Supervisors say the change is months in the making, spurred by the need to centralize disaster operations after the Woolsey fire. Sheriff Alex Villanueva says it's a 'power grab.'
The L.A. County Board of Supervisors is taking steps to remove Sheriff Alex Villanueva as the head of the county’s emergency operations center during the coronavirus outbreak, a move he called a “pure power grab at the worst time possible.”
Three supervisors reached late Wednesday said the proposed change is months in the making and stems from the need to centralize disaster operations after a fragmented response during the deadly Woolsey fire, which killed three people and burned nearly 97,000 acres in Los Angeles and Ventura counties in 2018.during the pandemic, viewing them as nonessential businesses.
“This is pretty much a silent coup, what they’re trying to orchestrate,” Villanueva said. “We should be worried about masks, about test kits, and I have [Supervisor] Kathryn Barger worried about guns and ammunition.”In a statement late Wednesday, Barger said she has not commented on Villanueva’s decision to close gun stores. She also said the Woolsey fire illustrated a need to “modernize our emergency operations efforts and align with best practices in other jurisdictions.
A spokeswoman for Barger noted that a motion to place the county’s chief executive in charge of coordinating disaster preparedness as well as the activation and operation of the emergency center was brought to the board in November.“I think the sheriff erroneously believes that centering the response to this crisis to the Office of Emergency Management is somehow a dis to him,” Kuehl said.
The conflict highlights the ongoing power struggle between the sheriff and the board that began soon after he took office in December 2018. They have clashed over a variety of issues, including
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