L.A. County Supervisors Hear Options For Removing Sheriff
By Elizabeth Marcellino, City News Service
Published February 4, 2021
Los Angeles County supervisors were briefed today on four legal options for removing Sheriff Alex Villaneuva from his elected post, but it was not clear if the board is ready to take action. Supervisor Sheila Kuehl and former Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas first called on county attorneys in October to spell out their options for playing hardball with the sheriff.
Then last week, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced he was launching an investigation into whether there is a pattern or practice of unconstitutional policing by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. It seems that a majority of the board is now willing to wait and see how that investigation which will certainly take many months, if not years plays out. Villanueva will be up for reelection in 2022.
Opioid settlement will bring nearly $20 million to NC. How should it be spent? Will Doran, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Feb. 4 RALEIGH Corporate consultants who worked with the makers of OxyContin and other painkillers that have fueled the opioid epidemic have agreed to pay North Carolina nearly $20 million to avoid a lawsuit over their work.
That s part of a nationwide $573 million settlement that the consulting firm McKinsey & Co. reached with 47 states, five U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. Thursday morning, N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein held a press conference announcing what it will mean for North Carolina.
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Updated at 6:30 p.m. ET
President Biden named more of the team that will tackle the addiction crisis on Wednesday while promising a series of policy actions in the first 100 days.
The announcement comes as overdose deaths surge to record levels, topping 81,000 fatalities over the past 12 months, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Regina LaBelle, a veteran drug policy expert who served in the Obama administration, was named deputy director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).
In a statement, LaBelle said mounting rates of overdose deaths and untreated addiction are significant challenges especially at a time when the Biden team faces other major crises.
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President Biden on Wednesday announced more of the team that will tackle the addiction crisis. Evan Vucci/AP
Updated at 6:30 p.m. ET
President Biden named more of the team that will tackle the addiction crisis on Wednesday while promising a series of policy actions in the first 100 days.
The announcement comes as overdose deaths surge to record levels, topping 81,000 fatalities over the past 12 months, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Regina LaBelle, a veteran drug policy expert who served in the Obama administration, was named deputy director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).