Calabasas Council: Weintraub 'Thrilled To Be Elected'

CALABASAS, CA — Mayor Alicia Weintraub holds a commanding lead of the Calabasas City Council race. See the most recent results below:

Still, a winner cannot technically be declared until LA County provides the official canvas Nov. 30. The County anticipates providing ten updates to results through Nov. 30, according to Agoura Hills City Clerk Kimberly Rodrigues. Updates are scheduled Thursday, Friday, and then next Tuesday and Friday.

"I'll leave it to the election officials to call the race but I am excited to see the overwhelming voter support in last night's results," Kraut told Patch. "I am hopeful to be their next City Council Member and I am grateful to all the volunteers and supporters who helped me get to where I am today.

Yet Weintraub seemed confident in a win, and her commanding lead makes it unlikely that a slew of new votes will change her position. "I am thrilled to be elected to a second term and look forward to continuing to work on important issues on behalf of the great residents of Calabasas," she told Patch.

Last place finisher, dentist Dr. Susan Fredericks Ploussard, expressed dissatisfaction at the results. "When I entered the race, there were two people running for two seats. That is not an election, but an anointment," she wrote Patch in an email. "I have long been dissatisfied by the Council and its action. I felt that both opponents needed to be challenged, whether I had a shot at winning or not."

The council race centered around fire readiness, fire rebuilding, the financial and emotional impacts of COVID-19, how to promote responsible and environmentally sustainable development — especially in a city deemed a severe fire risk— how to improve the city's patchy wireless service, which candidates all deem an issue of public safety, public safety, the city's burgeoning homeless population, and how to comply with an order to build 350 units of sustainable housing in a city unsure if it can handle any more development at all.

In Calabasas, Measure C to tax cannabis delivery continues to hold a comfortable 62-38 percent lead.

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