LA County's Measure A, which would give the Board of Supervisors the authority to remove a county Sheriff for cause, has received more votes than Gov. Gavin Newsom in his reelection effort so far.
against challenger Robert Luna, has blasted the proposal as unconstitutional, calling it a blatant power grab by a board with which he has repeatedly clashed.
Measure A gives the board the power to remove a sheriff "for cause" with a four-fifths vote of the five-member panel. Although board members supporting the measure denied it was political in nature, the move was a clear response to its battles with Villanueva, who has accused board members of defunding his agency at the expense of public safety and has rebuffed subpoenas to appear before the county's Civilian Oversight Commission.
"Measure A is a moment to think about the system," Soto-Martinez said. "Because we realize this is simply not about Villanueva. It is about the system that we are fighting. It is a system that kills people of color. It is a system that we'll continue to fight." Hernandez said she was excited about voters taking the step of "actually diminishing the power, the budget of the sheriff's department."
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