The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to adopt an ordinance calling for a special election to give the board the power to remove the elected L.A. County Sheriff. The relationship between current L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and the Board of Supervisors has been contentious, with a series of public disagreements playing out before the eyes of ...

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva discussed several issues during a Santa Clarita town hall Thursday ahead of the sheriff election in November. Villanueva was joined by Captain Justin Diez and other deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station at a town hall in the West Ranch High School auditorium Thursday evening to answer questions from locals. “I’m doing ...

Los Angeles County Fifth District Supervisor Kathryn Barger, representing the Santa Clarita Valley, released a statement Tuesday voicing her concern for being the sole opposing vote on a motion that would give the board the power to remove the L.A. County Sheriff. The motion, introduced by Supervisors Holly J. Mitchell and Hilda L. Solis is aimed to “establish meaningful checks ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is set to vote on a motion Tuesday that would give the board the power to remove the L.A. County Sheriff.  The motion, introduced by Supervisors Holly J. Mitchell and Hilda L. Solis is aimed to “establish meaningful checks and balances,” stating that the check on the County Sheriff is “long overdue,” according ...

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has been given the “Sheriff of the Year” award from the Resiliency Project, an organization that aims to improve the mental wellbeing of first responders. On Monday, Villanueva was given the award for advocating for the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department, which representatives for the Resiliency Project said improved mental health outcomes for deputies. “Over ...

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, and Captain Justin Diez are expected to host a community meeting with the Santa Clarita Valley next month to discuss public safety issues.  On Thursday May 5 from 6 to 8 p.m. Santa Clarita residents and business owners are invited to join Villanueva and Diez for an evening of information and dialogue at West ...

Tuesday, Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger has released the following statement in response to the Board’s vote to have the county’s Department of Human Resources assume the authority to enforce County employees’ compliance with vaccination requirements. “This action is in response to an individual – Sheriff Villanueva, to be specific. To change a policy over one individual isn’t appropriate,” ...

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, held a virtual community discussion on Wednesday to address issues of public safety and crime in L.A. County.  The two elected officials joined together via Zoom on Wednesday to cover the current public safety issues in L.A. County and Santa Clarita, including the effects of defunding the Los ...

Defining voting power across Los Angeles County for the next decade, the first-ever independently-run redistricting commission approved official district boundaries that affect legislative and executive operations in each of the five districts, including the City of Santa Clarita in the Fifth District.  The L.A. County Citizens Redistricting Commission (CRC) approved a proposed draft with one abstention Wednesday evening that would ...

During a press conference Tuesday, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Sheriff Alex Villanueva warned of the effects the COVID-19 vaccine mandate could have on the Department.   During the meeting, Villanueva used a PowerPoint showing that over the last year, there has been an increase of early retirements and workers’ compensation claims compared to before, partly due to the Board of ...