PBI-Manatt Quiz: Mayor of Los Angeles Edition! - Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs

1. According to the charter of the City of Los Angeles, the City Council can address a mayoral vacancy by all of the following measures except:

Calling a special election for mayor.

Appointing a mayor to serve until the next election.

Taking no action, leaving the council president to serve as acting mayor until the next election.

Having the council itself assume mayoral duties until the position is filled.

2. Among former Los Angeles mayors, Frank Shaw was the only one to

Serve only one half of a first term.

Move on to higher office at state or federal level.

Be recalled from office by the voters.

Resign due to ill health.

3. Which of the following Los Angeles city mayors became a Los Angeles Superior Court judge after leaving office?

Sam Yorty

James Hahn

Richard Riordan

Norris Poulson

4. When is the next election for the Los Angeles mayor?

2023

2022

2024

2025

5. Which of the following about the mayor of Los Angeles is correct?

Only Tom Bradley has served more than two terms in office.

Mayors can serve more than two terms in elected office as long as they are not consecutive.

Term limit rules for mayor are the same as term limit rules for city council.

Since 1993, mayors have been limited to two terms in office, whether or not they are consecutive.

Mayor of Los Angeles Edition!