Hermosa Beach Measure HB: No Leads 57% on Half-Cent Sales Tax

HERMOSA BEACH, Los Angeles County — November 2026. City and district voters weighed Measure HB, a proposed 0.5-percentage-point municipal sales tax increase. The latest published ABC7 results show No ahead. The contest is still unofficial.

Ballot count

Yes: 2,807 (43.48%). No: 3,649 (56.52%). The No advantage is 842 votes in this snapshot.

What Measure HB would do

The measure concerns local taxes on qualifying sales; it is not the same as the housing and zoning matters on the ballot elsewhere in Los Angeles County. A No majority remains provisional while the county counts ballots. No has 842 more votes than Yes in the current snapshot.

Can the outcome change?

Yes. This report uses the ABC7 live November 2026 local election tally retrieved on November 5 (UTC). The provider shows a relative time since updating its table, but the exact timestamp of the county vote batch for this measure has not been independently confirmed. All eligible votes must be canvassed before certification, and a media lead is not the final legal outcome. The county’s official schedule provides further updates on November 5 and 6 and plans certification on November 27.

Sources: ABC7 Los Angeles local election results; Los Angeles County election results; 2026 local ballot measure descriptions. Related California58 reports: Statewide election coverage.

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