Beverly Hills 2017 Election Results: Incumbents Are Leading In Early Results

BEVERLY HILLS, CA -- In Tuesday's election, eight candidates were vying for three seats on the Beverly Hills City Council and it looked like the incumbents are all returning to the council based on early voting results.

Mayor John Mirisch, vice mayor Nancy Krasne were the leading the pack with 17.3 percent and 16.9 percent of the vote, respectively. Attorney Les Friedman was third with 16.1 percent and current city treasurer Eliot Finkel was in fourth place with 15.9 percent. Economist Bob Wunderlich and Vera Markowitz had 13.8 percent and 10.2 percent of the vote, respectively.

The rest are polling in the single digits. Howard S. Fisher was running unopposed for city treasurer.

In the countywide election, the fate of a proposed quarter-cent Los Angeles County sales tax to fund anti-homelessness programs remained too close to call Wednesday.

With nearly 70 percent of precincts reporting from Tuesday's election, Measure H had 65.4 percent of the vote, but it needs a two-thirds majority to pass.

The Board of Supervisors has declared homelessness a countywide emergency and chose the sales tax hike over a number of other funding alternatives, including a millionaire's tax, a parcel tax and a special tax on marijuana.

The turnout for Tuesday's election was one of the lowest in recent years. As of 5 p.m., an estimated 9.16 percent of voters had cast ballots in the countywide election, according to the county registrar's office. The estimate is based on a random sampling of 30 polling places.

Los Angeles County Registrar/Recorder-County Clerk Dean Logan told KNX Newsradio late Tuesday afternoon that at the current pace, turnout would likely wind up at about 12 percent after polls close at 8 p.m. and vote-by-mail ballots are tallied.

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