Redondo Beach 2017 Election Results: Measure C Passes; Waterfront Redevelopment In Jeopardy

REDONDO BEACH, CA — Voters in Redondo Beach passed the controversial Measure C on Tuesday, which would set tighter limits on the waterfront redevelopment.

With 46 percent of the precincts reporting as of midnight, voters passed the measure 57.1 percent to 42.8 percent.

With the passage of the measure, which only required a majority of the vote to pass, the future of the recently approved plans for a $400 million makeover of the King Harbor-Pier area is now in jeopardy.

In other races, Mayor Steve Aspel, who was running for a second term, lost to the termed-out District 2 Councilman Bill Brand, 53 percent to 42.5 percent. Aspel had been trailing all night, and the gap continued to widen between him and Brand.

In the city council races, eight hopefuls were competing for the three open seats. Nils Nehrenheim was leading against incumbent Martha Barbee, 48.2 percent to 41.8 percent, for the District 1 seat. In District 2, Todd Loewenstein was leading Doug Rodriguez, 64.2 percent to 35.7 percent.

In District 6, John F. Gran was leading Suzy Royds 55.4 percent to 35.7 percent. It appears that Nehrenheim, Barbee, Gran and Royds will face off in the May 16 runoff election.

Former Councilman Matt Kilroy lost his bid to unseat one of the three incumbents — Michael Christensen, Brad Serkin and Brad Waller — on the Redondo Beach Unified School District Board of Education. Kilroy is coming in dead last for one the three seats.

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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