US California Megathread - The thread dedicated to America's largest open air insane asylum

The official state flag of California as presented below.


To get a decent idea of the typical California, here is a thread dedicated to one.

Taylor Lorenz

Bill Maher keeps on insisting that the nation follows California, till Florida upstaged them, leading to a lot of butthurt by Californian moonbats and libtards and libcucks against DeSantis and Florida Man and Florida Woman. California also lost Joe Rogan, who decided to move to the Californian colony of Austin in Texas while Benny Boy from the Daily Wire ran to Tennessee.


(Credit to @Disc)

Since there is so much news dedicated to California like the Warriors winning the NBA finals and the LA Rams winning the Super bowl, it leads to super smugness summed up in the meme below while the rest of the state resembles a third world shithole more than some 1st world West European nation that the liberals of California are obsessed with.



Might as well make a mega thread about the state, since everyone knows the drill over California doing whatever California does. And then tries to export it across the nation and shuns those that don't accept its "gift" of pozz.

Even recall candidate Larry Elder doesn't sugarcoat how much retarded the state still is.

Here are some threads that deal with California's dedication to wanting to dominate the other 49 states with their cancer, running away from their problems, destroying the 2A, spreading shitlib faggotry and actual faggotry.

Spoiler: Muh Assault Weapons and Muh High Capacity Magazines Bad

California Will Let 'Violence Prevention' Researchers Know That You Have a Gun

Gun owners would be required to have liability insurance under proposed California bill

Column: California's tough gun laws have made the state safer than the rest of the country

Spoiler: Accept the Globohomo Pozz

California bans state-sponsored travel to yet another Southern state

California to pass law reducing penalties for passing HIV to blood banks / partners intentionally

California plans to be abortion sanctuary if Roe overturned

California now a Sanctuary State

California appoints non-citizen to state post

Spoiler: Regulate everything out of existence

California exploring taxing text messages

California Senate defies FCC, approves net neutrality law

Newsom moves to regulate crypto industry in California

Spoiler: Nigger pandering to a declining population of resident niggers

California Votes To End Mandatory Reporting On Students Who Threaten Schools

And many more stories coming out of the Golden State for this work in progress.

The Golden State founded by racist white devils looking for gold, is in the current era filled with folks that believe the darkies deserve reparations for being slaves in California, never mind that California joined the Union as a free state during the Civil War. It is the home of Big Tech because of silicon valley but also started the sanctuary state meme for illegals despite trying to stop giving gibs to illegals in the 1990s but some kike judge overturned the will of the Californian. The same situation would repeat for faggots being able to marry, as it was banned by a proposition and the state government of California with butthurt faggots in San Francisco sued to get it overturned by the State Supreme Court of California. Apparently niggers don't like faggots but faggots also still simp for niggers.

Recently many slant eyes, whose younger folks are very pozzed, are being attacked by niggers and the response is to blame "white supremacy" since their own politicians are race traitors who obey the white liberal once they get elected, as the recent proposition to destroy the Californian Civil Rights Act showed but failed.

Joggers being raycist against Asians megathread

Californians through ballot propositions hate tax increases but will always vote in Democrats who increase it anyways while screwing up everything else as well. The state is a giant liberal bubble that can sadly skew the reality of many people. Its like being an alternative version of the United States where Fox News never existed.

California up until the 1990s was seen as the best state to emulate and live in, and now is just coasting off that reputation while many of its residents slowly realize that the California they knew is gone. California is now currently home to many American hating, freedom hating, gun hating, nigger loving and faggotry obsessed subhumans thanks to cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles and Berkeley and Sacramento.



California used to be a strong Republican state till Ronnie Raygun decided to give amnesty to many illegal wetbacks, as a result California has never gone back. But has gotten overall more blue, which leads to strong butthurt from leftoids whenever a Republican wins the electoral college but not the popular vote in federal elections.





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There has been exodus from the Golden State which led to California losing 1 seat so far in the electoral college, but time will tell if it lowers those popular votes for the Democrats in general elections as well. But the conservative exodus might have strengthened other red states as well to some extent.

California has given America the following politicians, that always make the headlines and some are also shot callers within the party, since the California representation is the largest within the Democratic Party. The only thing more liberal than California is Twitter, however Californian politicians believe their constituency is Twitter and we are seeing the disaster by the Californian Democrats at the federal level because of this.

Lets go through a brief summary of many top politicians from California.

Like the current installed vice president of the United States hired because Biden wanted a black woman and just a black woman to be his running mate.



And here is the farms megathread dedicated to a woman that succeeded in politics and broke many glass ceilings thanks to the power of the casting couch.

Kamala Harris Megathread

There is the gun hating former California AG known as Xavier Becerra, who succeeded Kamala Harris when she became a senator, who became new secretary for HHS.



There is the current governor of California known as Gavin Newsom, who has become emboldened after the failed recall and why California deserves its fate of misery. Also is the nephew of a certain someone about to be mentioned down below at the end.



Here is the smug fuckface named Eric Swalwell, who has no problems farting in public or sleeping with Chinese Commie honeypots or wanting to nuke American gun owners who own the AR-15 and also shows violent footage of mass shootings to his young daughter as well for social media asspats.



There is this pajeet progtard grifter known as Ro Khanna, who pretends to be for the "working man" when he isn't. How could he be since he was elected in one of the most richest zip codes in America where Silicon Valley is based.



There is this gun hating chink known as Ted Lieu, who loves to open his big mouth every now and then. And proof of why repealing the Chinese Exclusion Act was a mistake.



Here we got Adam Schiff, a lying kike who has a huge case of TDS and one of the main co founders and writers for the show trial and heavily promoted reality TV show known as the January 6th committee.



Here is Maxine Waters, the black female version of Al Sharpton and who has even encouraged violence on camera against political opponents before, during and after the 2020 BLM Summer of Love.



And then we got Nancy Pelosi, who well is proof over why the Bible is against female political leaders to keep it simple, I mean her rap sheet is the longest and more deserving of a thread than Kamala Harris.



To end on a final note, there is this useless faggot, whose name we don't even need to be concerned with, bunks with ugly fucks like Frank Luntz (just google it and then get eye bleach).

 

[Car Won't Crank]

long beach is hell

Why not Burbank?

 

[Dagobert]

A dumbshit southie calling another state dumb. You have no irony do you? Go back to twanging the banjo, billybob. Stanford and Silicon Valley's worst students have more IQ than the best Mississippian Community College student.

Hate to break it to you, but California actually has a worse average IQ than most southern states. If you want to insult someone, at least make sure you aren't going to just reveal yourself as an average 2-digit IQ Californian.

EDIT: For additional lols, to put it in perspective, our dear nuggie is being smug about a state which places below Oklahoma in terms of IQ average.

 

[Malodorous Merkin]

I was out in California last year, and I was shocked at how bad it's gotten. There were two-lane streets in LA that were essentially one lane, because the bum nests have spilled out into the streets, and apparently the bums have the right of way over the automobiles.

As I was driving out of San Fran, I saw three columns of black smoke that were coming from three homeless encampments that were simultaneously burning at three different locations. Apparently, the bum squats are comprised of lots of flammable materials, and they go up like bonfires when hot meth pipes are dropped on them.

I drove out to Yosemite, and, along the way, I think it was somewhere near/in Modesto, and I was shocked to see entire Hoovervilles(Newsomevilles?) of homeless. Tents, and tarps, and broken down shells of RVs and vans and just endless piles of bum junk.

A dumbshit southie calling another state dumb. You have no irony do you? Go back to twanging the banjo, billybob. Stanford and Silicon Valley's worst students have more IQ than the best Mississippian Community College student.

Have fun playing your dumb name-calling game like a child while you ignore the disgraceful state of California around you, and, whatever you do ,don't grow up and understand that just that sort of belligerent apathy is a major part of why your state is in such a horrifically-advanced state of decay.

Never learn, California. Never learn.

You get what you fucking deserve.

 

[Kheapathic]

It says something about the GOP that they cannot find a winning message in a state with a government as disastrous as California's. They can't even seem to run against plague rats in L.A.

This is a multi-part issue. One is the "California Attitude" or whatever, where a lot of the trendy fucks police themselves, and there's nothing trendier than progressivism shit right now. Two, illegals vote for gibs; the other side may try to tell you they're as American as baseball and Apple Pie with their strong familial ties and religion. What they don't tell you is those "family ties" are being willing to do a drive-by at the house of some kid who beat up your kid or helping your nephew drug and rape a girl he likes... They also abuse their daughters too. Religion is just them saying "I'm sorry" every week. Third is California has what they call a "Jungle Primary." To keep it simple, no need to represent two parties, just take the top two performers and have them run off against each other, even if they are the same party.

>More money for highspeed rail
Lol good lord, they've been working on that for over a decade now and have made next to zero progress. Meanwhile, Florida's "Brightline" which started in 2014, had a legal scuffle with Virgin which stopped work for a few years, but it is now set to be fully complete sometime next year.

Over two decades, while the plan changed, I remember a high-speed rail between Los Angeles and Las Vegas from the mid 90's. Because (even still today) Interstate-15 gets massive use on all weekends and major holidays as everyone runs up to Vegas to party.

 

[Feline Supremacist]

Hate to break it to you, but California actually has a worse average IQ than most southern states. If you want to insult someone, at least make sure you aren't going to just reveal yourself as an average 2-digit IQ Californian.

Silicon Valley is a region, not a city, which includes San Jose and East Palo Alto, and Stanford is an Ivy League university that Jimmy Nuggets would never be admitted to unless his parents made a huge donation to it's endowment and/or lied that he's a minority, which tells you what the real and actual IQ of Ivy League grads.

 

[Dagobert]

Over two decades, while the plan changed, I remember a high-speed rail between Los Angeles and Las Vegas from the mid 90's. Because (even still today) Interstate-15 gets massive use on all weekends and major holidays as everyone runs up to Vegas to party.

Why does it even need to be HSR is my question. Amtrak alone is typically faster than a car, and seems especially so when to you have to deal with the dense cities. Why not just strengthen the normal rail routes and put forward more Amtrak runs for everyone? Especially since it seems like the average Californian can't afford a car, a stable Amtrak would be better IMO.

Silicon Valley is a region, not a city, which includes San Jose and East Palo Alto, and Stanford is an Ivy League university that Jimmy Nuggets would never be admitted to unless his parents made a huge donation to it's endowment and/or lied that he's a minority, which tells you what the real and actual IQ of Ivy League grads.

You're right I suppose. I'm revealing myself as an average Oregonian midwit and not considering the college angle.

Subtract 10 IQ points from both averages, that ought to do it.

 

[Kheapathic]

Why does it even need to be HSR is my question. Amtrak alone is typically faster than a car, and seems especially so when to you have to deal with the dense cities. Why not just strengthen the normal rail routes and put forward more Amtrak runs for everyone? Especially since it seems like the average Californian can't afford a car, a stable Amtrak would be better IMO.

I can't speak for the need of high-speed rail, aside from prissy elites want to be able to have fine dining in LA before attending the opera in SF. As for the originally proposed LA to LV, the issue is Cajon Pass and how the rails that are in place are constantly used for freight, and not even the naturally occuring land makes it feasable to lay another track or two. That entire area is a transportation bottleneck; not enough infrastructure to have reliable commuters, but enough to where you can't build anything else.

 

[Kheapathic]

Conveniently ignoring Mississippi is lower than California which I chose on purpose.

Yeah yeah retard Southie yokel Standford is all parents and money, keep breathing in that copium. Can't accept higher education, it scares ya.

Per their own data; only 36% of Stanford is from California. So even a majority of their students are from elsewhere.

https://facts.stanford.edu/academics/undergraduate-profile/

I'd imagine the same holds true for UC system and a good portion of the CS system as well. Because I know UCLA is hard to get into if not gifted/legacy, and UCI is more Han Chinese and Arab than any English speaking native.

 

[Snekposter]

Why does it even need to be HSR is my question. Amtrak alone is typically faster than a car, and seems especially so when to you have to deal with the dense cities. Why not just strengthen the normal rail routes and put forward more Amtrak runs for everyone? Especially since it seems like the average Californian can't afford a car, a stable Amtrak would be better IMO.

Terrain. Half the coastal area is mountain cliffs that while beautiful, are a bitch and a half to build on. There's also the mountains north of LA you need to get through or over, severely limiting the amount of track you can affordably lay. Still wouldn't work because while it may sometimes be faster than a car, you're probably better off flying if time is that much of an issue, even with the TSA getting grabby. Especially since HSR is expensive in upkeep, mandating a minimum cost to the tickets. Unless your trains can run faster than cars but cheaper than planes, nobody is going to want to ride them.

I'd imagine the same holds true for UC system and a good portion of the CS system as well. Because I know UCLA is hard to get into if not gifted/legacy, and UCI is more Han Chinese and Arab than any English speaking native.

Even back as far as the 00's everyone was joking that UCI stood for University of Chinese Immigrants. Things have almost certainly gotten even worse since then.

 

[Falcos_Commisar]

Amarillo is nice and not as hot/humid. Texas is the largest state in the continental US. You could always go for the largest state in the union, Alaska. Some places are fairly temperate (but of course the father north you go the more like Siberia it is).

Southern Alaska looks based as hell tbh. Still has cheap-ish land, few people, relaxed laws.

 

[Kheapathic]

Even back as far as the 00's everyone was joking that UCI stood for University of Chinese Immigrants. Things have almost certainly gotten even worse since then.

The Arabs are actually the bigger menace; UCI has an amazing Computer Science program... while Costa Mesa got a ISIS Cell.

 

[Car Won't Crank]

Even back as far as the 00's everyone was joking that UCI stood for University of Chinese Immigrants. Things have almost certainly gotten even worse since then.

UCLA has a similar moniker: University of Caucasians Living among Asians.

 

[Snekposter]

UCLA has a similar moniker: University of Caucasians Living among Asians.

Ha! We always called it Unlucky Caucasians Lost among Asians.

 

[MrJokerRager]

Well Colin Noir is adding on that Newsom is butthurt at a 22lr rifle for kids.

Gun groups challenge California ban on firearms marketing to kids (Archive)

July 8 (Reuters) - The publisher of a youth shooting magazine and several gun-rights groups filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging a recently enacted California law banning the marketing of guns to minors by manufacturers and others in the firearms industry.

In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Los Angeles, the publisher Junior Shooters and groups including the Second Amendment Foundation argued that the law violated their free speech rights under the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta's office in a statement said it would "take any and all action under the law to defend California's commonsense gun laws."

Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom signed the measure, AB 2571, into law last week,citing the need for new laws "as the Supreme Court rolls back important gun safety protections."

The legislation cleared the state's legislature days after the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court on June 23 ruled the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment protects a person's right to carry a handgun in public for self-defense.

Calls for new gun control laws have grown following a series of mass shootings like the one at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in which 19 children and two teachers were killed in May and the killing of seven people at a parade in a Chicago suburb on July 4.

Newsom's office cited advertising by a gun manufacturer named Wee 1 Tactical of an AR-15 meant for kids as an example of why the law was needed.

In Friday's lawsuit, Junior Sports Magazines Inc, the magazine publisher, and groups also including the California Rifle & Pistol Association said the legislation went too far in abridging their speech rights.

They said it wrongly prohibits the promotion of lawful firearm-related events and programs and impermissibly restricted pro-gun organizations from promoting membership in their groups in ways deemed "attractive to minors."

California school official denounces 'mixed-race' dad as a 'White male' for probing equity course: complaint (Archive)

EXCLUSIVE – A California school official lashed out at a "mixed-race" father and called him a "White male" after he probed the school on its equity curriculum, an administrative complaint filed with the United Poway District Wednesday said.

The Californians for Equal Rights Foundation filed the complaint, which alleged that on two separate occasions the district was "engaged in unlawful discrimination against a parent seeking information and dialogues" about the curriculum at Del Norte High School.

On May 17, 2022, the parent questioned district officials on its equity program in a community Zoom meeting when an associate principal "shouted down the parent, urging the audience not to listen to ‘white male perspective,'" the complaint stated.

The father told Fox News Digital that he is "mixed race" and was insulted by the assumption of his heritage. He said his 5th great-grandfather was an escaped slave who fought for liberty during the Civil War in the Union's 127th Regiment of the United States Colored Infantry.

The second discrimination allegation regarded the parent's correspondence with the district from March-May 2022.

The associate superintendent, Carol Osborne, criticized the parent for "question[ing] the oppression of a Black woman" when he raised concerns about the district's equity curriculum during correspondence with the director of equity & improvement at the district, Dr. Shawntanet Jara.

The father requested empirical data to back up the district's use of "The Four I's of Oppression," a worksheet that discounts "reverse racism" because "[t]he oppressed group… does not have the power to enforce its prejudices, unlike the dominant group."

"The claims in the 4 I's curriculum are so sensationally negative that this curriculum needs to be reviewed immediately," the father said. He continued, referencing the worksheet, "Seriously, ‘white people are unconsciously oppressive’? Is there a study that I don't know about showing what's in the unconscious mind? Do you believe that white kids are unconsciously oppressive, and if so, what empirical evidence supports that?"

Dr. Jara told the parent, "I respect your perspective… One thing I have learned is that to ‘debate’ or ‘argue’ is futile so I'll just make a few statements."

"I’ve been hired because this district is committed to equity and inclusion," she said. "True healing, progress, and equality cannot happen without truth and equity. There is nothing but supporting data available so you can rest assured that our high school students have access to back up any facts about systemic racism and inequality in our country. You are welcome to share your concerns any time, but we remain invested in doing everything we can to make PUSD a district full of equitable learning environments… I want that for my two children and I want that for yours too."

The associate superintendent, Carol Osborne, then sent the parent an email stating, "Regarding your concerns with oppression and requests for data, I find this curious."

The next statement she included was the basis of the second allegation of discrimination in the complaint.

She added, "I was shocked that you questioned oppression to Dr. Jara, a Black woman. Her life experiences provide examples of oppression as do the experiences of thousands of African Americans and other people of color. I am confident your life experiences have been very different from Dr. Jara and would not reflect the oppression she has experienced."

Fox News Digital reached out to Dr. Jara and Osborne but did not receive a response.

"I truly hope that your daughter… is able to enroll in Ethnic Studies... I think the opportunity for you to learn with and from your daughter’s experience would be beneficial," Osborne told the parent in an email.

The district released a statement to Fox News Digital, which said, "Poway Unified School District staff have repeatedly met with the complainant and addressed the complainant’s concerns both in one-on-one meetings as well as in multiple public meeting forums."

It continued, "We welcome parent feedback and provide many opportunities for engagement for parents to express their perspectives as we all work toward the common goal of ensuring that all of our students feel included, safe, and a sense of belonging at our schools. Staff conducts all meetings and interactions with parents respectfully and according to professional standards."

 

[Johnny Salami]

Per their own data; only 36% of Stanford is from California. So even a majority of their students are from elsewhere.

https://facts.stanford.edu/academics/undergraduate-profile/

I'd imagine the same holds true for UC system and a good portion of the CS system as well. Because I know UCLA is hard to get into if not gifted/legacy, and UCI is more Han Chinese and Arab than any English speaking native.

The Arabs are actually the bigger menace; UCI has an amazing Computer Science program... while Costa Mesa got a ISIS Cell.

Arabs are bigger cheats than the Chinese ever will be. At least with the Chinese, you can tell they might be C students but cheat to get As. Arabs hire tutors that they send the test to and they inturn do them for them, then send the pictures back. This isn't even a secret as most people know it but the department’s keep it hush since foreign students bring in more money. While a grad student I got offers to do this and many were paying top dollar for certain classes.

The associate superintendent, Carol Osborne, criticized the parent for "question[ing] the oppression of a Black woman" when he raised concerns about the district's equity curriculum during correspondence with the director of equity & improvement at the district, Dr. Shawntanet Jara.

This should be an easy case since we have equal protection in our constitution but a judge might rule it should not apply
In other news

(Article, archive)

LOS ANGELES – Police across Southern California Monday morning were responding to at least four shootings at 7-Eleven stores. At least two people were killed and more were wounded.

In Brea, California, just before 4:30 a.m., a clerk was found fatally shot inside a store at Lambert Rd. and N. Brea Blvd. Police believe robbery was the motive.

About twenty minutes later in the city of La Habra, two people were shot at a 7-Eleven location in the 300 block of East Whittier Blvd.

In Santa Ana, a man was killed around 3:25 a.m. at a store in the 300 block of East 17th St.

According to KABC, in Riverside, a ‘customer was shot around 1:50 a.m. in what police described as an apparent robbery at a 7-Eleven store in the 5200 block of La Sierra Avenue. Police said the victim in that shooting was in grave condition.’

Spoiler: Guess the race

 

[Markass the Worst]

Spoiler: Guess the race

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What, the race the media will report or the actual race of the perpetrator?

 

[billydero]

I also want to point out that the rumors that Gavin Newsom wanting to run for POTUS one day looks like something you’d see out of a MADtv sketch.

There’s apparently ads being ran in Florida telling those citizens in that state to come live in California, and it was speculated that it was a swipe towards Ron DeSantis:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZJcCu0VWHQg

Californias in the midst of a serious drought, has a housing crisis and higher taxes that Florida; does he seriously expect anyone to move to his failing state?

Just the drought alone - water is in ever shorter supply, so he wants to increase water usage with new residents. Genius.

 

[MrJokerRager]

Californias in the midst of a serious drought, has a housing crisis and higher taxes that Florida; does he seriously expect anyone to move to his failing state?

Just the drought alone - water is in ever shorter supply, so he wants to increase water usage with new residents. Genius.

Well I check out r/CAguns time to time or a post on Calguns once in a while where someone is planning to move to California as a long term deal.

From what I have observed, its for the weather or jobs.

 

[AnotherPleb]

Californias in the midst of a serious drought, has a housing crisis and higher taxes that Florida; does he seriously expect anyone to move to his failing state?

Just the drought alone - water is in ever shorter supply, so he wants to increase water usage with new residents. Genius.

If he gets more people there then he can start trying to shake down states like Idaho or Montana for their water. uwu you wouldnt let poor widdle cawifownians die of thirst

 

[MrJokerRager]

Well Newsom is even getting shit on by reddit for this lol.

https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/vxjv2b/gov_newsom_signs_bill_allowing_victims_of_gun/

https://www.reddit.com/r/CAguns/comments/vxlybc/gov_newsom_signs_bill_allowing_victims_of_gun/

Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Allowing Victims of Gun Violence to Sue Gun Manufacturers (Archive)

Californians affected by gun violence will soon be able to sue firearm manufacturers and sellers for the harm done by those weapons.

The change comes after California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1594, co-authored by state Assemblymembers Phil Ting of San Francisco, Mike A. Gipson of Carson, and Chris Ward of San Diego.

"Gun manufacturers & distributors have been shielded from the mass destruction they cause for too long," Newsom said in a Twitter post that included a video of him holding up the signed bill. "Today, CA changes that. I just signed a bill that will allow victims of gun violence to sue the makers of these deadly weapons & hold them accountable."

The bill -- now a new law -- "allows individuals, local governments and the California Attorney General" to take legal action against gun manufacturers and gun sellers, according to a release about the bill.

At the federal level, the 2005 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) "largely shields firearm manufacturers and dealers from lawsuits when people use their products illegally, such as by shooting someone," NBC News reported in April 2021.

Other industries, like "pharmaceutical makers and airlines, have special immunity from some types of lawsuits," contrary to comments made last year by President Joe Biden stating the firearm industry was unique in the protections it had.

Furthermore, while gun makers do have significant protections thanks to the PLCAA, they are not entirely immune from lawsuits, as shown by the one settled between Sandy Hook parents and gun maker Remington.

But the California bill still marks a significant change in the legal challenges gun manufacturers may face.

"AB 1594 utilizes an exemption to the federal statute that allows gun makers or sellers to be sued for violations of state laws concerning the sale or marketing of firearms," the release explains.

"For far too long, the firearms industry has enjoyed federal immunity from civil lawsuits, providing them no incentive for them to follow our laws," Ting said in the release about the bill.

"Hitting their bottom line may finally compel them to step up to reduce gun violence by preventing illegal sales and theft."

California isn't the first state to pass its own law to allow residents to sue gun manufacturers at the state level, despite the federal protections. A federal judge in May dismissed a lawsuit brought against the state of New York by the National Shooting Sports Foundation over a similar state law there.

And the Los Angeles political class is trying to get rid of the only elected political official over there, that sees the Soros DA as a retard.

LA County supervisors approve proposal to give themselves power to remove Sheriff Alex Villanueva (Archive)

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Monday directed its attorney to draft a proposed ballot measure to give the body the power to remove Sheriff Alex Villanueva following repeated clashes between both parties.

The board voted 4-1, with Supervisor Kathryn Barger casting the lone dissenting vote. The matter would still need final passage from the board for it to be put in front of voters on Nov. 8. If passed, it would give the panel the power to remove an elected sheriff "for cause" with a four-fifths vote, Fox Los Angeles reported.

In a Monday letter to the board, Villanueva blasted the proposal, calling it "recipe for corruption." He further said it would allow "board members to intimidate sheriffs from carrying out their official duties to investigate crime."

"... It appears you are making yourselves the judge, jury and executioner for the office of the sheriff, nullifying the will of the voters. This illegal motion seeks to undermine the role of the sheriff and render the office subordinate to the Board of Supervisors. On its face, your proposed ordinance language is not a proper reading of the law and will be challenged on these multiple grounds."

The move comes as Villanueva is seeking a second term in office amid allegations he hasn't done enough to address deputy gangs and covered up a jail incident in which a deputy allegedly kneeled on an inmate.

He has also clashed with the board multiple times over public safety funding and rebuffing subpoenas to appear before the county's Civilian Oversight Commission.

The motion does not mention Villanueva by name, but states, "The current sheriff has been openly hostile to oversight and transparency and has tested the functionality of existing oversight structures by consistently resisting and obstructing these systems of checks and balances."

On Friday, the Republican National Committee issued a statement calling the proposal "another prime example of how Democrats like to change the rules when they don't get their way."

"Not only is Sheriff Villanueva an elected official, he's one of the few who has been willing to stand up to the board for reducing law enforcement funding and effectively endangering the lives of Angelenos," according to the RNC. "... This decision from the L.A. County Board of Supervisors would attempt to bully the elected sheriff into doing what they want and would be yet another blow to a free and fair democracy, thanks to California Democrats."

And SF gets a new DA.