Alan Wong (politician)
Alan Wong | |||||||||||
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Official portrait, 2026 | |||||||||||
| Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from the 4th district | |||||||||||
| Assumed office December 1, 2025 | |||||||||||
| Appointed by | Daniel Lurie | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Beya Alcaraz | ||||||||||
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| Born | 1986 or 1987 (age 38–39)[1] San Francisco, California, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Party | Democratic | ||||||||||
| Education | City College of San Francisco, UC San Diego, University of San Francisco | ||||||||||
| Website | Board website | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 王兆倫 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 王兆伦 | ||||||||||
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Alan Wong (Chinese: 王兆倫)[2] is an American politician. He was elected to the City College of San Francisco Board of Trustees in 2020.
In November 2025, he was selected by Mayor Daniel Lurie to replace Beya Alcaraz on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors after Alcaraz resigned earlier that month.
Early life
Wong was born and raised in the Sunset District of San Francisco to immigrants from Hong Kong.[3] Wong's father is a hotel cook, and his mother is a housewife.[4] Wong graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in 2005.[4] In high school, he was a student delegate on the San Francisco Board of Education. He was one of the plaintiffs who sued the board for raising Superintendent Arlene Ackerman's salary.[4][5]
Wong received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and later his master's degree at the University of San Francisco (USF).[6]
Career
Wong is a first lieutenant with the California National Guard.[7][8]
Wong was elected to the City College of San Francisco (CCSF) Board of Trustees in the November 3, 2020[9] election.[10] During his time on the board, he has served as its president and advocated for the preservation of Cantonese instruction at the college.[10][11]
Wong was a legislative aide under San Francisco Supervisor Gordon Mar and a former union organizer.[7] He worked as policy director for the Children's Council of San Francisco.[10]
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
On November 30, 2025, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie selected Wong to assume the office of District 4 Supervisor after Beya Alcaraz's resignation earlier that month.[7][1] Wong was sworn in by Lurie the following day.[12][13] Lurie subsequently appointed Ruth Ferguson to fill Wong's vacancy on the CCSF Board of Trustees.[14]
In January 2026, Wong attempted to place a ballot measure on the June 2026 election to reopen the Great Highway to vehicles during weekdays.[15] The measure failed to garner the necessary supervisor votes to do so.[16]
References
- ^ a b Eskenazi, Joe (November 30, 2025). "Mayor Lurie taps Alan Wong as District 4 supervisor — 3rd of 2025". Mission Local. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
- ^ "Vote Only Alan Wong for SF College Board". AFT 2121.
- ^ "Mayor Lurie Appoints Alan Wong as District 4 Supervisor | SF.gov". www.sf.gov.
- ^ a b c Knight, Heather. "Student school board delegate finishes year in controversy". SF Gate. Archived from the original on August 20, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
- ^ Hohe, Patrick (November 30, 2025). "Mayor chooses city politics, policy veteran to fill District 4 seat". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
- ^ Fabian, Jose (November 30, 2025). "San Francisco mayor appoints Alan Wong to fill Sunset District supervisor seat". CBS News. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
- ^ a b c Li, Han (November 30, 2025). "Lurie to appoint City College trustee Alan Wong to Sunset supervisor seat". San Francisco Standard. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
- ^ Meza, Victoria (November 30, 2025). "San Francisco mayor to appoint Alan Wong as new District 4 supervisor". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
- ^ "November 3, 2020 Final Election Results". sfelections.org. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
- ^ a b c Morris, J.D.; McFadden, Alyce; Hodgman, Lucy (November 30, 2025). "S.F. Mayor Lurie taps Sunset native and former City Hall aide for supervisor". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
- ^ Li, Han (December 29, 2023). "Why Is It So Difficult To Save Cantonese in San Francisco?". San Francisco Standard. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
- ^ "Alan Wong sworn in a San Francisco's new District 4 Supervisor". KALW. December 1, 2025. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
- ^ "Mayor Lurie Appoints Alan Wong as District 4 Supervisor". sf.gov. December 1, 2025. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
- ^ Asimov, Nanette (January 5, 2026). "Mayor Lurie appoints S.F. housing advocate Ruth Ferguson to City College board". San Francisco Chronicle.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Johnson, Sydney (January 9, 2026). "Sunset Supervisor Reveals Draft Ballot Measure to Put Cars Back on the Great Highway | KQED". KQED. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
- ^ Tom, Matthew (January 13, 2026). "Plan for ballot measure to reopen SF's Great Highway fails". SF Gate.
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