As Voice of OC reported, Thursday evening election figures place former Mayor Letitia Clark ahead of incumbent Austin Lumbard in the Tustin mayoral contest. Clark holds 50.1 percent of the vote compared to Lumbard's 49.9 percent, representing a 24-vote margin out of 18,012 total ballots counted as of 5 p.m. Thursday.
Clark previously served on the city council from 2016 to 2024, holding the mayoral seat in 2021. Lumbard currently serves on the OC Fire Authority's board of directors.
In related city business, the Tustin city council unanimously approved an agreement enabling the police department to access local school surveillance cameras within the Tustin Unified School District by the end of the year.
