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 draft an ordinance for November’s ballot that would allow the board to remove an elected sheriff.
The motion passed 4–1 with Supervisor Kathryn Barger voting against it. The issue will still need to return to the board for final passage before it goes before voters in November….