Category: Alex Villanueva

LA County Supervisors Consider Seeking Power to Remove Sheriff

July 8, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on July 12 will consider a proposal that would ask voters in November to give the panel power to remove an elected sheriff from office for cause. The motion by Board Chair Holly Mitchell and Supervisor Hilda Solis would direct county attorneys to draft the required documents…

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LIVE NOW: If It’s Not ‘Angry White Men,’ Then It’s the ‘Easy Access of Guns’ | Larry Elder

May 25, 2022
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A gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 19 children. It’s the latest in a series of mass killings at churches, schools, and stores. The suspect is being identified as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, of Uvalde, Texas, where the mass shooting began at about noon. The shooting at Robb Elementary School…

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LA Sheriff: County’s 2022–23 Budget Is ‘Defunding the Police’

April 20, 2022
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Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva criticized the county’s recommended $38.6 billion budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year, claiming its Board of Supervisors is “defunding the police” by re-allocating the sheriff department’s funds to alternative incarceration programs. In a press conference on April 20, Villaneuva said he decided to host his own press conference because…

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Los Angeles Prepares to Fight Human Trafficking at Super Bowl

February 11, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Advocates and hospitality agencies are on high alert as the Super Bowl on Feb. 13 is expected to make human trafficking worse.  As the big game arrives at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is partnering with It’s a Penalty—a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending human trafficking in partnership…

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Defunding the Police Leads to Skyrocketing Homicide Rate: LA County Sheriff

February 10, 2022
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Defunding the police has caused a 94 percent increase in homicide in Los Angeles County and brought serious safety concerns to the public, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff. He is calling on residents to hold the elected officials accountable and end this woke ideology. “Defunding has consequences,” Sheriff Alex Villanueva told EpochTV’s “California…

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Los Angeles County Sheriff Explains Impact of ‘Defund the Police’ | Alex Villanueva

February 7, 2022
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The “Defund the Police” movement started about two years ago. With a spike in violent crimes across the nation and some cities refunding their police departments, people are questioning if it was a rational decision based on data. My guest is Alex Villanueva, sheriff of Los Angeles County—the largest sheriff’s department in the country. He…

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LA Sheriff’s Stations Get Funding Boost From Supervisor Barger’s Budget

December 16, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—Following a recent spate of high-profile “smash-and-grab” robberies, Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger announced on Dec. 16 she will provide $1 million from her discretionary budget to boost law enforcement services in unincorporated areas of her district. Los Angeles County Sheriff Department stations that will receive the funding are Altadena, Crescenta Valley, Lancaster, Malibu/Lost Hills,…

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LA Sheriff, County Spar Over Funding

December 15, 2021
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Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva Dec. 14 accused the county of defunding the department this year, a claim that was disputed by at least one county supervisor. The dispute boils down to a disagreement over whether the county supervisors decreased the sheriff’s budget as part of the “defund the police” movement. The county allocated…

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Sheriff Condemns Effort to Defund LA Transit Police

November 17, 2021
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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…

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Judge Throws Out Deputy’s Retaliation Suit Against Los Angeles County

November 5, 2021
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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….

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