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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, which has repeatedly clashed with Sheriff Alex Villanueva on a variety of topics, directed its attorneys Tuesday to draft a proposed ballot measure that would give the panel power to remove an elected sheriff from office for cause.
He Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider a proposal that would ask voters in November to give the panel power to remove an elected sheriff from office for cause.
LA County leaders will consider a proposal that would ask voters in November to give the Board of Supervisor power to remove an elected sheriff from office for cause.
The LA County Sheriff is independently elected, but the proposal would give county supervisors the ability to remove him or her "for cause" such as misconduct or misappropriation of public funds.
The Los Angeles County Board's proposal would give the panel power to remove an elected sheriff, a move Sheriff Alex Villanueva's campaign says they have "no...