The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has stripped Sheriff Alex Villanueva of his designation as the county’s chief of emergency operations, citing the historical inability of the sheriff’s office to navigate disaster response efforts during the 2018 Woolsey Fire, which occurred before Villanueva was elected.
The Los Angeles Times reports that the unanimous decision was made on Tuesday morning, several months after the board of supervisors brought up the need to remove the emergency responsibilities from the sheriff’s office. The decision does not change Villanueva’s designation as sheriff, a position he was elected to serve until 2022.
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