July 2026

1. As of late July 2026, what is the status of LAX’s long-delayed Automated People Mover train?

It opened on schedule just before the World Cup

It remains closed to the public

It was cancelled and converted into a shuttle bus route

It opened but only for airport employees

2. According to the 2026 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count released July 24, how did the City of Los Angeles’s unhoused population change compared to the prior year?

Decreased by 3.4%

Stayed exactly flat

Increased by about 3.4%

Increased by over 20%

3. The Board of Supervisors voted to place a measure on the November 2026 ballot asking voters to fix what inadvertent error caused by approval of the 2024 county charter reform measure (Measure G)?

Measure G had accidentally eliminated term limits for supervisors

Measure G’s charter renumbering had accidentally repealed Measure J’s anti-incarceration funding mandate

Measure G had accidentally given the County Sheriff veto power over the county budget

Measure G had accidentally moved county elections to odd-numbered years

4. LAUSD was directed to close a budget shortfall in its roughly $21 billion budget after being warned it was at risk of insolvency by which agency?

The U.S. Department of Education

The California Department of Education

The Los Angeles City Council

The Los Angeles County Office of Education

5. Which labor union led the petition drive that qualified California’s one-time ‘Billionaire Tax’ for the November 2026 ballot?

SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West

UNITE HERE Local 11

California Teachers Association

AFSCME California

6. Backers of the Proposition 39 voter ID initiative sued Attorney General Rob Bonta in late July 2026. What was the specific basis of their complaint?

That Bonta failed to disclose the measure’s fiscal impact

That Bonta missed the legal deadline to certify the measure for the ballot

That Bonta’s rewritten ballot summary misleadingly implies the measure would ‘prohibit’ voting

That Bonta improperly accepted campaign contributions from opponents of the measure

7. California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton is criticizing legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Adam Schiff claiming it attempts to undermine his campaign. What does the Schiff legislation seek to do?

Cap total campaign spending for statewide candidates

Ban all political advertising on television during the general election

Require gubernatorial candidates to release their tax returns

Regulate AI-generated political ads and require disclosure of paid campaign social media influencers.

8. SEIU California President David Huerta was arrested during a federal immigration enforcement raid in Los Angeles in June 2025. How was his criminal case resolved in July 2026?

He was convicted at trial

Federal prosecutors dismissed the charge

The felony charge was reinstated and increased

He was acquitted by a jury

9. After Lineage Logistics filed a permit to rebuild its fire-damaged Boyle Heights cold-storage warehouse to its original condition, how did Mayor Karen Bass characterize the move?

A ‘slap in the face’ to the families living with the aftermath

A welcome sign of recovery

No comment

A violation of federal law

10. Which Los Angeles County city extended a 45-day moratorium on new drive-thru restaurants by about 10 months in July 2026, largely in response to a proposed In-N-Out Burger?

Culver City

West Hollywood

Santa Monica

Long Beach

Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs

Manatt