Two years after the Great Highway closed to vehicles, city officials face a $13.2 million question: Should the roadway be reopened to cars? The existing traffic signals need significant updates, dwarfing the comparatively modest $700,000 used to build Sunset Dunes Park.

A ballot measure in San Francisco aims to raise taxes on companies with disproportionately high executive compensation. Labor advocates insist that large corporations should pay more into public coffers, while business leaders argue the tax could harm the city’s economy.