2022 LAUSD Elections

Maria Brenes’ Ties To Rogue LA Sheriff’s Campaign

SEIU 99 paid a company controlled by Alex Villanueva’s campaign manager to promote their favorite candidate in the LAUSD School Board race.

“What did they do? Whose life did they take that they shouldn’t have?”

- Javier Gonzalez on LASD’s Deputy Gangs

Javier Gonzalez, the campaign manager for Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva, does not seem to have gotten his boss’ memo. The Sheriff is on record questioning the existence of deputy gangs within his department, challenging Los Angeles County Supervisors to name deputies “who they can prove are ‘gang members’” under the law. He even sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Board of Supervisors “demanding they and others stop using the phrase ‘deputy gangs’ to refer to secretive groups that operate within department stations”. Villanueva has ignored six different subpoenas demanding his appearance before the civilian oversight commission investigating the presence of these gangs and is now facing contempt charges.

When asked about these deputy gangs, Gonzalez appears to have no question about their existence…