By Nancy C Arcuri, Editor and Publisher

On August 5th ABC News released this new story:

“The LA County Board of Supervisors voted to put a measure on the ballot shifting up to $490 million of the county’s budget to social services in a move the sheriff likens to partially defunding his department.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has voted 4-1 to put a charter amendment on the November ballot for voters to decide whether a minimum of 10% of the county’s unrestricted general funds should be set aside annually for housing, jail diversion, mental health and other social services, as well as alternatives to incarceration.

Supervisor Kathryn Barger opposed the measure, saying it would unnecessarily restrict future boards and make it harder for the county to manage through economic downturns.
The county CEO has estimated that roughly $360 million to $490 million would be set aside under the measure.

Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, who has championed the measure, says it is about expanded access to housing, mental health treatment and law enforcement diversion programs, and has pushed back against the idea that it amounts to defunding law enforcement.

Sheriff Alex Villanueva has called the measure a defunding of county law enforcement.
After an earlier vote by the board, Villanueva took to Twitter to voice his disapproval, saying the agenda item would defund his department and “change public safety forever.

“If you don’t want your streets to look like a scene from Mad Max, use your VOICE to tell the board what you think,” the tweet read.

Compton’s mayor and city activists shared stories of mistreatment by sheriff’s deputies as they called for an investigation into a rogue deputy gang nicknamed the “Executioners.”

Sheriff Alex Villanueva has called the measure a defunding of county law enforcement.

Villanueva, whose department budget totals roughly $3.4 billion, told the board last week the measure would force him to close patrol stations in Altadena and Marina del Rey and make other big cuts to public safety.

Villanueva has made similar threats during past budget debates, but later assured constituents that he would not be firing patrol deputies.

County departments are subject to an 8% budget cut for the coming fiscal year and as a consequence, the Sheriff’s Department is facing the possibility of laying off 457 custody employees in October if no additional funding can be found. No patrol deputies are targeted to be laid off.

Arguments for and against the measure must be submitted by Aug. 14 to appear in ballot materials, with rebuttals due Aug. 24 and the first ballots mailed out Sept. 4.”

Have our County Supervisors Hilda Solis, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Shelia Kuehl and Janice Hahn sold us out to members of the radical leftwing members of our society?

Residents of Los Angeles County should be concerned with their efforts to try to use our tax dollars that we pay for our police protection to be used for other social services.

Los Angeles residents are already paying millions of dollars for these services.

The Los Angeles Sheriff Department works with our residents and our police departments in our 88 incorporated cities as well residents in our unincorporated neighborhoods.

All of our police department work together with our mutual aid agreements.

In smaller cities their Homicide Department helps to solve violent crimes.  This office is located at 1 Cupania Circle in Monterey Park.

Our Los Angeles County Budget already receivers a lion’s share of your property taxes and your sales taxes.

Please see on their web page and call the Boardmembers with your questions and issues.

District 1: 
Hilda Solis
856 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration 500 W. Temple Street
Los Angeles CA, 90012 firstdistrict@bos.lacounty.gov (213) 974-4111

District 2: Mark Ridley-Thomas
856 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration 500 W. Temple Street 
Los Angeles CA, 90012 seconddistrict@bos.lacounty.gov (213) 974-2222

District 3: 
Sheila Kuehl 
856 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration 500 W. Temple Street
 Los Angeles CA, 90012 sheila@bos.lacounty.gov
 (213) 974-3333

District 4: 
 Janice Hahn 
856 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration 500 W. Temple Street
Los Angeles CA, 90012 fourthdistrict@bos.lacounty.gov
 (213) 974-4444

District 5: 
Kathryn Barger
 856 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration 500 W. Temple Street
Los Angeles CA, 90012 Kathryn@bos.lacounty.gov
 (213) 974-5555

Please be sure to study this Ballot Measure to be placed on our November 2020 ballot.

Public safety is very important to all of us.

Please don’t let these radical leftwing criminals destroy our American lives and our freedoms.

Please support our Police Departments and vote NO on this County Ballot issue in November.

Your NO vote may just save the lives of your family members, your neighbors or your own.

All of our lives matter in the eyes of God!