The L.A. County Board of Supervisors rebuked Sheriff Alex Villanueva over his fiscal stewardship, taking the extraordinary step of freezing a portion of his agency’s budget to force the county’s top cop to address excessive spending
The supervisors expressed their concern about the Sheriff’s Department’s $63-million budget shortfall and what they see as its failure to address those concerns when they were first raised in December and at least twice since then. The board voted unanimously to require Villanueva to submit to a “payment plan” to reimburse the county before he can regain full control of his resources.
“The last thing I want to see is we are not providing the needed security and sworn officers on the ground,” she said. “This is not about taking away the safety and security of our neighborhoods.” Villanueva said he had one-on-one meetings Monday with three of the five supervisors. He also met with the county’s chief executive officer on Friday.Sheriff’s officials attributed Villanueva’s inherited deficit largely to unfunded retirement and workers’ compensation claim costs. The department said the supervisors annually underfund its budget and noted that it has a $70-million shortfall alone in providing security for L.A.
The dispute between the sheriff, who defeated incumbent Jim McDonnell in an upset in November, and the board has been building for months. Budget officials in the county’s chief executive office, which manages spending plans for the board, have grown increasingly alarmed as the sheriff’s spending outpaced expectations..
“While the department’s core mission is to ensure public safety, the responsibility to safeguard limited public resources is equally applicable and important,” the memo said.
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