Updated as of 7 a.m. Nov. 12 PST.
Overall, Long Beach and LA County voters were in favor of local tax measures including Measure A and Measure LB. And there was strong support for Prop. 36 and a new DA. Read our analysis of what Prop. 36 will mean for Long Beach here.
Our state representatives and Congressman Robert Garcia cruised to victory.
The closest race remains the Long Beach City College Board of Trustees, but Ennette Y. Morton has pulled ahead by nearly 1,000 votes — giving her a relatively comfortable margin.
It’s not clear how many more Long Beach votes there are to be counted. There are 187,300 outstanding across all of Los Angeles County.
Measure A
Countywide sales tax increase to fund homeless services and affordable housing
Yes: 57.36% – 1,892,962
No: 42.64% – 1,407,385
Measure LB
Ending a tax exemption on two Long Beach local power plants to raise money for the city’s general fund
Yes: 81.46% – 126,011
No: 18.54% – 28,683
Measure JB
Overhauling the city of Long Beach’s hiring system
Yes: 61.76% – 90,855
No: 38.24% – 56,257
Measure AC
Authorizing $990 million in bonds for renovations at Long Beach City College. Needs 55% to pass.
Yes: 68.74% – 120,390
No: 31.26% – 54,741
Measure HC
Reduces the length of terms on the Board of Harbor Commissioners to four years.
Yes: 57.22% – 81,323
No: 42.78% – 60,809
Long Beach City Council District 4
Daryl Supernaw: 58.0% – 13,357
Herlinda Chico: 42.0% – 9,673
LBCC Board of Trustees Area 4
Ennette Y. Morton 51.13% – 21,641
Richard “Dick” Gaylord 48.87% – 20,683
District Attorney
Nathan Hochman: 60.12% – 1,912,575
George Gascón: 39.88% – 1,268,702
Results for all L.A. County races are available here.
Proposition 36
Increasing penalties for theft and drug trafficking
Yes: 69.0% – 8,605,486
No: 31.0% – 3,864,529
Proposition 32
Raising the state minimum wage to $18
Yes: 49.1% – 6,152,085
No: 50.9% – 6,388,593
Proposition 33
Allowing local governments to impose rent controls
Yes: 39.4% – 4,884,739
No: 60.6% – 7,504,358
Proposition 5
Lowering voter approval requirements for local housing and infrastructure
Yes: 44.6% – 5,531,616
No: 55.4% – 6,869,802
U.S. House of Reps District 42
Robert Garcia (D – i): 68.0% – 150,878
John Briscoe (R): 32.0% – 71,059
U.S. House of Reps District 44
Nanette Diaz Barragán (D – i): 71.3% – 157,877
Roger Groh (R): 28.7% – 63,464
State Senate District 33
Lena A. Gonzalez (D – i) : 69.8% – 206,504
Mario Paz (R): 30.2% – 89,193
State Assembly District 69
Josh Lowenthal (D – i): 68.3% – 114,271
Joshua Rodriguez (R): 31.7% – 53,079
Results for all statewide races are available here.