Manhattan Beach 2017 Election Results: Tony D'Errico Voted Out, Incumbent Mark Burton May Also Be On The Way Out

MANHATTAN BEACH, CA -- Incumbent Tony D'Errico will not be returning to the city council as voters in Manhattan Beach unseated him by voting in Planning Commissioner Nancy Hersman.

Eight candidates were vying for three seats on the Manhattan Beach City Council and former councilman Steve Napolitano led the pack all night. With 71 percent of the precinct reporting as of midnight, Napolitano will be returning to the council with 23.8 percent of the vote, follow by Hersman with 18.3 percent.

It remains too close determine whether incumbent Mark Burton or former councilman Richard Montgomery will take the third seat on the council. Montgomery was winning with 15 percent of the vote to Burton's 14 percent. Less 100 votes separate the two candidates.

Because Manhattan Beach shifted its election cycles to sync with the state’s to boost voter turnout, the new city council term will be shortened to three years and eight months.

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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