Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva says he is blocking Inspector General Max Huntsman’s access to all internal records and prohibiting him from entering any department building.
These types of restrictions would make it nearly impossible for the inspector general to do his job of watch-dogging the Sheriff's Department.Villanueva says it's because Huntsman is the target of a second criminal investigation, claiming he may have broken the law when he informed county counsel that Sheriff's deputies might search the home of County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl.
Huntsman has not commented on the latest move, except to say his staff still appears to have access to Sheriff's Department buildings.The backstory: Villanueva and Huntsman have clashed almost from the time the sheriff took office in late 2018. Huntsman says the first criminal investigation and previous limitations on his access to records were retaliation for his critical report on Villanueva's effort to rehire a deputy who had been fired for domestic violence and lying. They have also butted heads many times over the sheriff's resistance to Huntsman's oversight efforts.
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