PBI Quiz: February 2026 - Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs

1. What major policy action did the California Department of Justice launch in February regarding the Eaton Fire response in Altadena?

A federal disaster declaration

A civil rights investigation

A wildfire prevention task force

A funding cut to local fire departments

2. What is the name of Governor Gavin Newsom’s Memoir?

This is Gavin Newsom – The Memoir

Gavin Newsom: A Golden State of Mind

Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery

Gavin: A California Story

3. Which government program did Los Angeles County expand in early February 2026 with a $14.6 million boost?

Emergency rent relief

Public transit subsidies

Parks and recreation funding

Small business grants

4. In February 2026, Mayor Bass publicly called for the resignation of which leader?

Councilwoman Nithya Raman

LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem

LA28 chair Casey Wasserman

5. In early February, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to place a half-cent sales tax measure on the ballot to support:

Expansion of the Metro rail system

County healthcare services facing federal funding reductions

Climate resiliency projects

Sheriff’s Department staffing increases

6. The 2026 elections for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors are conducted under which system?

Closed partisan primaries

Ranked-choice voting

Nonpartisan top-two primary system

Appointment by the Governor

7. Which Los Angeles area city recently acknowledged a milestone, with the installation of a gay mayor and a gay vice mayor?

West Hollywood

South Pasadena

Long Beach

Culver City

8. Civil rights leader and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson died this month. In the 1988 California Democratic presidential primary, how did Rev. Jackson perform?

He narrowly won the primary with just over 50% of the vote

He finished second to Michael Dukakis with roughly 35% of the vote

He finished third with less than 20% of the vote

He did not appear on the California primary ballot

9. Who is the highest-ranking elected official in California’s state government who is from Los Angeles County?

Lt. Gov Eleni Kounalakis

Secretary of State Shirley Weber

Attorney General Rob Bonta

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara

10. Donald Trump has invited the Los Angeles Dodgers to the White House to celebrate their 2025 World Series championship this spring. As of late February 2026, the Dodgers have responded by:

Publicly declining the invitation and announcing they will not attend

Saying they plan to attend the ceremony, with the White House confirming the visit but no date yet announced

Announcing they will send team representatives but that Shohei Ohtani and other foreign-born players are declining to attend

Asking to postpone any ceremony until after ICE has been abolished.

February 2026

Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs

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