On October 21, 2026, Huntington Beach city attorney Michael Gates announced a campaign for California attorney general against incumbent Rob Bonta. Gates says he sued the state over AB 1955 a year and a half ago and won, and he claims the federal government and the Central District of California are investigating California election issues. He also says an ad package projected at six to seven million impressions drew 50 million views, that Huntington Beach cut homelessness overnight by 60 percent through enforcement, and that Bonta knew about $425 billion in fraud and abuse over five years and chose not to investigate. All of these claims are his own and remain unverified in the segments.