Statement From Patrisse Cullors on Historic Defeat of Los Angeles County Sheriff McDonnell By Alex Villanueva
“Since 2016 the progressive movement has been strategizing on how to build power and gain power. We lost the presidential race to a racist, sexist bigot and we’ve been experiencing the repercussions ever since.
In Los Angeles, we’ve dealt with our own set of racists elected officials. Sheriff Mcdonnell spent 4 years in office collaborating with ICE, knocking down reform initiatives like ending money bail and prop 47, and he refused to meet with community groups.
As of last night, Sheriff McDonnell is no longer the Sheriff of LA County.
While I morally disagree with the role of a Sheriff, I believe that Mcdonnell no longer being in office is a huge victory for Los Angeles and a huge victory for reform efforts here in Los Angeles. We know Alex Villanueva made significant promises to community groups and we plan to hold him accountable. We need to stop the 3.5 billion dollar jail plan, we need our civilian oversight body to oversee the Sheriff’s department and be a body that has legal powers, and we need to make sure Alex will not collaborate with ICE. Sheriff Villanueva, we will hold you to your promises.”
– Patrisse Cullors, Founder and Board President of Dignity and Power and Chair of Reform L.A. Jails PAC
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