{"id":2031302,"date":"2023-09-14T00:07:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T04:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-sheriff-alex-villanueva-announces-bid-for-la-county-supervisor\/"},"modified":"2023-09-14T00:08:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T04:08:40","slug":"former-sheriff-alex-villanueva-announces-bid-for-la-county-supervisor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-sheriff-alex-villanueva-announces-bid-for-la-county-supervisor\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Sheriff Alex Villanueva runs for LA County Supervisor."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-sheriff-alex-villanueva-announces-bid-for-la-county-supervisor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2031302&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Sheriff Alex Villanueva Announces Candidacy for Los Angeles County\u2064 Board \u2064of \u200dSupervisors<\/h2>\n<p>Former Los\u200d Angeles County Sheriff \u2064Alex\u200c Villanueva has officially declared his candidacy for the District 4 seat on the Los Angeles County \u200dBoard\u200c of Supervisors.\u200b He will be challenging incumbent Janice\u2064 Hahn in the upcoming March 2024 primary.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The Board of Supervisors\u2062 had a responsibility \u200bto \u2064provide for the health, safety, and welfare of the county and all \u200dof its residents,\u201d Mr. Villanueva \u200demphasized during his press conference. &#8220;In that\u2062 regard, [members of the current board] have failed absolutely. \u2064I cannot find \u2064a measure of success in any activity the board is engaged in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/former-sheriff-alex-villanueva-to-launch-new-talk-radio-show-on-monday-5247568\">Former Sheriff Alex \u2063Villanueva to Launch New Talk Radio Show on \u2062Monday<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">5\/6\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/los-angeles-county-sheriff-alex-villanueva-concedes-to-opponent-4865843\">Los Angeles County\u2063 Sheriff Alex Villanueva Concedes to Opponent<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">11\/15\/2022<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mr. Villanueva&#8217;s campaign will \u200bfocus on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-floyd-family-pushes-congressional-police-reform-at-white-house\/\" title=\"George Floyd Family Pushes Congressional Police Reform At White House\">addressing critical issues<\/a> such \u2064as \u200dcrime,\u2062 safety, homelessness, and what he refers\u200b to\u2064 as &#8220;county corruption.&#8221; He\u200c believes that the decisions made by the current board members have led to these\u200c problems.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;They\u2019re spending $44 billion of your\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-sheriff-alex-villanueva-announces-bid-for-la-county-supervisor\/\" title=\"Ex-Sheriff Alex Villanueva runs for LA County Supervisor.\">hard-earned \u200btaxpayer dollars<\/a>, and you have no \u2062idea\u200d where the money is being spent,&#8221;\u2063 he expressed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Under his campaign slogan \u200b&#8221;SAVE LA 2024,&#8221; Mr. Villanueva aims to steer Los Angeles\u2063 away\u2063 from the path\u2064 of decline experienced by cities like San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview\u2064 with The Epoch Times, \u200dMr. Villanueva \u200bstressed the need to change the\u200c county government&#8217;s approach to homelessness. He believes that flawed policies\u2064 are\u200c attracting individuals \u2063from across the country to Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The \u200centire homeless policy is based on ideology. It&#8217;s\u2063 not based on facts, reality, and \u200chuman\u2064 nature,&#8221; he\u2063 explained. &#8220;When you enable \u2064dependency and\u200c normalize deviancy, people are going to take advantage of it. They&#8217;re going to come to L.A.\u200d to smoke dope and basically defecate on the sidewalk in front of \u200ckids.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mr. Villanueva also \u2062highlighted the connection between \u200bthe growing homeless issue and\u2063 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-selects-pamela-smith-as-police-chief-as-crime-in-district-soars\/\" title=\"Pamela Smith chosen as DC police chief amidst rising crime.\">rising\u200c crime rate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Prop 47 needs to be repealed. We need to revert back to a \u2064standard on\u200c law and order, and we have to reassert that with law enforcement on the\u200b streets and DA in the court,&#8221; he asserted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Proposition 47, \u200bpassed \u2062in 2014, raised the felony\u2062 limit for property theft\u200b and\u2062 removed provisions for repeat offenders, contributing to the rise in crime.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing his \u200bconcern for the \u2064county&#8217;s deteriorating state, Mr. Villanueva stated, &#8220;I \u200ccannot stand by in good conscience and watch my own community suffer because of bad career politicians.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the \u2064press conference, retired Montebello Police Department Chief Garry Couso-Vasquez voiced his support for Mr. Villanueva, emphasizing the need for unity and strong leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Since\u200c 2020, the Los Angeles County Board of\u200d Supervisors \u2063has been \u200dcomposed entirely of female members. Mr. Villanueva&#8217;s candidacy aims to \u200dchallenge this dynamic, which began after Mark Ridley-Thomas, previously on the board, was convicted \u200cof federal bribery and conspiracy\u2062 charges.<\/p>\n<p>Having served as \u2064the Los Angeles County Sheriff for one term, Mr. Villanueva \u200dwon \u2062the position in \u2062the 2018\u200d election \u2063against then-sheriff Jim McDonnell. However, he\u2062 lost\u2063 the seat to former Long\u200c Beach Police\u200c Chief Robert Luna in the November\u200c 2022 election.<\/p>\n<p>Janice \u2064Hahn, the incumbent, was elected in 2016 and reelected \u2064in 2020 to represent the 4th District, which encompasses various\u200b areas in Los Angeles County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>its residents,&#8221; Villanueva said. &#8220;I believe I can bring the necessary experience and leadership to address the challenges we face. 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