The vote comes after a jury ordered the county to pay Vanessa Bryant and Chris Chester $35 million for failing to prevent personnel from taking and sharing of photos of their deceased loved ones at the site of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant.
If voters approve it in November, the ballot measure would give the board the power to remove a sheriff “for cause” on a four-fifths vote of the five-member panel.
Sheriff Alex Villanueva accused the board of using the ballot measure as a way to defund his department.
Supervisor Don Knabe hosted his annual State of the County address at the Long Beach Convention Center last week, largely focusing on County budget woes, problems in dealing with the federal government, prison realignment and the Affordable Care Act (ACA), among other issues.
Following the murder of 23-year-old Jose Luis Cruz Jr. on November 9 of last year, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a $10,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the unknown murderer.
