Election 2026 · School and college districts
LA Community College Board, Seat 4
Elaine Alaniz, Isidro J. Armenta, Jason R. Aula, Adam Bruno, Darryn Harris, Nancy Pearlman and Priscilla Umana are the candidates for LA Community College Board, Seat 4 on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) runs nine public community colleges. A seven-member Board of Trustees, elected by voters, governs the district. Trustees serve staggered four-year terms, and a student trustee is also chosen each year.
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| Who votes | Every voter in the Los Angeles Community College District (elected districtwide) |
|---|---|
| Term and pay | Four-year term. Trustees are paid $2,000 a month, according to the LA Times (2024). |
| How it works | No primary. All seven candidates are on the November 3 ballot, and whoever gets the most votes wins, even without a majority. No incumbent is running for Seat 4. Seats 2, 4 and 6 are on the ballot; vote once in each. |
| Party labels | Nonpartisan |
What it means for the City of LA
LACCD's nine colleges are Los Angeles City College, East Los Angeles College, Los Angeles Pierce College, Los Angeles Harbor College, Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles Southwest College, West Los Angeles College and Los Angeles Mission College. Trustees are elected at large, so City of Los Angeles voters who live in the district vote on every seat on the ballot.
At a glance
| Darryn Harris | Nancy Pearlman | Elaine Alaniz | Jason R. Aula | Isidro J. Armenta | Adam Bruno | Priscilla Umana | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2 primary | None held for LACCD | None held for LACCD | None held for LACCD (ran for Supervisor, 13.5%) | None held for LACCD | None held for LACCD | None held for LACCD | None held for LACCD |
| Last LACCD race | None | Lost Seat 3 in 2024, 23.8% | Lost Seat 5 in 2024, 18.3% | Lost Seat 5 in 2024, 13.1% | None | None | None |
| Latest public poll | None found | None found | None found | None found | None found | None found | None found |
| Raised, Jan 1, 2025 to Sep 19, 2026 | $55,254, plus a $3,500 loan from himself | Under $2,000 (Form 470) | Under $2,000 (Form 470) | No statement filed | Under $2,000 (Form 470) | Under $2,000 (Form 470) | Under $2,000 (Form 470) |
| Outside or allied spending for / against | $3,666.66 / $0 | $0 / $0 | $0 / $0 | $0 / $0 | $0 / $0 | $0 / $0 | $0 / $0 |
The candidates
Elaine Alaniz
Alaniz moved to Los Angeles in 2003, served on the City's Crisis Response Team, now works in a federal disaster-recovery job, and is president of the Westlake North Neighborhood Council (campaign site). She attended Los Angeles City College and Los Angeles Valley College and has worked as a healthcare recruiter (LA Times, 2024). She ran for LACCD Seat 5 in 2024 (18.3%) and for County Supervisor, District 1 in the June 2, 2026 primary, where she placed second of five with 13.5% (2024 results; 2026 results).
Isidro J. Armenta
Armenta's ballot designation is Fire Department Employee. He filed a Form 470 stating he expects to raise and spend less than $2,000 (Form 470). No campaign website, questionnaire or news coverage of his candidacy was found.
Jason R. Aula
Aula attended California community colleges, including Pierce College, and has worked in tech jobs and as a news reporter and business owner (LA Times, 2024; LA Times, 2022). He ran for LACCD Seat 2 in 2022 (18.4%) and Seat 5 in 2024 (13.1%) (2022 results; 2024 results). His website, checked September 30, 2026, still shows his 2022 LACCD and 2024 Assembly campaigns and nothing about 2026 (website).
Adam Bruno
Bruno has no ballot designation. He filed a Form 470 on September 22, 2026, stating he expects to raise and spend less than $2,000 (Form 470). No campaign website, questionnaire or news coverage of his candidacy was found.
Darryn Harris
Harris says his career has been in public service, advocacy and community engagement (campaign site). On his campaign finance report he lists himself as chief of government affairs and community relations at St. John's Community Health (Form 460, Jan-Jun 2026). The college where he teaches was not found. No prior race for public office was found.
Nancy Pearlman
Pearlman attended Los Angeles City College, earned a bachelor's in anthropology at UCLA and a master's in urban studies at Antioch University, and taught anthropology at five LACCD colleges (campaign site; bio). She has produced environmental radio and TV programs since 1977 (bio). She was an LACCD trustee from 2001 to 2017 (LA Times, 2024). Since then she ran for Seat 7 in a 2022 special election (26.4%) and Seat 3 in 2024 (23.8%) (2022 results; 2024 results).
Priscilla Umana
Umana's ballot designation is ASL Educational Interpreter. She filed a Form 470 on August 5, 2026, stating she expects to raise and spend less than $2,000 (Form 470). No campaign website, questionnaire or news coverage of her candidacy was found.
The job
Powers. State law puts each community college district “under the control of a board of trustees.” The board sets policy for and approves academic and facilities plans, approves courses and programs, employs all staff and sets their pay and benefits, and “determine[s] and control[s] the district’s operational and capital outlay budgets” (Education Code 70902). LACCD says its board also selects and appoints the Chancellor and the college presidents and reviews site and facilities development (LACCD). The board has seven members elected at large to four-year terms, plus a student trustee chosen each year (LACCD Board Overview). The student trustee casts an advisory vote before the other members vote (Education Code 72023.5). The LA Times reported in 2024 that trustees are paid $2,000 a month (LA Times).
Budget. District staff presented the 2026-27 Final Budget at a September 9, 2026 special board meeting (agenda, which attaches the presentation and the full budget book).
- All funds total $9.5 billion. The largest pieces are the Building Fund of bond money ($7.5 billion), the unrestricted General Fund ($1.1 billion), student financial aid ($374.6 million) and restricted grant programs ($299.4 million) (2026-27 Final Budget book, attached to the Sept. 9 agenda).
- Unrestricted revenue is $994.2 million. Of that, $907.1 million comes from the state’s Student Centered Funding Formula (2026-27 Final Budget book).
- Reserves: a General Reserve of $64.6 million (6.5%) and a Contingency Reserve of $34.8 million (3.5%), as board policy requires (2026-27 Final Budget book and presentation, attached to the Sept. 9 agenda).
- The budget assumes flat enrollment and “No salary increases.” The presentation notes the labor contracts expired June 30, 2026 (Final Budget presentation, attached to the Sept. 9 agenda).
- College allocations range from $167.1 million for East Los Angeles College to $36.6 million for Los Angeles Southwest College (Final Budget presentation, attached to the Sept. 9 agenda).
Students. LACCD’s January 2026 fact sheet says the nine colleges enroll “nearly 200,000” students a year (LACCD fact sheet). In 2024-25 they awarded more than 44,300 degrees and certificates, including more than 5,600 transfer degrees, and gave out $334 million in financial aid. About half of students report incomes near or below the poverty line. In 2024-25, 58.2% of students were Hispanic, 18.9% white, 8.0% African American and 5.6% Asian (LACCD fact sheet).
Bonds. Voters have approved five construction bonds: Prop A (2001), Prop AA (2003), Measure J (2008), Measure CC (2016) and Measure LA (2022). KPMG’s audit for the year ending June 30, 2025 counts $14.3 billion authorized and $6.79 billion spent, with about $7.9 billion left. Of what is left, $5.3 billion is Measure LA money (KPMG performance audit, Feb. 19, 2026). KPMG found no significant control deficiencies and no significant charges that broke bond rules. It made six low-priority recommendations, such as requiring sign-off on schedule reports and tracking contractor delays (KPMG performance audit). Measure LA passed in November 2022 with 62.3% of the vote (LA County results). The board votes to issue bonds. On October 8, 2025 it approved Measure CC bonds, Series F (minutes).
Audits. The outside audit of the district’s 2024-25 finances received an “unmodified” opinion. That means the auditor found the statements fair in all material respects (minutes). The board accepted it on February 18, 2026 (minutes). The bond financial audits for 2022-23 through 2024-25 also received unmodified opinions (March 4, 2026 minutes).
Accreditation. The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) accredits the colleges. None of the nine appears in the ACCJC lists of actions on institutions from January 2025 through June 2026 (ACCJC).
Student housing. The district planned to spend up to $150 million in Measure LA money on 800 to 1,600 student beds at Los Angeles City College and Pierce College, the LA Times reported (LA Times, Sept. 4, 2026). On September 2, 2026 it canceled the bidding and said it will run a new competition (LA Times, Sept. 4, 2026). In March 2026 the board adopted a resolution giving current and former foster youth priority in district student housing (March 4, 2026 minutes).
Leadership. The board named Alberto J. Román chancellor in May 2025 on a contract of about three years paying $440,000 a year, the LA Times reported (LA Times, May 8, 2025). The previous chancellor, Francisco Rodriguez, left in 2024 (LA Times, May 8, 2025).
How the seat is filled. No LACCD race was on the June 2, 2026 primary ballot (LA County results). LACCD trustees are elected only in November, with no primary and no runoff: “the person who gets the most votes in each seat wins,” as the LA Times described the 2024 race (LA Times). State law lets a district board move its elections to the statewide general election date (Elections Code 1302), and a plurality elects (Elections Code 15452). So every qualified candidate for the seat is on the November 3 ballot, and the winner may have well under half the votes. Candidates pick which seat to run for, and every voter in the district votes on every seat on the ballot.
This seat. Seat 4 is open. Sara Hernandez won it in 2022 with 54.1% (LA County results). She is not on the Seat 4 ballot. She ran for State Senate District 26 in the June 2 primary and placed first with 31.2% (Statement of Vote).
Records
None of the seven candidates has served on the LACCD board except Nancy Pearlman (2001 to 2017) (LA Times, 2024).
Darryn Harris
Career. Harris’s campaign biography gives no employers or dates. It says he has “worked at the intersection of government, advocacy, and community engagement” (campaign site). His Form 460 lists him as chief of government affairs and community relations at St. John’s Community Health (Form 460). His ballot designation is Community College Educator. His campaign site does not name a college (campaign site).
Record. No prior race for public office and no public office were found.
Ethics and lawsuits. No FPPC enforcement action that clearly refers to him, and no FEC matter, was found; he is not a State Bar licensee (FPPC case search; FEC legal search; State Bar search). Searched Sept. 30, 2026.
Nancy Pearlman
Record as trustee (2001-2017). Pearlman says she led the push for the district’s building program to follow LEED green building standards and fought to keep the Pierce College Farm and the Gold Creek Ecological Preserve (campaign site). She left the board in 2017 (LA Times, 2024).
Races since. She lost a 2022 special election for Seat 7 to Kelsey Iino with 26.4% and lost Seat 3 in 2024 to David Vela with 23.8% (2022 results; 2024 results). In 2022 she opposed Measure LA, saying the district “has not shown why they need more money or where it will be spent” (LA Times, 2022).
Career. She taught anthropology and communications at Harbor, West LA, East LA, City and Pierce colleges in the 1990s and from 2017 to 2020 (bio). She founded the Ecology Center of Southern California in 1972 and has hosted the radio series Environmental Directions since 1977 (bio).
Ethics and lawsuits. No FPPC enforcement case or FEC matter names her, and she is not a State Bar licensee (FPPC case search; FEC legal search; State Bar search). Searched Sept. 30, 2026.
Elaine Alaniz
Career. Alaniz works in a federal disaster-recovery job, is president of the Westlake North Neighborhood Council, and served on the City’s Crisis Response Team (campaign site). She told the Daily News her job title is Disaster Recovery Specialist (Daily News questionnaire). In 2024 the LA Times listed her as a healthcare recruiter (LA Times, 2024).
Races. In the March 5, 2024 primary for State Assembly District 54 she placed third of three with 8,819 votes (20.3%), behind Mark Gonzalez and John K. Yi (2024 primary results). She lost LACCD Seat 5 in November 2024 to Nichelle Henderson with 18.3%. In the June 2, 2026 primary for County Supervisor, District 1, she placed second of five with 41,306 votes (13.5%). Maria Elena Durazo won that seat outright with 60.6% (2024 results; 2026 results).
Record. She is a neighborhood council president and has held no elected public office (campaign site; Daily News questionnaire).
Ethics and lawsuits. In May 2025 the FPPC sent her a warning letter for not filing a candidate Statement of Economic Interests by the December 8, 2023 deadline as a candidate for State Assembly in the March 2024 primary. It chose a warning over a fine because she lost that race and had no history of violations, and told her she still had to file the statement (FPPC warning letter; FPPC case 2025-00637). No FEC matter names her, and she is not a State Bar licensee (FEC legal search; State Bar search). Searched Sept. 30, 2026.
Jason R. Aula
Career. Aula has described himself as a news reporter and business owner who has worked with faculty unions and for Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian and advocated for cannabis ballot measures (LA Times, 2022). In 2024 he said he had attended Pierce College and worked in tech jobs (LA Times, 2024).
Races. He lost Seat 2 in 2022 (18.4%) and Seat 5 in 2024 (13.1%) (2022 results; 2024 results).
Record. No public office was found.
Ethics and lawsuits. The FPPC has closed three matters over late or missing campaign filings by his committees, one as “Violations Found - No Action” and two with warning letters:
- 2017 Signal Hill City Council committee: closed in 2017 with “Violations Found - No Action” after the statement was filed (FPPC case 2017-00192).
- 2022 LACCD race: a warning letter for failing to file both pre-election campaign statements on time. The FPPC chose a warning over a fine (FPPC warning letter).
- 2024 LACCD race: a warning letter for not filing on time a statement of intention, a statement of organization, and both pre-election statements. The FPPC chose a warning because “it is unclear that you met the monetary threshold to form a committee,” he had no prior enforcement history, and he lost (FPPC warning letter).
No FEC matter names him, and he is not a State Bar licensee (FEC legal search; State Bar search). No response from Aula to these letters was found. Searched Sept. 30, 2026.
Isidro J. Armenta
His ballot designation is Fire Department Employee. No biography, employer, past race or public record was found.
No public enforcement actions were found in FPPC or FEC records, and he is not a State Bar licensee (FPPC case search; FEC legal search; State Bar search). Searched Sept. 30, 2026.
Adam Bruno
He has no ballot designation. No biography, employer, past race or public record was found.
No public enforcement actions were found in FPPC or FEC records, and he is not a State Bar licensee (FPPC case search; FEC legal search; State Bar search). Searched Sept. 30, 2026.
Priscilla Umana
Her ballot designation is ASL Educational Interpreter. No biography, employer, past race or public record was found.
No public enforcement actions were found in FPPC or FEC records, and she is not a State Bar licensee (FPPC case search; FEC legal search; State Bar search). Searched Sept. 30, 2026.
Where they stand
Issues come from the questions the LA Times asked LACCD candidates in 2022 and 2024 (enrollment, the budget, students’ basic needs, online classes and the bond) (LA Times, 2022; LA Times, 2024) and from the district’s current business: student housing and bond oversight. No 2026 media questionnaire for this race was found. Positions below are from campaign sites checked September 30, 2026 and from each candidate’s past LA Times answers, which are dated.
| Issue | Darryn Harris | Nancy Pearlman | Elaine Alaniz | Jason R. Aula | Armenta, Bruno, Umana |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Student housing | Says colleges must take “seriously the need for affordable housing”; no plan or number (campaign site). | As a trustee, pushed for designated parking lots at all nine colleges for students without housing, with restrooms and showers open 24 hours; says she will keep advocating (campaign site). | No specific proposal. | No specific proposal. | No specific proposal. |
| Bond spending and oversight | No specific proposal. | Make sure bonds “are still spent appropriately”; restore green building standards; solar panels over parking lots and roofs (campaign site). Opposed Measure LA in 2022 (LA Times, 2022). | No specific proposal. | Annual audits at each campus; supported Measure LA in 2022 (LA Times, 2022). | No specific proposal. |
| Cost to students | No specific proposal. | Free textbooks (LA Times, 2024). | Free electronic textbooks for all courses (LA Times, 2024). | No specific proposal. | No specific proposal. |
| Part-time faculty | No specific proposal. | Equal pay and opportunities for part-time faculty (campaign site). | No specific proposal. | No specific proposal. | No specific proposal. |
| Enrollment | No specific proposal. | Better advertising of the colleges (LA Times, 2024); outreach to high schools (LA Times, 2022). | No specific proposal. | Football teams at Trade-Tech and City College; restore Pierce College Farm operations (LA Times, 2022). In 2024, focus on “U.S. citizens and those with permission to be in the U.S.” (LA Times, 2024). | No specific proposal. |
| Career training | No specific proposal. | Organic farms at all nine colleges; environmental studies courses (campaign site). | Community college partnerships for trade training, from her 2026 Supervisor platform, with no number (campaign site). | Partner with the armed forces to recruit students (LA Times, 2024). | No specific proposal. |
| Campus safety | No specific proposal. | No specific proposal. | No specific proposal. | Extend the LA County Sheriff’s contract with LACCD (LA Times, 2022). | No specific proposal. |
On the other ballot measures
LACCD voters also decide 14 state propositions and County Measures A and E. Voters inside the City of Los Angeles also see City measures FD, TE, LA, PL, EE, PRK, PRT and SC. The LACCD board placed no measure on this ballot (County measures list). No statement by any Seat 4 candidate on these November measures was found. In her June Supervisor race, Alaniz opposed the County’s June 2 half-cent health care sales tax measure (Daily News questionnaire). That measure is not on the November ballot.
| Measures | Darryn Harris | Nancy Pearlman | Elaine Alaniz | Jason R. Aula | Armenta, Bruno, Umana |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Props 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45 | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position |
| County Measures A and E | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position |
| City measures (City voters only) | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position |
Endorsements
No newspaper editorial board endorsement in this race was found as of September 30, 2026.
Darryn Harris
From his campaign endorsements page, checked September 30, 2026:
- Party and political groups: Los Angeles County Democratic Party; Working Families Party; Stonewall Democratic Club; Black Los Angeles Young Democrats; Miracle Mile Democratic Club; Westside Young Democrats; North Valley Democratic Club; Democratic Municipal Officials (campaign list).
- Unions: AFT College Faculty Guild Local 1521; AFT College Staff Guild Local 1521A; UTLA; SEIU Locals 99 and 721; IBEW Local 11; Operating Engineers Local 12; Painters District Council 36; SMART Sheet Metal Workers Local 105 (campaign list).
- Federal, state and county officials: Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove; Supervisors Holly J. Mitchell and Lindsey P. Horvath; Controller Malia Cohen; Treasurer Fiona Ma; Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara; state Sens. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas and Laura Richardson; Assemblymembers Mike Fong, Mark Gonzalez, Isaac Bryan, Sade Elhawary, Tina McKinnor, Mike Gipson, Jessica Caloza, Rick Chavez Zbur and Corey Jackson; former state Sen. Steve Bradford and former Assemblymembers Autumn Burke and Miguel Santiago (campaign list).
- LACCD trustees: six sitting trustees, all but Gabriel Buelna (Sara Hernandez, David Vela, Kelsey Iino, Nichelle Henderson, Andra Hoffman and Steve Veres), plus former Trustee Angela Reddock (campaign list).
- City leaders: Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson; Councilmembers Heather Hutt and Curren Price; Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr.; Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson; former Councilmember Joe Buscaino; and other local officials listed on the page (campaign list).
Nancy Pearlman
From her campaign pages, checked September 30, 2026:
- Groups: Americans for Democratic Action of Southern California; Progressive Democrats of the Santa Monica Mountains (election page); Democrats for Israel Los Angeles (endorsements page).
- Individuals: former Councilmember Jan Perry; actor Ed Begley Jr.; and Robert Payne, a Seat 2 candidate (endorsements page).
Her endorsements page is headed “for November 3, 2026 election for Seat 3”; she ran for Seat 3 in 2024 and is running for Seat 4 now (endorsements page). She writes that the faculty union and the County Democratic Party have not endorsed her (election page).
Elaine Alaniz
No endorsements found. Her campaign site’s endorsement page, for her Supervisor race, says “Coming Soon” (endorsements page).
Jason R. Aula, Isidro J. Armenta, Adam Bruno, Priscilla Umana
No endorsements found.
Polls
No public polls of this race were found.
Money
LACCD candidates file with the LA County Registrar on NetFile. A candidate who files a Form 470 states that they expect to raise and spend less than $2,000 in the year and files no itemized reports (FPPC Form 470).
| Darryn Harris | Nancy Pearlman | Elaine Alaniz | Jason R. Aula | Isidro J. Armenta | Adam Bruno | Priscilla Umana | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contributions, Jan 1, 2025 to Sep 19, 2026 | $55,254 ($50 in 2025) | Form 470 | Form 470 | No statement filed | Form 470 | Form 470 | Form 470 |
| Late contributions, Sep 20-28 (Form 497) | $1,500 | none | none | none | none | none | none |
| Loans or own money | $3,500 loan from Harris | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Spent | $26.38 in 2025; $17,503.66 in 2026 through Sep 19 | under $2,000 | under $2,000 | unknown | under $2,000 | under $2,000 | under $2,000 |
| Cash on hand, Sep 19, 2026 | $41,223.96 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Debts | $3,500 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Sources: Harris’s Form 460s (2025 amended; Jan-Jun 2026 amended; Jul-Sep 2026), his Sep 24 late report and the others’ Forms 470 (Pearlman; Alaniz; Armenta; Bruno; Umana). Aula filed a Form 501 statement of intention on August 6, 2026 (Form 501) but no Form 470 or 460 was found as of September 29. Pearlman says she is not raising money for this race and has “No FPPC ID number, No committee name” (campaign site).
Who is giving
Method: every itemized contribution on Harris’s Form 460s from January 1, 2025 to September 19, 2026, plus Form 497 late reports through September 28. A donor is a name plus ZIP code. ZIP codes are assigned to the City of LA when at least half the ZIP’s area is inside the City, and to the rest of LA County by Census ZIP-to-county data. Industry comes from the employer and occupation each donor listed. Data: LA County NetFile.
Darryn Harris. 150 itemized donors gave $54,074. Another $2,680 came in unitemized gifts under $100 (2025 Form 460; Jan-Jun 2026 Form 460; Jul-Sep 2026 Form 460; Sep 24 late report).
- Size. 95 donors (63%) gave under $250, for $10,499 (19.4% of itemized money). Sixteen donors gave $1,000 or more, for $29,500 (54.6%) (Jan-Jun 2026 Form 460; Jul-Sep 2026 Form 460).
- Largest donor. The largest individual donor gave $10,000, 18.5% of itemized money (Jan-Jun 2026 Form 460).
- Politicians’ committees. Seven committees of state officeholders or candidates gave $9,500: Tina McKinnor for Assembly ($3,000); Isaac Bryan for Assembly and Autumn Burke for Insurance Commissioner 2030 ($1,500 each); Malia Cohen for Controller, Lola Smallwood-Cuevas for Senate and Miguel Santiago for Assembly 2030 ($1,000 each); and Rick Chavez Zbur for Assembly ($500). Mayor Karen Bass and Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove each gave $1,000 personally (Jan-Jun 2026 Form 460; Jul-Sep 2026 Form 460).
- Employers. No employer had four or more donors giving within three days of each other (Jan-Jun 2026 Form 460; Jul-Sep 2026 Form 460).
- Industries. Government workers gave 11.7% (22 donors), lobbying, public affairs and political consulting 11.6% (20 donors), and education 6.9% (19 donors). Real estate and construction together gave under 5% (Jan-Jun 2026 Form 460; Jul-Sep 2026 Form 460).
- Unions. Harris’s reports through September 19 and his late reports through September 28 list no union contributions. The AFT Staff Guild Local 1521-A COPE’s report lists a $10,000 contribution to his committee dated September 3, 2026 (AFT Staff Guild Form 460).
- Geography. Rest of LA County 45.4% of dollars, City of LA 39.3%, rest of California 11.7%, out of state 3.6% (Jan-Jun 2026 Form 460; Jul-Sep 2026 Form 460).
Everyone else. Pearlman, Alaniz, Armenta, Bruno and Umana filed Forms 470 (Pearlman; Alaniz; Armenta; Bruno; Umana). Aula filed only a Form 501. So there is no donor-level data for them.
Outside spending
No independent expenditure report (Form 496) naming a Seat 4 candidate was filed with the County as of September 29, 2026 (County NetFile portal).
One committee formed to support three LACCD candidates is spending in the race. The Coalition for LA Community College Reform to Support Veres, Harris, and Winston, sponsored by the Los Angeles College Faculty Guild, AFT Local 1521, registered on September 2, 2026 (Form 410).
- Money in: $250,000 on September 14 from the Los Angeles College Faculty Guild COPE (Form 460).
- Spent through Sep 19: $148,500. For Harris it paid $3,666.66 to Tzunu Strategies for campaign consulting on September 18. It reported this payment as a contribution to Harris’s committee. The rest went to Randall Winston (Seat 6, $141,166.67) and Steve Veres (Seat 2, $3,666.67). It had $101,675.18 left (Coalition Form 460).
- Who funds it: the Faculty Guild COPE reported all of its 2025-26 receipts as unitemized contributions under $100: $217,866 in July-December 2025 and $53,856 in January-April 2026 (Jul-Dec 2025 Form 460; Jan-Apr 2026 Form 460).
Key moments
Debates and forums. No candidate debate or forum for Seat 4 was found.
Open seat. Seat 4 opened when Trustee Sara Hernandez, the board president, ran for State Senate instead. She placed first in the June 2 primary for District 26 (Statement of Vote). She has endorsed Harris (campaign site).
Faculty union picks a slate (September 2026). The faculty union’s committee registered to support Harris, Steve Veres (Seat 2) and Randall Winston (Seat 6) (Form 410).
Housing bid canceled (September 2026). The board was set to vote September 2 on starting talks with CTI Housing to build student housing (LA Times, Sept. 4, 2026). The district canceled that meeting (Sept. 2 agenda), then canceled the bidding (LA Times, Sept. 4, 2026). The Seat 4 winner will vote on the new housing competition. No comment from any Seat 4 candidate was found.