2024 Election live updates: Results pouring in for key races in Bay Area, California

San Francisco voters appear to be in favor of a plan to close the Upper Great Highway along Ocean Beach seven days a week, with preliminary results as of early Wednesday showing 52.92% in favor of Proposition K.

"Yes" votes lead in the race with 114,485 votes compared to 101,862 no votes.

The stretch of road with two lanes in each direction was already closed on weekends and holidays since a pilot program was implemented in 2022, following the road's closure during a COVID-19 shutdown. The pilot was set to expire at the end of 2025.

The Upper Great Highway runs along the coast from Sloat Boulevard to Lincoln Way. Vehicle traffic will be rerouted onto the Lower Great Highway parallel to the road.

The proposition was authored by District 7 Supervisor Myrna Melgar. One of her opponents, Matt Boschetto, started a political action committee to defeat the proposition.

Meanwhile, Melgar appears to have the edge in her reelection bid, leading 51.59% over Boschetto, who garnered 48.41% of the vote on the final round of ranked choice voting, according to the preliminary results in the race.

The California Coastal Commission will have to approve the permanent closure, which will still allow emergency vehicles and city Recreation and Park Department vehicles to access the road.

Lateefah Simon appears to be on her way to taking over Barbara Lee's District 12 Congressional seat.

Simon leads fellow Democrat Jennifer Tran 63% to 37% in early results Wednesday morning.

Simon, a BART board member, began her political career as a community organizer and was famously a mentee of Presidential candidate and current Vice President Kamala Harris.

California voters rejected Proposition 33, which aimed to expand local governments' ability to impose rent control to more types of housing.

With more than 70% of precincts reporting and more than 8 million votes cast, the measure was losing by a 2-1 margin by early Wednesday morning, according to results released by the California Secretary of State's Office.

As San Francisco continues to count ballots, challenger Daniel Lurie leads all candidates with the most first-place votes. Mayor London Breed has the second most first-place votes.

The first ranked choice vote analysis released by the City Tuesday night ranked Lurie and Breed as the top two candidates, with Lurie receiving nearly 22,000 more votes the incumbent Mayor.

Despite trailing in the early results, Mayor Breed expressed confidence to her supporters Tuesday Evening.

"I have been behind before. I have been counted out before. And for whatever reason, I ended up winning that race by 2,500 votes," Breed reminded supporters.

San Francisco expects to release several more rounds of ranked-choice votes before officially certifying the election and declaring a winner.