Election 2024 updates: Mayor Breed concedes to Lurie in SF mayor's race

San Francisco voters are pouring into City Hall Tuesday evening ahead of the polls closing at 8 p.m.

Their focus on the tight presidential and mayoral races, as well as six Board of Supervisors seats up or grabs. Voters we spoke with described a feeling of excitement along with some anxiousness, anticipating some limbo before results can be finalized.

In addition, voters are also deciding on 10 state propositions and 15 local measures.

More than one million registered voters live in Santa Clara County and a huge turnout is expected for this 2024 Presidential Election. As of Tuesday morning, 505,000 votes had already been counted, roughly 48% of county voters. Around 40% more are expected to flow in to make their voices heard.

At the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voter's Office, voters were excited to cast their ballot, some for the first time. From a high schooler convinced by her grandmother, to a man who was in Afghanistan, people came out in droves.

The Registrar's Office has been counting ballots for weeks and will continue to work through each and every ballot cast until the work is done.

"I think a lot of people are excited about getting their voice heard," Steve Goltiao with the SCC Registrar of Voter's Office said. "Aside from the Presidential race, there are a lot of state and local measures that a lot of people need to make decisions on. It's going to be really important decisions that affect their lives and their families."

Voters in San Francisco are deciding whether to reelect Mayor London Breed in a heated and expensive race against four key fellow Democrats over issues of homelessness and public safety. Breed is the first Black woman to serve as mayor of San Francisco. Her opponents say she squandered her six years in office. She says she successfully steered the city through a pandemic. In nearby Oakland, Mayor Sheng Thao is fighting a recall election. Recall proponents say Thao's lack of leadership worsened crime in Oakland and drove out businesses. Her supporters say she is working hard to stabilize the city.

A polling place in the Oakland Hills was closed on Tuesday morning due to a Red Flag Warning issued for the Bay Area, according to the Alameda County Registrar of Voters.

The Joaquin Miller Center Vote Center #73 was closed and residents were instead directed to vote at a nearby site, Montera Middle School Vote Center #72 at 5555 Ascot Drive in Oakland.

The nearest 24-hour ballot drop box for the area is at Woodminster Market, 5000 Woodminster Lane in Oakland.

Strong winds and dry conditions prompted a Red Flag Warning for the Bay Area for the next two days, according to the National Weather Service.

Critical fire weather conditions are expected from 11 a.m. Tuesday through Thursday morning for interior parts of the region as well as San Francisco, and along the Peninsula and bay shorelines.