LOS ANGELES — After four years as Los Angeles County sheriff, Alex Villanueva’s view of things has crystallized into a simple idea: He knows best how to save the county — and you’re either on board with him or part of the problem.
It is an approach that, perhaps not surprisingly, has left Villanueva fighting battles on multiple fronts and, with a couple of weeks before Election Day, fighting for his political survival.
He’s locked in a very public war with the county’s Board of Supervisors, which controls his $3.8 billion budget, as well as its “attack dogs” — Villanueva’s name for the inspector general and Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission — over their attempts to check his authority.
