process and enforce clear timelines. Predictability in the process reduces costs and accelerates home construction.
- Focus density along transit corridors, commercial streets, and underutilized sites.
- Protect rent control, fund eviction defense and right-to-counsel, and ensure strong anti-displacement protections alongside any new development.
Tackle homelessness and drug addiction with housing, treatment, and accountability, to move people from the streets into stable, long-term homes
- Significantly expand permanent supportive housing, interim housing, and sober housing options, while improving placement speed so people are not left cycling between the streets, emergency rooms, and jail.
- Address root causes of homelessness by expanding affordable housing, protecting tenants from displacement, and investing in mental health and substance abuse treatment.
- Strengthen behavioral health services and coordination, by adding stabilization beds, expanding clinically-staffed outreach teams, and improving coordination between the Department of Public Health, Human Services, and law enforcement.
- Advance a balanced approach to open-air drug use that combines compassion and harm reduction—including medically assisted treatment, supervised consumption, outreach, and recovery support—with clear and consistent enforcement against public disorder and drug dealing.
- Expand city-supported clinics and treatment programs to fill gaps left by federal cuts.
- Increase accountability and measurable outcomes by setting transparent benchmarks for shelter and housing placements, retention rates, and reductions in unsheltered homelessness, and aligning funding with programs that deliver results.
Cut red tape to make City Hall work better for small businesses
- Streamline and consolidate the permitting process, improve cross-departmental coordination, and reduce unnecessary delays–to help entrepreneurs navigate City departments so small businesses can start and scale more easily.
- Work closely with neighbors to solicit feedback and identify burdensome and outdated regulations, processes, and procedures for reform or elimination.
- Prioritize first-time, immigrant, and family-owned businesses in ground-floor retail spaces.
- Provide targeted financial assistance, facade improvement grants, and technical support to help small businesses recover, grow, and fill empty storefronts.
Create good, family-sustaining jobs so San Franciscans can build generational wealth
- Fight for good jobs with local hiring, prevailing wages, and strong workforce standards, and partner with community colleges to support career technical education and vocational and career track programs to help underserved communities gain access to stable and long-term jobs.
- Work to raise labor standards and protect worker and union rights.
- Support growth of both the innovation sector and the care economy. San Francisco should continue leading in clean energy, life sciences, and technology, while also recognizing that child care, healthcare, and elder care are essential economic drivers.
- Ensure new housing construction projects uphold high labor standards, prioritize local hire, and expand apprenticeships pathways so more San Franciscans can enter the skilled trades.
Make San Francisco friendlier to children, students, families, and seniors
- Invest in affordable childcare and support the Mayor’s efforts to deliver universal childcare to San Francisco.
- Expand access to affordable, high-quality early learning, and strengthen neighborhood public schools with equitable funding, language access, and student support.
- Work with SFUSD and City College to strengthen career-technical education, while addressing housing, food, and transit stability so students can focus on learning.
- Work with City College to expand the Free City College program to cover fees outside of tuition, which will reduce the cost burden on students and support increased enrollment. And work to enshrine free City College permanently in the City Charter.
Help Downtown continue to revitalize and evolve
- Accelerate conversions of underutilized office buildings into housing, supporting arts, nightlife and cultural programming, to diversity Downtown beyond traditional office use. A mixed-use neighborhood, with residents, entertainment, and retail, will create sustained activity beyond the traditional workday.
- Focus on economic growth sectors that anchor long-term stability, like technology, hospitality, and conventions.
- Strengthen transit, support tourism, and streamline approvals for major projects to help bring jobs and investment back to the urban core.
Improve transportation and infrastructure to make it easier and more affordable to get around the city we love
- Prioritize making public transit safer, cleaner, more reliable, and on-time.
- Expand traffic safety enforcement by the Police Department, especially in school zones.
- Prevent SFMTA decisions that don’t have community buy-in
- Invest in critical street safety improvements to make it easier for pedestrians to walk through the city safely.
- Ensure MUNI uses its existing resources and budget efficiently.
- Support biking to work to reduce traffic congestion on city streets.
- Work to increase parking options without affecting other modes of transit.
- Reopen the Great Highway on weekdays. This is an important artery for traffic, and closing it 24 hours a day has led to traffic being rerouted through our neighborhoods and an increase in pedestrian injury.
Defend our San Francisco values–protecting immigrants, underserved people, the LGBTQ+ community, and more
- Ensure the City does not participate in federal immigration raids, detainers, or holds that lack judicial authorization, that we share no sensitive personal information or data with ICE, and that we engage in no cooperation that jeopardizes the safety or trust of our immigrant communities, including in schools, hospitals, and workplaces.
- Enforce equity standards in public health programs, collecting disaggregated data to identify disparities and center the voices of diverse patients and frontline healthcare workers.
- Defend DEI policies from federal cuts and support ordinances and budget decisions that protect access to gender-affirming care and uphold nondiscrimination standards in City-funded healthcare.
- Defend San Francisco’s Sanctuary City laws and push back against any efforts to weaken them. And expand access to legal defense, know-your-rights education, and culturally competent services for immigrant families.
Make government more accessible, transparent, and efficient for everyday San Franciscans
- Strengthen government oversight, require performance audits and clear public reporting on contracts and spending, and ensure there are consequences when rules are broken. We must ensure taxpayer dollars are delivering the results we pay for.
- Support stronger whistleblower projections so City workers can safely report waste or corruption.
- Alan has dedicated half of his office staff to constituent services. Because every Sunset resident deserves a real voice at City hall–particularly folks who don’t have time to organize but whose lives are deeply affected by City decisions.
- If you have a concern–a broken streetlight, a safety concern, a permit issue, or you’ve hit a wall with a City agency–Alan’s office is here to help, to ensure the right people are listening and right agencies follow through.
— Alan Wong's campaign website (March 3, 2026)
Wong's campaign website stated the following:
Alan Hears Us Loud and Clear. His Vision for His Hometown is Our Vision Too:
- Create cleaner and safer streets and fully fund and staff the Police Department.
- Reopen the Great Highway on weekdays.
- Cut red tape to make City Hall work for residents and small businesses.
- Make San Francisco friendlier to families, children, and seniors.
— Alan Wong's campaign website (February 13, 2026)
2024
Alan Wong did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Alan Wong completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Wong's responses.
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Alan was born and raised in San Francisco. As a teenager, Alan took City College classes for free with a low-income tuition waiver. The College units Alan earned helped him to graduate from U.C. San Diego with a bachelor's degree at age 19.
In Alan's work as Education Policy Advisor for San Francisco Supervisor Gordon Mar, Alan helped draft and advance the 'Free City College' legislation at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to secure a decade of tuition-free college. Alan also worked with local nonprofits, City College, and SFUSD to expand City College into the Sunset.
In partnership with City College stakeholders, Alan wrote the Workforce Education and Recovery Fund (WERF) legislation in order to provide job training for workers, promote economic recovery, bolster student wraparound services, and restore City College programs that have been impacted by declining state funding.
- Workforce Development- I will ensure that the college provides an array of programs for the people most impacted by COVID. I will partner with employers, labor unions, and workforce nonprofits to improve student employment outcomes.
- Transparency- I will secure the college's fiscal health and regain the trust of the public. I will advocate to put an end to deficit spending, grow the college's financial reserves, bring transparency to the college, and increase enrollment and state funding by developing coursework that better enables students to compete in the 21st-century workplace.
- Equity- I will advocate for wraparound services supporting student retention and basic student needs, a diverse workforce reflecting the student population, and vocational and career track programs to help underserved communities gain access to stable and long-term jobs.
Alan will ensure that the college provides a robust array of programs for working and immigrant families impacted by COVID-19. He will partner with employers, labor unions, and workforce nonprofits to improve student employment outcomes and increase transitions into good-paying jobs.
2. Fiscal Oversight and Transparency - For too long, City College has faced structural issues that have impaired its long-term success.
As Trustee, Alan will advocate to put an end to deficit spending, grow the college's financial reserves, bring transparency to the college, and increase enrollment and state funding by developing coursework that better enables students to compete in the 21st century workplace.
2. Grow enrollment to 32,000 Full Time Equivalency Students to gain increased state apportionment (state funding) for the college by increasing public confidence in the college and offering quality and in-demand coursework for the 21st century workforce.
3. Increase public trust in the college by putting an end to deficit spending, growing the college's financial reserves, bringing transparency to the college, and increasing state funding by developing coursework that better enables students to compete in the 21st century workplace.
Furthermore, my lived experience and history of doing the work has earned me the trust and credibility with all the key stakeholder groups at City College as a person that will listen to and work with everybody. I was born and raised in San Francisco, and my entire family went to City College. I have also played a key role in creating and drafting significant City College policies and programs, including securing Free City College for a decade, expanding City College into the Sunset, and the Workforce Education and Recovery Fund legislation. My credibility and leadership is reflected by my endorsements from the Student Chancellor Angelica Campos, all six City College Trustees that are making endorsements, AFT Local 2121, and SEIU 1021 - groups that have often been fractious at the College. I would use my credibility and leadership to bring stakeholders together to solve the great challenges facing the college.
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See also
2026 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 10, 2020
- ↑ Lurie first appointed Beya Alcaraz to replace Engardio. Alcaraz took office on November 6, 2025, and resigned on November 14, 2025. Lurie appointed Wong after Alcaraz's resignation.
- ↑ Stephen Sherrill campaign website, "Endorsements," accessed February 27, 2026
- ↑ Alan Wong campaign website, "Endorsements," accessed February 27, 2026
- ↑ Democratic Party of San Francisco, "June 2, 2026 Primary Election Voter Guide," accessed February 27, 2026
- ↑ GrowSF, "Home page," accessed February 27, 2026
- ↑ The San Francisco Standard, "SF political group dropping nearly $2 million to support moderates," February 5, 2026
- ↑ Mission Local, "Board of Supervisors passes plan to upzone San Francisco," December 2, 2025
- ↑ Neighborhoods United SF, "About Us," accessed February 27, 2026
- ↑ Mission Local, "S.F. supe says campaign rival sabotaged Great Highway measure. She says he didn’t do the work. " February 27, 2026
