and jane kim said she marked mark leno as her number two. well in the absentee ballots, 71% of jane kim's ballots had mark leno as her second place candidate. could make things interesting if it comes down to having that 51%. live in san francisco, andria borba, kpix 5. >> jane kim is expected to take the stage. polls show kim in third place as we have been mentioning between london breed and leno. her campaign says voter turnout and a lack of young voters in particular may have had an impact on this race. >> we're actually hearing from a lot of the voters they think the election is happening in november. when i think as a primary race, is why we are all out everywhere, reminding folks to vote, handing out voter guides, not just my information. again we want voters to be informed. >> and it is looking like bay area driver wills be shelling out -- drivers will be shelling out more. measure three is passing right now in seven out of nine counties. it just needs a simple majority of the total vote to take effect. >>> more election results after

and my heart says jane kim for the board of supervisors president and jane kim for senate. >> thank youcomments. next speaker, please. >> i have to say this to all of you. if you don't know anything about jane kim, you ask her residents. i am one of them. i recommended every one of you. she can be the best example for our city. jane kim, in my deep heart, i believe so. and -- >> thank you for your comments. are there any other members of the public who would like to address this item? please come to the podium. >> good afternoon. members of the board of supervisors. president breed, it's been an honor. i want to take a moment to say that publicly. having said that, we will be selecting a new board president. six months now? and it's really interesting, my choices are probably going to surprise people. the first choice of someone i almost always disagree with because i always have conversations with, and that is jane kim. legislatively you put together types of legislation that has changed the face of san francisco, and i think you would serve in a great capacity. the other person is som

campaign and she joins us from party headquarters. >> reporter: jane kim is scheduled to take the stage at any minute. behind me, you can see this enthusiastic crowd, people listening to her campaign staff and volunteers being thanked for the work they have done. there is no time -- after she has been trailing -- the people taking the stage include sammy glover, rap artists, music has been played, taking a lot of enthusiasm, people are talking abouher record as the first korean american woman to take elected office in san francisco. the hope was she would be the first asian-american woman to be the mayor -- right now we can see people are still talking -- we were scheduled to have campaign volunteer directors talk to us but she has taken the stage now. we are waiting for jane kim to take the stage and among her supporters are the former supervisor, -- we will stay here and bring you coverage as soon as she takes the stage. >> it looks like she is moving up a little bit in third place with 22% of the vote. >>> san francisco voters are deciding whether to ban flavored tobacco produc

mark leno earned 77% of jane kim's second-place votes. >> i announced a voted number 24 jane kim.ed she voted number too for me. i don't know if that is tag teaming, it is using the dynamic of ranked-choice voting and being transparent and accountable about how i voted. >> no matter who becomes mayor of san francisco, we have a lot of work to get done. i will still be here doing the work in my leadership capacity. i am planning to continue to work and working with whomever, whether it is me or anyone else. >> reporter: again, london breed held a sizable lead early in the evening. things turned around in the early morning hours. no matter who whines out -- who ends up coming on top, the latest results show leno leading breed by less than one percentage point. the elections department is expected to give another update on the election results here at some point later today. obviously, everybody is waiting for that. >> we will check in with you throughout the morning. >>> we have more information about the 13-year-old boy in pleasant hill who was arrested, accused of threatening to s

london breed in front, followed by mark leno and jane kim.oung. let's check in with our correspondent live tonight at jane kim's headquarters. have you been able to talk to her? >> we haven't seen her yet this evening. supporters are inside, gathered, watching the results. volunteers worked tirelessly on this campaign. they were at the polls until the very last minute, and now they are inside, watching those numbers come in. the hope is that all the hard work jane kim has put in will resonate with voters, with more than a decade of service on the board of supervisors and the education board, she calls herself a progressive. she fights for middle-class renters, tenant protection, low income housing, and minimum wage. she also with the initiative that made san francisco the first city in the nation to make city college free for its residents. her team of volunteers have knocked on 100,000 doors and held over 100 house parties. they believe she is the candidate that can create change in this city. one supported we spoke to said her universal chi

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jane kim ran against scott weiner for the state senate.utting her hat in the mayoral race. she believes she has what it takes to be the mayor of san francisco. reporting live, kron 4 news. >> thank you very much. >> there's much more ahead tonight. >> here's a look at some of the new numbers from other races that are taking place around the bay area. something incredible is coming to disney california adventure park. it must be epic! thrilling!...daring! come ride the incredicoaster. it's going to be simply exhilarating dahling! >> we are looking at the races for [ indiscernible ] (ken) our >> we are nearing the end of our coverage tonight, some highlights of what happened tonight. the big race was the race for governor in the primary. it looks like it will be gavin newsom, the lieutenant governor. and all of us in the bay area know who he is, going against john cox from california. the republican knocking out a number of big-name democrats who were challenging gavin newsom, so that will be an interesting race. the other big race in san fr

supervisor jane kim took third place behind breed and leno. her campaign says voter turnout and a lack of young voters in particular may have had an impact on this race. >>> voting in the primary for governor, gavin newsom is moving on along with republican john cox. kpix 5's emily turner has reaction from newsom's campaign headquarters in san francisco. >> very much a celebratory atmosphere here in san francisco where gavin newsom supporters gathered to celebrate his victory, although he won't go so far as to say victory quite yet. in fact, he took the stage at 10:00 introduced by his wife and said, this is not a victory speech. in fact, this is just halftime. but we're looking good so far. but we have to get back to work. he said we have to get back to work right now because time has never been more critical, specifically referring to the trump administration which he went on to talk about in his speech. >> a state where we don't criminalize diversity. we celebrate deering ] >> a state where we don't obstruct justice, we demand justice for e

. >> reporter: both renault and jane kim forced an alliance asking their voters to vote for them as their first and second choices. kim has also congratulated breed. today breed will have an official celebration press conference at her alma mater, rosa marks elementary school. live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> breed will not only make history here in san francisco, but nationally as well. when she takes office, she will become the only woman mayor among the 15 largest cities in the u.s. all mayors in those cities are men and all but three are white. >> now to contra costa county, diana beck tin is widening her lead, she stands at 50.49%. she needs a majority of votes to secure a win or else there will be a runoff election.

jane kim. >> good evening. it is really a pleasure to be here today, and i just want to thank the league of women voters and everyone ftonight. thank you so much for coming. i had the great pleasure of serving the public first on the board of education and then on the board of supervisors, previous to that i was a community organizer for six years and that's how i came to know the southeast community facilities and served as an attorney for civil rights. over the last decade, i've been proud to work on a number of issues with you, one, making san francisco the only city in the nation making community college freetor a for all resi. i've been proud to work on the raise to 15 to raise the minimum wage for workers to $15 an hour. and finally, i have been proud to work with you on eviction protection controls, vision zero and other things thattic ma our city a safe, healthy, and balanced place to live. thank you very much. >> thank you. mark leno. >> good evening, everyone. i also want to thank the neighborhood net

jane kim's campaign staff and volunteers have been out working to the very last minute when the pollslosed. in the meantime, they have the foundry all set up for her watch party. they been working toward this night for some time, and the hope is that all the work kim has put in over the years resonated with voters. with more than a decade of service on the board of supervisors and the education board, jane kim calls herself a progressive. she fights for renters, tenant protection, low income housing, and minimum wage. she also led the initiative that made san francisco the first city in the nation to make city college free for its residents. her team of volunteers have knocked on 100,000 doors and held over 100 house parties. they believe she is the candidate they can create change in the city. >> it's not an easy problem that everyone is trying to solve. all the politicians, what they are trying to doit take someone who d who understands o and this district is such a split area, with some of the highest and lowest income is. jane has found a way to push the means of lower income and

and supervisor jane kim is in third with 22.84% of the vote. however, when you take ranked choice into consideration, the numbers get closer because voters can rank their top three candidates. so state senator mark leno leads with less than 2,000 votes and 50.42% of the vote. board president breed has 49.58%. we were at london breed's election watch party last night where it was a celebration. early indicators showed her with a lead over leno. if she would win, breed would be the first black woman elected as mayor of san francisco. >> we all have a voice. and i don't care what neighborhood we come from. we c do anything want to do. >> yeah! >> that's what this campaign shows! >> reporter: leno does have a narrow lead over breed. there are still more mail-in ballots that are expected to men it cogok and rth several t if leno won, he would be the first openly gay mayor in san francisco. we caught up with him and asked him about his campaigning. >> we have been in every neighborhood around this town. and everything i hear from folks is, we want so

jane kim is also a leader. she's a state supervisor.affordable housing, daemiealingh homelessness are top issues. whoeveins will serve as mayor the results we see right now may change. thistyerondon breed is full of excitement, full of diversity. lots of people from all parts of san francisco. the candidate is surrounded by supporters. former mayor willie brown is here. he was justpeaking to the crowd. alled london breed breedhe went crazy. they are optimistihatan francisco just elected its first african-american female mayor. reporting live from san francisco, jean elle. >> thank you. quite a party there. she brings a lot of energy. first let's say if this holds true, london breed is the city? >> look, she's a role model amonother things. first african-american femal mayor of san francisco, major city like that. that says something in itself. but don't be cnting her in just yet. votes are going to be distbuted for days until somebody emerges with 50% plus one. it could be her. it could easily be the next two candidate. s farro over. >>

leno ended up earning 77% of jane kim second-place votes. early this morning we talked with kim about how this strategy paid off for mark leno. >> i am going to be able to leave office on january 7 with some sense of relief that my work will continue through the mark leno mayoral administration. i really look forward to be able to continue my work to serve our city and our country in a different capacity. >> i voted number two for jane kim. she made mention she did the same for me. using the dynamics of ranked choice voting and being transparent and accountable. >> no matter who becomes the mayor of san francisco we have a lot of work to get done. i am still going to be here doing the work. i am planning to continue to work with whomever, whether it is me or anyone else. >>reporter: this was a dramatic race from the start, all prompted by the sudden death of merely back in december. no matter who ends up coming out on top this election will make history. leno will be the first openly gay mayor of san francisco while breed would be the first a

need balance, divided government, letting breeds moderation, and the progressivism of mark leno and jane kim, they might have overplayed their hand, a few months back, and what voters might be looking at is how do we balance out the government, and not go to progressive, and some ways, jane and mark leno m hand, by coming up with this let's make sure that london doesn't win. >> the polls will close in about 2.5 hours, we will see you a lot, more exciting later as the result start coming in. james, thank you. >>> think you and stay with us here on ktvu and ktvu plus, starting at 7:00 tonight, and on fox 2, complete coverage at 10:00 and 11:00.>>> a car dealership in the south bay erupted in fire today, crews were called to autonation acura, and stevens creek, on stevens creek boulevard in santa clara, the fire started inside the service center, smoke and flames filled the building, forcing crews to evacuate, shortly after that, the roof collapsed, fortunately no one was injured, about one hour later creir hder corothe s center appears to be a total loss, the building is working on which ones

jane kim in third. but when kim got eliminated, a huge part of her votes, about 3 out of 4, went to leno because leno was their second choice. so leno's vote count rose to 50.42% by yesterday morning, a 1-point lead over breed's 49.5%. and this was a strategy leno and kim used to try to get each other's number two votes. >> we love the city. it's going through some tough times and we can and will do much better. >> ranked choice voting you never know what's going to happen. so we can't take anything for granted. and clearly, this race is very tight. so we are going to be watching the numbers very closely. >> reporter: of the 240,000 total votes cast by san franciscans, nearly a third, about 85,000, were mailed in or dropped off. they are being counted. elections officials here at city hall said it could take into next week. they hope to have most of the votes counted by the middle of next week. so unless there's some huge surge in some of the numbers in some of those results, it could be that long until

jane kim has 22% of the vote. >> yeah. so those are the top three. and 8% for angela alioto. ellen lee zhou. and richie greenberg with 53% of the precincts reporting. >> abc 7 news reporter vic lee is live at london breed's election watch party. very good night for her. trrpt sure-s dan. london breed appeared before this large, loud, and happy crowd of supporters about 45 minutes ago. her supporters of course have been keeping track of the early returns by looking at the tv monitors here. she spoke about how important her family is. this party by her niece. she said to the crowd, and let me quote, we all have a voice, no matter what neighborhood we come from, unquote. and that of course is a reference to the fact that she was born and raised around violence and poverty in the western edition, a district she now represents. she then came over here to the riser and talked to reporters. take a listen. >> hey, everybody! wow! i think i'm talking about proposing things that are bold and hopefully can make the difference that people want to see. we need to address homelessness in a

and supervisor jane kim is in third with 22.84% of the vote. however, when you take ranked choice into consideration, the numbers get closer because voters can rank their top three candidates. so state senator mark leno leads with less than 2,000 votes and .4vote. board president breed has 49.58%. it's close. we were at london breed's election watch party last night where it was a celebration. early indicators showed her with a lead over leno. if she would win, breed would be the first black woman elected as mayor of san francisco. >> this campaign is a winning campaign because we have brought so many people together. >> yeah! >> we have brought people together from all walks of life, from all parts of san francisco. >> yeah! >> mark, mark, mark, mark. >> reporter: leno does have a narrow lead over breed. there are still more mail-in ballots that are expected to come in so it could go back and forth several times today. if leno won, he would be the first openly gay mayor in san francisco. we caught up with him and asked him about his campaignin

london breed in the lead with 36%, followed by mark leno with 26% and jane kim with 22%. let's go to san francisco where london breed is talking to her supporters. >> i want to thank you for showing me so much love. i want to thank you for all your support and prayers. i want to thank you all for your time and standing on the corners. making the phone calls, standing out there every y and working hard to get the job done. we should all be proud of what this campaign has done. i know this room is crowded, i would like to say everybody's name. but then he will start beating me up for not mentioning your name. but i know there are some eccials in the ho that have stood by me and i want to say how grateful i am. to -- supervisor, i want to say how grateful i am -- >> we apologize for the glitchy audio listening to london breed who is a happy london breed with 86% of the vote. -- 36% of the vote. let's go to the leno campaign where we find b? >> repor mark winne was out here on the stage within last hour. he says the numbers that he has seen, he expected, he not surprised, he

leno. >> vote for me and jane kim. >> the city belongs to us. the >> meanwhile the board of supervisors' president london breed has not teamed up with other candidates but is still a frontrunner in the race. remember, this election is for the remainder of mayor ed lee's term in the end of 2019. there will be another mayor's election next november for a full four year term. look for people campaigning for that election starting tomorrow probably. >> it never ends. >> no rest for the wicked they say. >> that's right. it keeps me in business. >> thanks. melissa and our entire team will bring you election results and analysis tonight from 8 to 10 p.m. that is during a special live stream on www.cbssf.com and our social media platforms. >>> san francisco police chief bill scott is mending some fences here after not getting the top job in los angeles. scott was one of three finalists to become l.a.'s next police chief, but the mayor announced yesterday he was promoting from within the department. now scott seems to be trying to reassure the rank and f

volunteers have been working tirelessly on jane kim's campaign ... all the hard work kim has put in over the years resonated with voters.with more than a decade of service on the board of supervisors and the education board, kim calls herself a progressive. she fights for middle class renters, tenant protection, low income housing, and minimum wage.kim also led the initiative that made san francisco the first city in the nation to make city college free for its residents. her team of volunteers have knocked on a hundred thousand doors and held over a hundred house parties. they believe she is the candidate that can create change in the city. kim's affordable uiversal childcare proposal, and other campaign proposals have won supporters over..sotstandup back in 2016, jane kim ran head to head against scott weiner for a seat in the state senate.she now believes she has what it takes be be mayor of san francisco.reporting live from san francisco .... ali reid ... kron 4 news ( robin ) our election coverage continues at kron-4 dot com. there you can night

mark leno first recognized the hard fought campaigns of jane kim and london breed and saying with the latest results that he was hopeful and confident that he could lead the city on key issues including homelessness, clean streets and affordable housing. >> we are feeling very encouraged and optimistic and i want to thank all the san francisco voters who have been a part of this effort for fundamental change in a new direction for san francisco. >> reporter: london breed, who watched an early lead erode after several rounds of ranked choice voting, says she is watching the results closely. >> it has been absolutely an amazing journey full of love, full of excitement, full of hope, and i am optimistic. >> reporter: as for when the candidates may finally learn who ultimately prevails, the board of elections is working through 15,000 to 20,000 ballots a day and will accept mail-in ballots postmarked on election day through friday, so it could stretch into next week. >> i imagine this weekend would be the soonest we could probably have a sufficient number of cards reported for people to m

you had jane kim and mark leno join together.s is actually kind of late in the race, just last month. they said we're going to tell our constituents, the people we think are going to vote for us to vote for both of us. for example, mark leno is saying put me as top choice and put jane kim as your second choice so we can block london breed. >> that strategy seems to have worked for mark leno. it's very close as we see. that's going to get a lot of attention. it's only san francisco and oakland that use that system at this point. >> the chronicle accused leno and kim when they first announced they would be tag teaming of gaming the system in an unprecedented way. do you think that's fair criticism? >> you can look at the top two where some said newsom was pushing cox. i'm not sure gaming the system is the right way to put it. >> isn't all politics gaming the system? we're going to continue talking to you throughout the morning about a host of topics. we appreciate your expertise. >>> let's talk about what happened in san jose. sam

term of the late mayor include the former supervisor, board of supervisors president, supervisor jane kim and a former state senator. the candidates have been spending their final days getting out the vote. this just as san francisco's current mayor announced the city's largest budget ever. >> how are we going to make sure the next generation of young people who are growing up in san francisco now have a real shot of living here and that involved building more housing and more housing faster. >> it doesn't matter what part of town. the first thing people ask is what are you going to do about homelessness? everybody recognizes it's out of control. it's not working for anyone. >> i have worked to bring more shelters under public health and stock them with people who can treat people on our streets. >> reporter: the key is permanent supportive housing. key. permanent. not something like a navigational center that closes in 120 days you that you have to leave. >> reporter: san francisco voters have a raed choice system that means voters pick their top tree in order of preference. this race th

. >> reporter: jane kim was on facebook live campaign headquarters. she is not on numerous doors across the city and attended house paie to meet more voters than any her candidate. >> i have served the longest in the city in local office. i've served my time on the board of education and know our public schools.>> reporter: richie greenberg is the only republican in the race. he wants to bring accountability, respectability and law and order to uplift the quality of life in the city. for the t time, you can go to city hall and go to the elections department on tuesday and register to vote due to a recent state law. amber lee, ktvu . >>> some of the candidates in the government race came to the bay area for last-minute campaigning. former los angeles mayor, antonio de la rosa -- legros -- antonio villaraigosa was in town along with his campaign meets. the top two finishers face off in november. stay with us at ktvu and ktvu plus provides election coverage today anughout the evening. on ktvu plus coverage starts at 7 pm. on ktvu fox 2 we have complete c

choice and who voted for one of the other candidates or for jane kim now have the second choice voters count and a lot of kim voters say they would settle for leno and then he could poll even. let's look at vote count. it is 50/50 as you see. we should be able to update the numbers soon. this is not the end of this. the election commission will give us a briefing this afternoon at 4:00 but it could be days until we learn who is mayor. pict lastht from london breed's watch party and one of the disadvantages is there is no clear result right away. and as i was saying. and [ inaudible ] has the advantage because you save money because you just have the one election law and there are no spoiler nd apoiler candidate, someone who splits the vote and -- nader and ross perot would be another one. you don't have that in some them. >> thank you very much, scott. >>> and within the last two hours or so, nbc news has called the californiaprimy. aneitein will face kevin deleon in november. feinstein was elected back in 1992 after being mayor of san francisco. >>> and for the first time i86 years, c

jane kim in third. but when kim got eliminated, a huge part of her votes, about 3 out of 4, went to leno because leno was their second choice. so leno's vote count rose to 50.42% by yesterday morning, a 1-point lead over breed's 49.5%. and this was a strategy leno and kim used to try to get each other's number two votes. >> do you feel your one-two strategy worked? >> clearly. >> this is the system that we're working with, so for now we're stuck with it. >> reporter: of the 240,000 total votes cast by san franciscans, nearly a third, about 85,000, were mailed in or dropped off. they are being counted. elections officials here at city hall said it could take into next week. so let the counting continue. live in san francisco, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >>> in the governor's race, democrat gavin newsom and republican john cox are looking ahead to november. in the primary, newsom won almost every coastal county, the bay area and a few to the east. but cox took wide swaths of the center of the state and the south

jane king -- jane kim has been eliminated. the numbers could change.e caught up with mark leno and london breed as the results were coming in last night. >> i have always taken, the time i have been in public city -- public service, i want to take public trust seriously. i try not to take myself seriously. i have a good time doing the work. public trust is indeed a sacred trust in a very serious one. that is how i want to lead and always have should i be fortunate and have one more office in front of me continue to do so. >> at this time, the campaign is over and the votes up and county. it is time for us to come together. no matter who becomes mayor of san francisco, we have a lot of work to get done. i will still be here doing the work in my leadership capacity. i am planning to continue to work and working with whomever, whether it is me or anyone else. >> that is nice to hear them both being like that. it is a historic mears race for san francisco, regardless of who wins. san francisco will either have its first african-american woman as mayor or f

thank them for their commitment to san francisco, including senator mark le, my colleague supervisor jane kim, former president of the board of supervisorsng a almo lchl -- alliotto, ellen leigh zao and richie greenberg. we know that putting yourself out there and running for office is not only a difficult thing to do, but i know there are so many people in this city who supported all of those candidates. and i have said from the very beginning, whether you voted for me or not, as mayor i will be your mayor too. [ cheers and applause ] we know that so many people care about the city. so many people care about making sure that we're coming together to address these most challenging issues. and i am prepared to make sure that i do everything i can to work together, to bring the board of supervisors together, to bring everyone together for the purpose of solving our most challenging problems. we won't get there without making sure we're all working together. so i am excited to be here. and i just wanted to come out after senator leno's announcement. but tomorrow, i will have more to say. i will

leno and jane kim encouraged each other to list the other as seond choice. leno has received more than 70% of kim's second place votes. >> but i did give my second vote to jane and i think she gave her second vote to me because we both agree that it is time for fundamental change for a new direction at city hall to address the crises that we've already discussed, that we've got to shake things up a little bit. the status quo isn't working. >> reporter: this race far from over, but whoever wins will definitely make history. leno would be the city's first openly gay mayor your. london breed would be the city's first african-american female mayor. the first vote count update scheduled for 4:00 p.m. mail-in ballots will be accepted through friday. it could be a while before we know the winner. cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >> if you're still unclear how ranked choice voting works, head to abc7news.com. we have an easy explainer. former assemblyman ted lindbergh joining us to speak more about this. >>> another drama we saw, democrat gavin newsom and republican joh

mark leno first recognized the hard fought campaigns of jane kim and london breed and saying with the latest results that he was hopeful and confident that he could lead the city on key issues including homelessness, clean streets and affordable housing. >> we are feeling very encouraged and optimistic and i want to thank all the san francisco voters who have been a part of this effort for fundamental change in a new direction for san francisco. >> i made it known that my second vote was for jane kim and her second vote was for me. >> reporter: london breed, who watched an early lead erode after several rounds of ranked choice voting, says she is watching the results closely. >> this is a system that we're working with and so i think that that's a discussion we can have at a later time. but this is the one that we are dealing with as it relates to this race. so for now, we are stuck with it. >> reporter: as for when the candidates may finally learn who ultimately prevails, the board of elections is working through 15,000 to 20,000 ballots a day and will accept mail-in ballots postmark

. >> all three of of the candidates with supervisor jane kim in the race had a history of public service. leno dating back 0 years where he worked at city hall and finally in the state senate. these two could be up against each other very soon. just next year when the normal general election is scheduled. we're live in san francisco, thom jensen, "today in the bay." >> big one to watch there. thanks, thom. >> in the governor race gavin newsom is coming out on top. this is from last night, no big surprised here. he had more than 30% of the vote. he'll now face republican john cox in november. cox came in second place with more than 25% of the vote. cox who is backed by president trump did not waste any time last night going after newsom and the democrats. >> wasn't donald trump who made california the highest taxed state in the country, it was gavin newsom and the democrats. >> newsom told his supporters in san francisco that he's fighting for equality. >> a state where we don't criminalize diversity, we celebrate diversity. a state where we don't obstruct justice, we demand justice for e

. >> reporter: leno, breed and supervisor jane kim all have histories of public service. leno dating back 20 years. culminating in the state senate. those mail-in ballots could continue to come in as late until friday. so we'll keep you up to date with the changes in those tallies as they come in over the next couple of days. we're live in san francisco, thom jensen, "today in the bay." >> 6:05 in the governor's race, gavin newsom coming out on top with more than 30% of the vote. he'll face republican john cox in november. cox claimed i kamd in second place with more than 25% of the vote. cox who was backed by president trump didn't waste any time last night going after newsom and the democrats. >> wasn't donald trump who made california the highest taxed state in the country, it was gaffe vib newsom and the democrats. >> in the meantime, newsom told his supporters in san francisco that he's fighting for equality. >> a state where we don't criminalize diversity. we celebrate diversity. a state where we don't obstruct justice, we demand justice for everybody. where we don'

leno and jane kim campaigned together and encouraging each other's supporters to list the other as the second place choice. usc berkeley political science expert said that paid off for leno with 70% of kim's second place votes. >> in rank choice you have a first and second place choice and so obviously what leno and kim did ended up helping leno a lot. >> i did get my second vote to jane and i think she gave her second vote to me because we both agree that it is time for fundamental change. >> reporter: no matter the outcome the winner will be caamican wom y.eest the office. leno, the first openly gay man to take theff no word fro london breed's campaign. mark leno will talk about the lead later today. next round of election results updated at 4:00 p.m. today. mail-in ballots accepted as late as friday and could be days or weeks before we know a winner here. live in san francisco, cornell barnard, abc7 news. >> thank you. a lot of us surprised overnight. if you aren't clear of ranked choice voting works, head to abc7 news.com. we have an explainer on the front page. >>> as for californ

mark leno picked up a lot of votes from jane kim's supporters who picked him second. leno and kim joined forces in the final days of the campaign. that strategy appears to have worked, so leno winds up with a slight lead. here is the catch. we got word this morning that there are some 90,000 ballots that have to be processed and cod. atnumb coulamicalhange things at th point, the race is still wide open. what's more, we may not know the final total four days. something the candidates were hanging onto well into the night. >> it's time for us to come together. no matter who becomes mayor of san francisco, we have a lot of work to get done and i'm still going to be here doing the work in my leadership capacity. >> the citizens of san francisco are very hungry for change. they want better for their city. and, they want to know what they can do to get the city back on track. >> we will be getting a vote count update at 4:00 today from san francisco's elections office. >>> in the race for governor, democrat gavin newsom will be facing republican john cox in november. gavin

supervisor jane kim would be the first korean american mayor. former state senator mark less leno would be the first openly gay mayor. he says whoever wins will have his support. >> i am not going to get into caidveircamp le who run campaig deserve respect. >> reporter: a rufor mayor is not in his plans but hopes he's helped address big issues during his short term. >> we have done a lot around homelessness, around street cleaning, public safety. those were three things i talked about since the first day in office. >> reporter: any words of advice for your successor? >> that's a great question. from my point of view, don't waste the opportunity. again, an opportunity of a lifetime, an honor of a lifetime to do this job, to represent all the residents of san francisco. lead the city of san francisco. not many people get to do that in their life. make the most of it. rter: polls in san francisco close at 8:00 p.m. whoever wins will serve the term of late mayor ed lee and the next mayoral election will be next year in november. i am jessica flores,

leno and candidate jane kim teamed up n couraging each other's supporters to list each other as second choice on the ballot. that strategy appears to be paying off. leno has received more than 70% of kim's second place votes. >> i did give my second vote to jane, and i think she gave her second vote to me because we both agree that it is time for fundamental change for a new direction at city hall to address the crises that we've already discussed. we've got to shake things up a little bit. the status quo isn't working. >> reporter: of course, way too early to call this race. whoever wins would make history. leno would be the city's first openly gay would be the city's first african-american american mayor. this race is getting very interesting. >> mark leno being in the lead because of rank choice voting right now, really neck and neck. we'll explain houp that works coming up later in this next half hour. >>> meanwhile in san jose, sam liccardo is expected to remain mayor. comfortably leading steve brown, 74% to 15% with 56% of precincts reporting. last night lick car dough thanking e

former state senator mark leno and supoervisor jane kim are among the favorites to win the race. ublican richie greenberg are also on the ballot. a poll taken last month shows breed with a slight over leno with kim in third. ( james ) and there are two statewide primaries taking place today including the race to become california's next governor. the most recent poll shows former san francisco mayor gavin newsom with a big lead over the rest of the field. republican businessman john cox was in second place... followed by former los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa. because of california's open primary system... the top two vote getters will be on the ballot in november regardless of party. the other statewide race is for u-s senator. dianne feinstein could face a toughter primary than originally expected after failing to get the endorsement of the state democratic party. the party was split between endorsing feinstein and her opponent kevin de leon. ( james ) kron-4 is your álocal election headquarters. we have a special election section on our website -- with information on all

friday london breed it still had the most first-place votes, but mark leno picked up more votes from jane kim. about 77 percent of her supporters lifted mark leno as their second choice pushing him ahead of london breed. london breed's campaign remains hopeful . >> we are trying to remain calm as the remainder of the votes are counted. i do not think we have seen anything like this in the history of a mayor race in san francisco appear we are hoping the remainder of the votes go our direction. >> mark leno is manager said it we remain encouraged by the results which is exciting is that mark appeared on 66% of all ballots counted so far. that is a testament to the coalitions we have built across every corner of san francisco. >> the director of elections says that the count is taking time because of an unusually high due turnout of about 50%. san francisco's ballot had a 4 pages. all of which must be processed. they hope to have all vote by mail ballots counted sunday and start counting the 14,000 provisional ballots on monday. >> the director of elections says the staff will be back your at 8

the top three candidates include former state senator mark leno, london breed, and jane kim. all three candidates have homelessness listed at the top of their agendas. >>> in santa clara, voters will decide whether or not to recall judge aaron persky. his short jail sentence for a man charged with raping a woman sparked worldwide outrage. the ballot also included a choice between two candidates, one who would replace him if he's recalled. >>> voters in all nine bay area counties are asked to improve an increase in bridge tolls in exchange for major spending on transportation. as ktvu e plains, the -- explains, the aim is to bring big improvements to the bay area commute. >> reporter: bumper to bumper traffic, crowded trains and buses and frustration getting where you need to go. regional measure 3 aims to alleviate the problem by generating $4.5 billion over the next 25 years. the money would help fund more than two dozen transportation projects, including a bart extension to the south bay, 300 new bart train cars, and train francisco. it would also increase ferry service wit

that was jane kim and those firsla votes for her would be redistributed. at this point london breed has the most fir place votes. it'setermid though that leno would possibly win because most of the mail-in ballots, tens of thousands coming in late usually go to the progressive candidate. the latest results with just over 1,000 votes difference are razor thin. nbc b area did talk to breed late last night when she had a small lead and she said, she was cautiouslyar returns, it loo very promising but it's not the end result. we're just holding on tight and waiting until the votes are all counted to see what it says. >> reporter: leno does have a long record of public service as all three candidates had public service experience. his dated back more than 20 years where he fought for tenant rights in san francisco and board of supervisors and in the state senate, most recently where he championed health care reforms and same-sex marriages. it is projected that leno would win even though there are tens of thousands of votes coming in. again, this was a quick spe

think anyone would be surprised that thvery first phone call to each of us would make would be to jane kim. >> with so many votes uncounted it is a practice in the patient's as the city waits to find out who will take the mayor's seat. >> the report we issue on a daily basis are not in any way indicative of a final result. >> alt ill days away in an elwith a huge voter turnout rivaling the 2016 puzzle election>> it is about a 50% turnout. those are numbers you see for a presidential election. you do not see those number for a june imary election. >> inside city hall tonight i noticed as the ft they sealed all the doors with ballots inside with temper tape just to make sure they are secure and they tell me although they will be working around the clock they plan to work 14-16 hour days this week rough the try to get all of the ballots counted. >> live in san francisco. thank you. >>> it will soon be difficult to buy flavored tobacco in san francisco. 60% of voters approved proposition eat which outlaws the sale of flavored baby -- of aping and bacco products including menthol cigarettes. >>

. >> reporter: jane kim was on facebook life from her campaign headarters.he has not on numerous stores across the city and attended house parties to meet more voters than any other candidate. >> despite being the youngest candidate, i have served the longest in safrancisco local office. i served my time on the board of education and know it intimately. siness owner, richie greenberg is the only republican running. he wants to bring accountability, respectability, law and order to uplift the quality of life. for the first time tomorrow, san franciscans can come down to city hall, go to the elections department and register to vote thanks to a recent state law. julie. >> amber lee live downtown. last-minute campaigning, former l.a. mayor led san franscs mi distric wespoke with riders at the glen park station. the latest you see berkeley poll, aaron persky and john cox led the pack. they in november. >>> voters in nine bay area cou increase in bridge tolls for transportation infrastructure. they would gradually increase tolls on the seven state owned bridges i

> thereanre eightdates running for mayor but the top three contenders appear to be london breed, jane kimand mark leno and the city's housing crisis seems to be front and center in the that's where tech leaders come in companies like twitter, airbnb, and uber have almoved into san ancisco the last few years, and the infusion of highly paid engineers has been blamed for the city's housing crisisnd rise of mamelessness. ny tech leaders are looking for solutions to these problems ll the candidates addressed those topics, breed, the fron arunner,ears to have the most aggressive plan for building more homes. she's pledged to create at least 5,000 units of housing per year and has backed removing homeless people from the streets. medium ceo evan williams has donated $100,500 and jane king is proposing a $1 billion bond to stabilize the housing market and wants to make shelters more accessible and depl mobile showers for homeless people. her tech bkers include the ceos of start-up automatic and n desk. they donated $100,000 and also $50,000 respectively. the tech footpnt has expanded in recent y

roughly 75% of jane kim's voters chose mark leno as their second choice by 25% chose breed. no surprise that one day after the election the candidates have different views on the instant runoff system called ranked-choice voting. >> this is the one we're dealing with as it relates to this race. for now we're stuck with it. >> it promotes more positive campaigning because if i want your second vote, i'm not going to drop a bomb on you. i think we saw that in this race as well. >> reporter: political analyst joe tomb mitt went through ranked-choice voting twice when he was candidate for mayor. >> arguably, if you want to be everybody's candidate, you need to get more than 50% of the frst place votes and never deal with ranked choice. >> at this point the race is too close to call and is expected to take days, if not weeks, to determine the winner. in san francisco, lilian kim, abc 7 news. >>> more election results are posted on our website, abc7news.com. that's where you can keep up to date as more votes are being counted. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from my a

. >> among those at the protest today san francisco supervisors jane kim and hillary ronan. san francisco responded to the actions saying they take -- accusations saying they take them very seriously. a san francisco city government oversight committee is holding a hearing on the allegations next month. >>> a new effort to address the bay area housing crisis is taking inspiration from legos. kpix5's don ford on the company making prefabricated apartment buildings that simply stack together. >> reporter: in this building why nuclear submarine periscopes were once built affordable housing is being assembled but not in the way you think. >> what's going on here is a lot of housing construction with a very different methodology. we're building the house more like a car. >> reporter: the small apartments travel down an assembly line. first the floor is finished. then by crane it moves to the next station where bathrooms, walls and ceilings are installed. >> we can build it faster. we can build it more efficiently with better quality control at a greater cost savings. >> reporter:

do not think anyone would be surprised that the very first phone call we would make would be to jane kimtes still uncounted there is even a chance kim might gain enough to pressure into the top spot. >> the report we-ish definitely issue on a daily basis is not indicative of a final result. >> every -- a result is just days away with an election with huge voter turnout. >> about a 50% turnout. those are numbers you see four presidential elections. you do not see those for june primary elections. >> certainly a process in patients for the entire city of people. we will wait to find out to see who takes the mayor's seat. now back at the department of elections. by state law and the vote by mail ballots postmarked by election day will be accepted through the end of the day on friday, so this race is still wide open. >> still so close. it remains this close. will there be read -- a recount? >> according to -- there is no automatic recount, but he said that anybody throughout the entire state can request a recount if they are willing to pay for it. i asked how much and he said it could run in