Posted on 06/09/2021 4:33:07 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The move, which drew the ire of the city councilman for Venice, came after Villanueva has railed in recent weeks against city officials for their handling of homelessness issues. Being careful not to malign the Los Angeles Police Department, which patrols Venice, the sheriff said city leaders have hamstrung the LAPD from taking a more aggressive posture when dealing with homeless people.
“That’s the fundamental failure of the Board of Supervisors, L.A. City Council and the mayor of L.A. — they have refused to regulate public space,” Villanueva said Monday. “And that is why the problem is growing exponentially year after year.”
For a few weeks at least, sheriff’s deputies will not be making arrests or taking other enforcement measures on the boardwalk, one of the city’s iconic tourist attractions.
Deputies and mental health clinicians will spend the next few weeks assessing the needs of people living in sprawling encampments along the beachfront promenade and helping to get them services...On Tuesday, the deployment included 18 deputies and five clinicians.
During a walk along one stretch of sand this week, Deedrick said he counted 47 tents.
LAPD Chief Michel Moore said Villanueva told him two weeks ago he was planning to send his department’s homeless outreach team to Venice and that after a few weeks deputies would begin arresting those who refused to leave encampments.
Villanueva said Monday that he’d like the boardwalk to be cleared of homeless people by July 4. When told of this, Moore said that LAPD officers would not assist sheriff’s deputies in clearing encampments unless the City Council or Mayor Eric Garcetti gave him a directive to do so.
The effort raised questions about whether Villanueva is overstepping his authority.
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No, he is not. In California, the sheriff is a constitutional officer with broad powers. Villanueva takes his oath seriously, unlike the city officials.
Cloward-Piven is alive and well in Californistan.
Under the US constitution the sheriff is the ultimate law enforcement offcer of the county and the cites are political subdivisions. The sheriff is entirely within his rights.
Under the US constitution the sheriff is the ultimate law enforcement offcer of the county and the cites are political subdivisions.
Interesting. Where in the US Constitution does it say that?
Is this a consequence of the bums running Hunter Biden out of town?
California Law: https://law.justia.com/codes/california/2009/gov/26600-26616.html
Section:
26602. The sheriff shall prevent and suppress any affrays, breaches
of the peace, riots, and insurrections that come to his or her
knowledge, and investigate public offenses which have been committed.
The sheriff may execute all orders of the local health officer
issued for the purpose of preventing the spread of any contagious or
communicable disease.
Your county Sheriff is the highest elected law enforcement official in the country.
is the city admitting that it takes 18 police officers to protect 5 social workers?
Being homeless does not entitle one to camp overnight or weekly on beaches that the general public aren’t allowed to camp on overnight. Or on beaches that the public is regularly fleeced for the costs of “maintaining and preserving fragile ecosystems’
Thanks, but that doesn’t answer the question I asked.
The County Sheriff is Elected and Works for the People, Police Officers and police Chiefs are Selected by Politicians and work directly for politicians.
Should we even Allow cities to have a Police Force??
I say NO
I think that would be under state constitutions not the federal constitution. Feds can ask, but can’t dictate to states, or command elected state officials such as sheriffs to obey, although states are well within their rights to say ‘buzz off’ to the feds under our unique system of dual soverienty. Scalia commented on sheriffs in a 1997 decision, confirming that a duly elected by the people sheriff is the undisputable chief law enforcement agent of a county. The sheriff is selected by the people as the county’s guardian of both the state and federal constitutions, first and foremost being a duty to ensure due process for the people, acting as a checkrein on prosecutors and judges and ensuring swift but fair prosecution of those who violate the Constitution and the rights of the people. A governor or judge can’t fire a sheriff, but a sheriff can arrest a judge or governor or ignore them all together.
Noted as false.
I think that would be under state constitutions not the federal constitution.
You are correct. Claiming such demonstrates a colossal misunderstanding of our Republic.
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