The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is taking steps to remove Sheriff Alex Villanueva as the head of the county’s emergency operations center during the coronavirus outbreak, officials said Thursday. The March 31 board meeting agenda indicates that supervisors plan to vote on the removal of Villanueva as the head of emergency operations, replacing his role in charge of ...

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is planning to visit Santa Clarita for a February town hall meeting, officials said. Santa Clarita residents are invited to “have their voices heard” by Villanueva at the town hall meeting on March 2, according to officials. The official post from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station welcomes community members for an evening of ...

The LA County Board of Supervisors passed a motion Tuesday to freeze funding and hiring processes for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) due to budget deficits, officials said. The motion could require Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva to agree to a spending “mitigation plan” aiming to reduce a $63 million budget deficit, a fiscal matter largely blamed ...