2024 Election Results: Races in Burbank, San Fernando, Malibu, WeHo, Santa Clarita

Voters in small cities around Los Angeles, ranging from Malibu to Santa Clarita and San Fernando to Burbank to West Hollywood, will choose candidates for their local city council seats on Nov. 5.

Election night results are preliminary. The registrar’s office won’t finish tabulating votes for days and has until Dec. 3 to certify the results of the election.

Below is a rundown of where the races stood after polls closed on election night. The initial round of results was composed entirely of vote-by-mail ballots that arrived before Election Day. These results are preliminary. The L.A. County registrar’s office won’t finish counting ballots for days, and has until early December to certify the results of the elections.

See the latest election results.

Burbank: Incumbent City Councilmember Konstantine Anthony and eight other candidates are running for two open seats on the Burbank City Council. In early results, Anthony and Judie Wilke were ahead. Anthony, a member of the Burbank City Council since 2020, served as mayor of Burbank from 2022 to 2023. Wilke is a retired city of Burbank administrator;

The other candidates are Hovanes Tonoyan, a cybersecurity project manager who wants Burbank to be “the next mecca of entrepreneurship;” Chris Rizzotti, a small business owner who serves on Burbank City Planning Board; John Parr, a writer, comedian and owner of a media company; Emma Pineiro, аn attorney assistant; Eddy Polon, a small business owner and former transportation commissioner; Mike Van Gorder, a housing policy analyst; and Patricia “Trish” Suarez Nacion, a mother who has lived in Burbank for more than 25 years.

City of San Fernando: Five candidates ran for two seats on the San Fernando City Council in the predominantly Latino suburb of nearly 25,000 residents. Victoria Garcia and Patty Lopez were ahead in early results. The two candidates with the most votes will secure a seat on the San Fernando City Council.

Running behind them, the three other candidates in early returns were Sean Rivas, Sylvia Ballin and Jason Strickler.

One of the two open seats is held by Garcia, a Republican in a predominantly Democratic community running to retain the seat she temporarily stepped into after Councilmember Cindy Montañez passed away.

Malibu: Three Malibu City Council members hoped to keep their seats but faced two challengers on Nov. 5. The top three vote-getters will win seats on the council.

In early returns, Councilmember Bruce Lee Silverstein, Malibu planning commissioner Councilmember Steve Uhring and real estate broker and Councilmember Paul Grisanti were in the top three.

Meanwhile, Haylynn Conrad, a mother of two who wants to ease regulatory burdens was trailing and C. Channing Frykman, a mother whose top priorities include investing in public schools was flagging.

West Hollywood: Two seats will be filled on the five-member West Hollywood City Council in the Nov. 5 election. City Councilmember John M. Erickson and Danny Hang, who works for L.A. County, are leading in early results. The top two vote-getters will win seats on the West Hollywood City Council.

West Hollywood candidates lagging in early returns were Larry Block, a business owner; Jordan Cockeram, a business license commissioner for West Hollywood; Dorian J. Jackson who works for the City of West Hollywood; Stefanie LaHart, founder of Boomtown Marketing; George Nickle; a public safety commissioner in West Hollywood; William West Seegmiller, radio host and founder of Free WeHo Coalition; and Zekiah “Z” Wright, small business owner and attorney.

Santa Clarita: Over the hill in Santa Clarita, Jason Gibbs ran unopposed in District 3 and won without appearing on the ballot. The three candidates running for the sole open seat in Santa Clarita City Council District 1 were Patsy Ayala, Tim Burkhart and Bryce Jepsen. In early returns for District 1, Jepsen took the lead over Burkhart and Ayala.

Jepsen is an educator and board member of a nonprofit dedicated to promoting “an inclusive and thriving Santa Clarita.” Burkhart worked for more than 40 years at Six Flags in supervisory and management roles in theme and water park operations. Ayala served in the California state Senate and Assembly and as vice chair of the Santa Clarita City Planning Commission.