LA Sheriff Responds to Supervisors’ Attempt to Remove Him

LA Sheriff Responds to Supervisors’ Attempt to Remove Him
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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.

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