Albert Chow is running for the District 4 seat on the Board of Supervisors, and he is making clear early that he does not intend to fit the standard political categories City Hall reporters use to sort candidates.

Chow, in an interview with MissionLocal, positioned himself as neither aligned with housing-abundance advocates nor with neighborhood-preservation factions — a framing he acknowledged would frustrate observers who sort District 4 candidates into those camps. Whether that posture holds under the pressure of an actual campaign, or under the scrutiny of a contested land-use vote, remains to be seen.

He has staked out specific positions on several issues with real policy stakes. On Sunset Dunes — the proposed park development at the western edge of Golden Gate Park — Chow has expressed strong feelings, though the specifics of his stance were not detailed in available reporting. He has also weighed in on red-light enforcement and boarding island configurations for Muni stops, two issues that tend to animate Outer Sunset residents who rely on surface transit and deal with pedestrian-safety conditions on Taraval and Irving Street corridors.

District 4 covers the Outer Sunset and has historically produced supervisors who balance neighborhood character concerns with city-wide infrastructure demands. The seat is consequential for transit policy given the L Taraval line's ongoing capital project and the continued build-out of the Great Highway corridor.

Chow has not yet filed paperwork establishing his fundraising position, and no endorsements have been announced.

Watch for: candidate forums in the Sunset this spring, SFMTA's continued L Taraval outreach meetings where any candidate presence will signal organizing priorities, and the formal opening of the nomination period.