LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva's campaign says if the board gets its way, 'this illegal motion would allow corrupt supervisors to intimidate sheriffs from carrying out their official duties to investigate crime.'
The proposal would ask voters to give the board the power to remove an elected sheriff from office for cause in the November election — the same election in which voters could choose to reelect Villanueva to a second term. Villanueva's reelection bid is headed for a November runoff against former Long Beach police Chief Robert Luna, after they finished in the top two in a nine-candidate field in the June primary.
"If passed, this illegal motion would allow corrupt supervisors to intimidate sheriffs from carrying out their official duties to investigate crime," Villanueva's campaign statement said."I think the board is right about being frustrated with this sheriff who just believes he's Donald Trump, that he's judge, jury, and executioner here. And it's a problem," Yaroslavsky said."But they need to be careful that the remedy does not undermine their position.
The motion, introduced by Board Chair Holly Mitchell and Supervisor Hilda Solis, does not mention Villanueva by name. The board will take up the issue at its meeting Tuesday, and if they approve it, it will be on the ballot on Nov. 8.
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