ELECTION CONTINUED

A tight City Council race in Culver City resulted in a win by council incumbent Albert Vera and newcomers Richard Marcus and Sandi Levin.

Vera, who served one term on the Culver City Council, was the top vote-getter Tuesday with 31% of the vote, followed by Marcus, a financial controller, with 24.6%, and attorney Levin with 24%.

Also competing for the three open seats was businessman John Edell, who received 20.4% of the vote. Although the winners are not expected to change, the vote count may grow slightly because a small number of absentee ballots have not been tabulated, said City Clerk Tom Crunk.

Voters rejected two propositions affecting the Civil Service status of city employees. Proposition A lost with 52.5% voting against a measure that would have allowed voters to take away an employee’s Civil Service status with a simple majority vote rather than the currently required two-thirds vote.

Proposition B, which would have removed Civil Service protections from the police chief, fire chief and other high-ranking city officials, failed to win the necessary two-thirds vote and lost with 53.5% of the ballots.

Voters passed Proposition C with 70.2%, the measure clarifying the City Charter on the financial duties that are to be performed by the city treasurer rather than the city clerk.