LOS ANGELES (CN) — Former LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva asked the Ninth Circuit on Thursday to revive his lawsuit filed against the Board of Supervisors over his placement on a “do not rehire” list following his sole four-year-term in office.
Though he campaigned as a reformer, Villanueva tacked hard to the right once elected in 2018, refusing to enforce the county’s Covid-19 vaccination mandates and stonewalling investigations into deputy gangs. He became a frequent guest on Fox News and regularly railed against the Board of Supervisors and other elected officials in the region, whom he dismissed as the “woke left.” The approach did nothing to endear him to voters in the county, and he was defeated in 2022 by Robert Luna. His subsequent attempts at electoral politics — a run for Supervisor and a rematch against Luna, earlier this month — ended in similarly dismal defeats.
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