LOS ANGELES—Sheriff Alex Villanueva called the county’s board of supervisors’ efforts unconstitutional and a “power grab” as officials moved ahead with plans this week to draft a ballot measure that would allow them to remove him from office. The LA County Board of Supervisors passed a motion Tuesday, July 12, to direct county attorneys to…

The Los Angeles County sheriff called the effort by the Los Angeles-area Metro Board’s police advisory committee to remove law enforcement from public transit a “scary proposition” Nov. 17. The committee unanimously recommended canceling Metro’s policing contracts at a meeting Nov. 3. The agency contracts with the Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles County…

LOS ANGELES—A judge dismissed on Nov. 5 a lawsuit originally filed by a deputy in September 2020 alleging the Compton Sheriff’s Station’s life-threatening retaliation against him when he reported the criminal activities of a deputy subgroup known as the Executioners. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William F. Fahey had previously tossed Austreberto “Art” Gonzalez’s lawsuit on Feb….

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva again questioned the approach of government officials tackling the region’s homelessness crisis today, alleging that building new housing units for the homeless only encourages more transients to move here from other parts of the country. The sheriff specifically criticized the Los Angeles City Council’s decision Aug. 10 to…

In an unusual move, Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva has sent a letter to the Board of Supervisors urging them to declare a local state of emergency to address the spiraling homelessness crisis in the county, citing an increase in crime, lack of sanitation, and struggling businesses. “We’ve been inundated with calls, with concerns, with…