The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Monday directed their attorney to draft a proposed ballot measure to give themselves the power to remove Sheriff Alex Villanueva following repeated clashes between both parties.
They are basically trying to override the will of the voters so they can continue promoting their pro-criminal, rampant crime policies. The Sheriff is actually keeping LA from complete anarchy. They should give him a raise.
Sheriff Villanueva decided to clean up the filthy, drug-infested vagrant camps. The LA county supervisors are enraged that he did so and want him out.
The board voted 4-1, with Supervisor Kathryn Barger casting the lone dissenting vote. The matter would still need final passage from the board for it to be put in front of voters on Nov. 8.
If passed, it would give the panel the power to remove an elected sheriff “for cause” with a four-fifths vote.
In a Monday letter to the board, Villanueva blasted the proposal, calling it “recipe for corruption.” He further said it would allow “board members to intimidate sheriffs from carrying out their official duties to investigate crime”, Fox News reports.
These people are corrupt and deranged.
You can read the entire response here:
SHERIFF VILLANUEVA’S RESPONSE TO AGENDA #12 – PROMOTING ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMMUNITY SAFETY THROUGH CHECKS AND BALANCES OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF pic.twitter.com/9Et5DAD66W
— LA County Sheriffs (@LASDHQ) July 12, 2022
Villanueva is a centrist Democrat. He has fought the board over its “defund the police” stance, enabling a growing homeless population, and support of social welfare programs for criminals in lieu of jail time, Washington Examiner reports.
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Sheriff Alex Villanueva should arrest the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for Obstruction of Justice! In California, Sheriffs are elected not Appointed, so the only way to legally remove him should be a Recall Election.
LA is a lost cause. Gone the way of SF. Just put your masks on and shut up.