Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is called ” Donald Trump Los Angeles County,” he said, and his office will not enforce the county’s recently restored mask authorization. Villanueva said the authorization “has no scientific support.”
Mandatory enforcement of county indoor masks Revalidated on saturday According to the order of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH). DPH cited the rising number of COVID-19 cases as the reason for reinstatement. The directive requires everyone to wear masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status.
However, in a statement on Friday, Villanueva criticized the order as unscientific.
“There is no scientific basis for forced vaccination and people who have been infected with COVID-19 to wear masks indoors. This is in line with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Guidelines,” he claimed.
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“The underfunded/underfunded Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department will not consume our limited resources, but will require voluntary compliance,” his statement continued.
He said that DPH has the right to perform its tasks independently. He also encouraged DPH to cooperate with the city’s board of supervisors and law enforcement agencies to “establish tasks that are both achievable and scientifically supported.”
Although Villanueva is correct, the CDC says that vaccinated people “can resume activities without wearing a mask or keeping physical distance,” its recommendation adds, “unless the federal, state, local, tribal, or Regional laws, rules and regulations have requirements.”
National infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci Also recommended Vaccinated people continue to wear masks. Fauci and CDC stated that people who have previously been infected with COVID-19 or have been vaccinated may get COVID-19 again and spread it to other people.
DPH leader Dr. Muntu Davis once said that everyone is required to wear a mask Much easier than Try to figure out who is vaccinated and who is not.
In the 2018 election campaign, Villanueva proudly announced that he will become the county’s first Democratic sheriff in 138 years. In February 2020, he criticized Trump’s plan to send border patrol agents into “sanctuary cities.” Trump threatened to send agents to cities that refused to help federal agents enforce U.S. immigration laws. Villanueva called Trump’s plan “unnecessary, unnecessary and overkill.”
In the 2018 election campaign, Villanueva promised to expand social services for undocumented immigrants. He also said that he would like to see the state government’s cash bail system because it can put poor defendants in prison. Los Angeles Times Report. He also vowed to manage a transparent department.
However, Villanueva seems to have moved to the right since his election. He rejected the subpoenas from the Sheriff’s Civilian Oversight Committee and the Inspector General, which led to a court dispute.
When Black people’s fate is also fate Activists protested that officials from Villanueva killed a black man named Dijon Kizzee on August 31, 2020. The sheriff held a counter-protest with conservatives criticizing the BLM. Villanueva denounced the BLM protesters as “outside instigators”, era Write.
Villanueva began appearing regularly in conservative media, including Laura IngrahamThe country’s Fox News Display, and Fox and friends Morning show. In his appearance, he criticized the city’s Democratic leaders for being too tolerant of homeless people, stating that they “do not want to offend anyone”.
In mid-July, one of Villanueva’s opponents in the 2022 re-election campaign, Los Angeles International Airport Police Chief Cecil Rambo, called Villanueva the “Donald Trump of Los Angeles County.” In June, 90% of voting members in Los Angeles County Democratic Party The vote called for Villanueva to resign.
Villanueva was also outraged by the reduction in the city’s police budget. In early June, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti promised to Remove $150 million from the budget of the city policeGarcetti’s decision was made after days of protests and pressure from “disinvestment police” activists, unions, and community groups that held large-scale demonstrations outside his home.
The city voted on July 2 to cut the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) budget by $150 million. According to KABC-TV, the Los Angeles Police Department’s proposed operating budget before the cut was approximately US$1.86 billion.
Weekly newspaper Contacted Villanueva’s office for comments.
