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Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva criticized the county’s recommended $38.6 billion budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year, claiming its Board of Supervisors is “defunding the police” by re-allocating the sheriff department’s funds to alternative incarceration programs. In a press conference on April 20, Villaneuva said he decided to host his own press conference because the county’s Board of Supervisors allows him only three minutes to speak during the official budget presentation at the April 19 board meeting. County CEO Fesia Davenport said during an April 18 press conference that Villanueva requested a $500 million budget increase, which the county denied. Under the proposed budget, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD) will receive $3.6 billion—about the same as the current fiscal year—including $12.3 million to expand the sheriff’s academy for training deputies and $15.3 million to close the Men’s Central Jail in Downtown Los Angeles. ...

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