Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva moved his deputies into Los Angeles police territory this week to begin patrols in Venice Beach in an effort to address the homeless crisis in that area, prompting a scathing response from local leaders.
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THOMAS ELIAS There’s more than mere strangeness to the recall fever that’s swept much of California since it became plain that Gov. Gavin Newsom faces a bid to dump him.
âAll politics is loco,â the New York Times headlined during Californiaâs 2003 recall campaign.
That never looked more true than in mid-May, when gubernatorial recall replacement candidate John Cox campaigned with a Kodiak bear to demonstrate his âbeastlyâ qualities, then complained loudly because the bear got more attention than he did.
Or when reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner, running as a âcompassionateâ right-winger, griped that seeing too many homeless drove a fellow airplane-owning neighbor at a small airport to move his plane out of state.
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