Two of the five seats of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors were up for election to four-year terms. Incumbent supervisors
Hilda Solis handily won re-election in the primary. In the third district, incumbent
Sheila Kuehl Supervisor
Sheila Kuehl opted not to run for a third term and had instead chosen to retire. State senator
Robert Hertzberg West Hollywood City Councilor
Lindsey Horvath advanced to the general election, eliminating state senator
Henry Stern,
Roxanne Beckford, Craig A. Brill and Jeffi Girgenti. Horvath narrowly defeated Hertzberg in the general election.
Incumbent
SheriffAlex Villanueva ran for re-election to a second four-year term.[4] He was first elected in 2018, defeating incumbent
Jim McDonnell with 52.8% of the vote. Villanueva has been a controversial figure since then, including his refusal to enforce vaccine mandates during the
COVID-19 pandemic in California,[5] as well as investigations regarding unconstitutional policing, obstruction of evidence, and the persistence of deputy gangs.[6][7][8] However, he is also credited with reforms in the department, including the implementation of body cameras and the removal of
ICE agents from county jails.[9][10]
Nine elections will be held for judges to the Los Angeles County Superior Court on June 7. Runoff elections are scheduled to be held on November 8 if no candidate receives a majority of the vote. Judges are elected to six-year terms.[2]
The following
referendums appeared on the general election ballot:
Measure A
Providing Authority to Remove an Elected Sheriff for Cause. This charter amendment would allow the Board of Supervisors to remove an elected Sheriff from office by a four-fifths vote for reasons including "violation of law related to a Sheriff's duties, flagrant or repeated neglect of duties, misappropriation of funds, willful falsification of documents, or obstructing an investigation."[36][37] The amendment is supported by a majority of the Board of Supervisors and the Los Angeles Times, and is opposed by Sheriff
Alex Villanueva.[38][39]
Two of the five seats of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors were up for election to four-year terms. Incumbent supervisors
Hilda Solis handily won re-election in the primary. In the third district, incumbent
Sheila Kuehl Supervisor
Sheila Kuehl opted not to run for a third term and had instead chosen to retire. State senator
Robert Hertzberg West Hollywood City Councilor
Lindsey Horvath advanced to the general election, eliminating state senator
Henry Stern,
Roxanne Beckford, Craig A. Brill and Jeffi Girgenti. Horvath narrowly defeated Hertzberg in the general election.
Incumbent
SheriffAlex Villanueva ran for re-election to a second four-year term.[4] He was first elected in 2018, defeating incumbent
Jim McDonnell with 52.8% of the vote. Villanueva has been a controversial figure since then, including his refusal to enforce vaccine mandates during the
COVID-19 pandemic in California,[5] as well as investigations regarding unconstitutional policing, obstruction of evidence, and the persistence of deputy gangs.[6][7][8] However, he is also credited with reforms in the department, including the implementation of body cameras and the removal of
ICE agents from county jails.[9][10]
Nine elections will be held for judges to the Los Angeles County Superior Court on June 7. Runoff elections are scheduled to be held on November 8 if no candidate receives a majority of the vote. Judges are elected to six-year terms.[2]
The following
referendums appeared on the general election ballot:
Measure A
Providing Authority to Remove an Elected Sheriff for Cause. This charter amendment would allow the Board of Supervisors to remove an elected Sheriff from office by a four-fifths vote for reasons including "violation of law related to a Sheriff's duties, flagrant or repeated neglect of duties, misappropriation of funds, willful falsification of documents, or obstructing an investigation."[36][37] The amendment is supported by a majority of the Board of Supervisors and the Los Angeles Times, and is opposed by Sheriff
Alex Villanueva.[38][39]