Category: Sheriff Alex Villanueva

LA County Offers Rewards in Antelope Valley Shootings, Says Board Must ‘Send a Message’ to Criminals

December 22, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County is offering a $10,000 reward for information about the Lancaster shooter who shot a man while driving and hunted down the same man at a gas station to shoot him again. The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors approved the reward in a motion during a Dec. 21 board meeting. Supervisor Kathryn…

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LA Sheriff Warns of Mass Exodus, Imminent Safety Threat From Vaccine Mandate

October 29, 2021
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The Los Angeles County sheriff slammed the county’s “absolutely absurd” vaccine mandate Oct. 29 for causing a mass exodus of deputies and an imminent public safety threat. A COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees has caused 20–30 percent of the department to leave, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said in a letter to the Board of Supervisors. Under…

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Newsom Invites Nation’s Homeless Population to Live the ‘California Dream’

July 22, 2021
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Gov. Gavin Newsom welcomed the nation’s homeless into California July 19 after signing the largest homeless investment bill in state history. “The state is roaring back, and I’m proud people from around the world looking to California again for opportunity,” Newsom said during a Sebastopol, Calif. news conference. “That should not just be for certain people. All people, I…

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Sheriff’s Deputies to Meet with Homeless in Venice

June 8, 2021
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VENICE—Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies will be on Venice Beach on June 8—technically, in the Los Angele Police Department’s (LAPD) jurisdiction – talking with the homeless and determining what they are doing to move from being homeless to having a place to stay. Sheriff Alex Villanueva made the announcement June 7, saying the homelessness crisis…

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