2022 Los Angeles County Sheriff election mega thread..

[GregW948]

Originally Posted by CCWFacts

I know you're being sarcastic but...

Obviously Sheriff AV is Hispanic, and convicted former Sheriff Baca is also Hispanic.

As for this challenger to Sheriff AV:

I'm likely to vote for Sheriff AV, even though, on paper, AV's CCW position isn't as perfect. Why? Because Sheriff AV issues, in reality, to real people. This other guy... who knows, campaign promises don't always translate into reality. And Sheriff AV has done good things on other issues, including being a strong supporter of the Gascon recall and bringing attention to the idea of requiring homeless people to follow laws like the rest of us. The other factor is that SCOTUS is likely to force all of California to go shall-issue this summer, so... it may be a moot point.

So I'm inclined to support AV at this point.

CA aint having a shall issue due to SCOTUS... exc ept for the already shall counties... like you think along the coast all of these Sheriffs are going to allow that? Sac will MOBILIZE

[GregW948]

Originally Posted by stoogescv

Exactly. Anyone who doesn't vote, or who votes for anyone other than Villanueva, is automatically voting for gun control. People need to keep in mind that Villanueva is the ONLY candidate with a chance to get more than 50% in June. That is the game right there.

He has the right skin color.. the block vote color...

[GregW948]

Originally Posted by anonymouscuban

Yup. He’s a wasted vote. Stands no chance of being elected. All he will do is take a percentage of votes from Villanueva and improve the chances of whatever candidate the democrat machine props up.

I may as well ****ing run for Sheriff. A vote for me will be about as good as a vote for Rodriquez.

I will vote for you if you promise to deputize enough people to fight off SAC

[ja308]

Alex Villannova said he would" like as many CCWs as San Bernardino and Riverside counties" .
I don't believe him, but he has my vote as others will be worse.

[ja308]

Originally Posted by Dvrjon View Post
LA County Democratic Party oppose him.
LA County Supervisors oppose him.
Gascon opposes him.
BLM opposes him.
He won’t comply with the vaccine mandate.
He opposed the mask mandate.
He’s opened up CCWs.

What’s not to like?
This is all true .

[TruOil]

Originally Posted by ja308

Originally Posted by Dvrjon View Post
LA County Democratic Party oppose him.
LA County Supervisors oppose him.
Gascon opposes him.
BLM opposes him.
He won’t comply with the vaccine mandate.
He opposed the mask mandate.
He’s opened up CCWs.

What’s not to like?
This is all true .

And today he got slammed by the L.A. Times. (No surprise there either.)

[9Cal_OC]

Originally Posted by TruOil

And today he got slammed by the L.A. Times. (No surprise there either.)

Link?

[ja308]

Looks like Alex Villanova is the guy we need ! The swamp newscast at the top of the hour is also slamming him in a political way .

[cokezero]

Voting Villanueva because the city hates him, I worked for LACMTA and it is a giant woke institution.
They're cutting security contracts with local law enforcement because he was out there showing the rising crime and homeless problems with the public transit system.
I got canned for not getting the covid shot a few months ago so yeah I want Alex to continue bashing them.

[khat]

I don't like this... cryptic messaging.

He just posted it on IG.

Makes me nervous. Very soft language.

All I know is that I have CCW thanks to Sheriff Villanueva.



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[khat]

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[9Cal_OC]

Originally Posted by khat

I don't like this... cryptic messaging.

He just posted it on IG.

Makes me nervous. Very soft language.

All I know is that I have CCW thanks to Sheriff Villanueva.



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Sounds like he’s pro GC (sheriff discretion)… like AV but probably the same level of issuing, or may further restrict.

[ja308]

Im voting AV !

[stoogescv]

Originally Posted by khat

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Vera has said he will reverse Villanueva's position of opposition to the Board of Supervisors. Instead, Vera says he will move forward on a new spirit of cooperation with the Board of Supervisors. The best thing about Villanueva (even more than issuing CCWs) is his courage to fight the idiotic policies of the Board of Supervisors.

[hunterb]

Originally Posted by ja308

Originally Posted by Dvrjon View Post
LA County Democratic Party oppose him.
LA County Supervisors oppose him.
Gascon opposes him.
BLM opposes him.
He won’t comply with the vaccine mandate.
He opposed the mask mandate.
He’s opened up CCWs.

What’s not to like?
This is all true .

THIS! Far from perfect, but the best option we have by FAR.

[lastinline]

Any candidate who supports the current CCW laws, as does this clown, shouldn’t be an elected official. What he is saying, is that he supports this draconian system of “May issue” that’s in place.
AV, has only issued for the votes; I still haven’t studied the others yet to decide.

[prob]

I won’t be voting for Villanueva because I see a certain capriciousness in the way CCWs are issued. From my reading of posts on the rather extensive thread on calguns, too many people are denied because they don’t own a business or carry around large amounts of cash. In my crazy view of things, I think my life and the lives of my family members are more important than all the king’s gold.

Until CCWs are issued unreservedly to those with no criminal backgrounds, I’ll give my vote to someone who isn’t part of the status quo.

[johnnyv5]

Originally Posted by prob

I won’t be voting for Villanueva because I see a certain capriciousness in the way CCWs are issued. From my reading of posts on the rather extensive thread on calguns, too many people are denied because they don’t own a business or carry around large amounts of cash. In my crazy view of things, I think my life and the lives of my family members are more important than all the king’s gold.

Until CCWs are issued unreservedly to those with no criminal backgrounds, I’ll give my vote to someone who isn’t part of the status quo.

I don't own a business or carry around a large amount of cash. I will be voting for Villanueva.

[Buddy Shagmore]

I have seen Matt Rodriguez for sheriff ads on Instagram. He gets my vote. If every gun lover and conservative in L.A. county can get behind him, who knows. What if he wins? AV is just another politician looking out for himself. How many CCWs has he issued? He won't even cooperate with ICE. Time for a new sheriff.

[9Cal_OC]

Originally Posted by Buddy Shagmore

I have seen Matt Rodriguez for sheriff ads on Instagram. He gets my vote. If every gun lover and conservative in L.A. county can get behind him, who knows. What if he wins? AV is just another politician looking out for himself. How many CCWs has he issued? He won't even cooperate with ICE. Time for a new sheriff.

In before “you’re just throwing away your vote…”

[madland]

Originally Posted by Dvrjon

LA County Democratic Party oppose him.
LA County Supervisors oppose him.
Gascon opposes him.
BLM opposes him.
He won’t comply with the vaccine mandate.
He opposed the mask mandate.


What’s not to like?

Even if he wasn't issuing CCW permits..all the above is reason enough to vote for him. (I removed the CCW factor) He'll get my vote. My nephew is an LASD deputy and says many are behind him for many reasons. Is he perfect? No. Is he a politician? Yes. But he doesn't seem to play the political game the same way everyone else does. He likes to piss all of them off in a good way. Although his 2A stance is far from perfect or ideal..he has taken CCW in LACo far beyond any other in his position.

Let's take the whole CCW out of the discussion for a bit.

He calls out career politicians left and right for their lack of leadership and lack of effective governing in LACo. Look how he cleaned up Venice..that's LAPD ground. He stepped on some toes there..but he got it done. He told LACMTA he could cover all the rail lines for less money vs having three different agencies do it for more money..saying if they didn't want to go all-in..he would pull his deputies and put them back on the streets protecting the contract cities LASD is responsible for protecting. The Covid/gun store lockdown was a debacle. But it was temporary and we've seen far worse from our government across the entire country throughout the pandemic. I'm pretty sure he didn't want to release prisoners early but wasn't given the choice due to stupid mandates at the state level. (I could be wrong on this.) He was one of the first..if not the first to sign both Gascon recalls. LASD has had their funding ridiculously cut while other depts in LACo haven't..all due to politics..but he's still getting things done. That tells you something.

So let's circle back to CCWs. Could he cancel the program if he gets re-elected? Yes. But he's gone on the record saying he's all for them..and that due to defunding he can't protect every citizen as well as he'd like to. These other candidates can say they're pro-CCW..but that could change in the blink of an eye the day after the election. And everything I've seen so far from these other candidates leads me to believe they'll be total puppets to the BoS and everyone else that crosses their path. Whatever it takes to stay in office. AV on the other hand has stood tall and told people to pound sand if they don't like him/LASD. Funny thing is..all the people that complain about AV/LASD are usually on the wrong side of the law and the video shows it. So at the end of the day..CCW permits aside..I'd still vote for AV based on everything else he has done. I'd rather bet on a horse with a proven track record vs one that says he's gonna get things done..including "fixing" things AV has done. Translation=I'll do as I'm told.
No thanks.

[Paul49]

Does anyone have the latest numbers on how many CCWs the LASD has issued? The numbers have been occasionally offered in social media presentations, but no one has reported it on the LA County CCW thread in quite some time.

[gobler]

Originally Posted by Paul49

Does anyone have the latest numbers on how many CCWs the LASD has issued? The numbers have been occasionally offered in social media presentations, but no one has reported it on the LA County CCW thread in quite some time.

Last I heard from GOA was upwards of 5000.. If Bruen goes our way, I would like to see these numbers in the 10's of thousands.

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[skeeter149]

im going rodriguez, villanueva was the one who allowed gun stores to be closed at pandemic start,and only opposes democrats because they want him out. he's only for us in the hopes that he saves his own ***. dont forget all the crap he did up until they went after him!

[9Cal_OC]

Originally Posted by skeeter149

im going rodriguez, villanueva was the one who allowed gun stores to be closed at pandemic start,and only opposes democrats because they want him out. he's only for us in the hopes that he saves his own ***. dont forget all the crap he did up until they went after him!

Some of the few details people seem to forget.

[johnnyv5]

Seriously? Because he closed gun stores ur not gonna vote for him? Wow.

[wireless]

Originally Posted by skeeter149

im going rodriguez, villanueva was the one who allowed gun stores to be closed at pandemic start,and only opposes democrats because they want him out. he's only for us in the hopes that he saves his own ***. dont forget all the crap he did up until they went after him!

Gun owners are their own worst enemy.

Villanueva doesn't have final say over which stores stay open and closed.

[bigstick61]

Originally Posted by Buddy Shagmore

I have seen Matt Rodriguez for sheriff ads on Instagram. He gets my vote. If every gun lover and conservative in L.A. county can get behind him, who knows. What if he wins? AV is just another politician looking out for himself. How many CCWs has he issued? He won't even cooperate with ICE. Time for a new sheriff.

He has my vote. He's objectively the best candidate. If it's Villanueva versus any of the other Democrats subsequently, then I'll vote for Villanueva. If somehow it ends up being Rodriguez vs. Villanueva (with the amount of Democrats running, not impossible), I'll continue to vote for Rodriguez.

[Weyoun]

CRPA endorses Rodriguez, as does Election Forum.

https://crpa.org/wp-content/uploads/...ndidates-3.pdf
https://www.electionforum.org/los-angeles-county/

[stoogescv]

Originally Posted by bigstick61

He has my vote. He's objectively the best candidate. If it's Villanueva versus any of the other Democrats subsequently, then I'll vote for Villanueva. If somehow it ends up being Rodriguez vs. Villanueva (with the amount of Democrats running, not impossible), I'll continue to vote for Rodriguez.

Good lord! You're like those people who say "I hope the World Series is the Dodgers vs the Giants." You just don't understand how this all works. It's not going to be Rodriguez vs Villanueva. It's going to be Villanueva against a leftie, and there's a very real chance Villanueva will lose that race. Anyone who wants to keep CCW going needs to be working for Villanueva to get more than 50% next week so there is no runoff in November.

[Wordupmybrotha]

Voted for Alex Villanueva.
He's challenged the democrap establishment more than anyone has in my recent memory.

[anonymouscuban]

Like I said. Just like I predicted.

[johnnyv5]

Originally Posted by anonymouscuban

Like I said. Just like I predicted.

Yup, looks like Villanueva is f***ed. All those that didn't vote for him or Luna are going to vote for Luna. Well, boys, it was a fun ride having a CCW....

[Scratch705]

Originally Posted by johnnyv5

Yup, looks like Villanueva is f***ed. All those that didn't vote for him or Luna are going to vote for Luna. Well, boys, it was a fun ride having a CCW....

Considering I still dont have a ccw it is status quo for me.

[Paul49]

Just as Anonymous Cuban predicted. Here’s the final results. Votes for Rodriquez were wasted. Run-off coming to a polling place near you. Be sure to get out and vote for the Sheriff who actually began to deliver on CCW and who fought the Board of Supervisors and their crazy ideas on crime, homelessness, etc. his entire term in office. He frustrated the BOS to the point where they are trying to give themselves the power to fire him (ooops, I mean the power to fire the Sheriff).

June 2022 Primary Election (No Majority Winner - Runoff Required)

Candidate Votes Percent of Vote
Alex Villanueva* 454,556 30.7%
Robert Luna 383,181 25.9%
Eric Strong 232,274 15.7%
Cecil Rhambo 113,386 7.7%
Karla Yesenia Carranza 75,688 5.1%
Britta S. Steinbrenner 66,191 4.5%
Eli Vera 63,757 4.3%
Matt Rodriguez 59,103 4.0%
April Saucedo Hood 34,370 2.3%

[michaelh1951]

Board of Supervisors HATES AV. That alone is enough to make me vote for him.

Beyond that...I think he's done a good job on the homeless, he started issuing CCW even before the NYSRPA decision.

What possible rationale to vote for Luna?

[gesundheit]

Originally Posted by ja308

Originally Posted by Dvrjon View Post
LA County Democratic Party oppose him.
LA County Supervisors oppose him.
Gascon opposes him.
BLM opposes him.
He won’t comply with the vaccine mandate.
He opposed the mask mandate.
He’s opened up CCWs.

What’s not to like?
This is all true .

Remember last election ALL of these folks supported Villanueva in the last election. All of you saying that you will vote for him just because Dems oppose him are way off base.

Villanueava is a politician and not a cop. He will say things that will get him elected. In the 4 years since his election, he never opened up CCW in LA. That ought to tell you what a crocodile this bastard is. And he has kicked out ICE from jails to protect hardened criminals from getting sent back to their countries. He is a wolf in sheep's clothing.

[Dirtlaw]

Curious. Anyone know of an effort to allow us suppressors? I would love to save what is left of my ears.

[9Cal_OC]

Originally Posted by gesundheit

Remember last election ALL of these folks supported Villanueva in the last election. All of you saying that you will vote for him just because Dems oppose him are way off base.

Villanueava is a politician and not a cop. He will say things that will get him elected. In the 4 years since his election, he never opened up CCW in LA. That ought to tell you what a crocodile this bastard is. And he has kicked out ICE from jails to protect hardened criminals from getting sent back to their countries. He is a wolf in sheep's clothing.

[Bargearse]

Originally Posted by gesundheit

Villanueava is a politician and not a cop. He will say things that will get him elected. In the 4 years since his election, he never opened up CCW in LA. That ought to tell you what a crocodile this bastard is. And he has kicked out ICE from jails to protect hardened criminals from getting sent back to their countries. He is a wolf in sheep's clothing.

I agree. However, Luna and Villanueava are both crooks at equal playing field and LA voters will have to decide rationale in both crooks.

The lesser crook to the other one, the better for LA county.