L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca endorses Jerry Brown for governor
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca weighed in on the governor’s race Wednesday, endorsing Democratic candidate Jerry Brown.
Baca, a registered Republican, cited Brown’s record on public safety in an announcement released on Brown’s campaign website.
"Jerry Brown has championed the rights of crime victims, toughened criminal penalties and developed innovative crime-fighting technologies,” Baca said in the statement. “Jerry Brown has always stood with me and my deputies and I am proud to stand with him in his campaign for governor.”
Wednesday’s endorsement wasn’t the sheriff’s first foray into election season politics. Baca has come out strong against Proposition 19, a state ballot measure that would legalize marijuana use in California, joining forces with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to defeat the measure.
Baca, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to meet with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, could not be reached for comment.
-- Robert Faturechi
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A WIN WIN for organized labor!!!
Posted by: Jones | October 06, 2010 at 04:07 PM
Legalize it. Vote Yes on Proposition 19. I know I will.:-)
Posted by: Carlos A Nunez | October 06, 2010 at 04:13 PM
Looks like Meg's going to have to try to buy the election some other way.
Posted by: Bob | October 06, 2010 at 04:43 PM
Jerry Brown=Advocate for union labor. If Brown gets elected you can bet that there will be no pension reform at all, and if he can get his way there will be more give aways to organized labor.
Posted by: u know | October 06, 2010 at 04:44 PM
What a surprise. I guess Baca figures Brown won't take away those lucrative benefits. It certainly isn't because Jerry stands for law and order.
Posted by: Judy | October 06, 2010 at 04:48 PM
What an absolute embarrassment to county law enforcement. Birds of a feather is what it is, that's why Baca is nicknamed Sheriff Moonbeam. He's so far out in left field it's not even funny (not a political reference to the left, just that he's cuckoo). Baca wants to make sure he keeps his pension, along with his sheriff's pay, ergo his endorsement of labor's buddy. He's around $500K with both incomes.
Posted by: NoLo | October 06, 2010 at 07:04 PM
2 bald look alikes!
Posted by: LOU | October 06, 2010 at 07:17 PM
Lee Baca is a da n ed
coward lets his officers be attacked by ILLEGALS then rewards the same with taxdollar to deficits we will never earn
If Arnold wasn't a girlie girl he would give the word:like three that is 3 presidents prior have given! GET OUT...we have to take care of our US Citizens of Generations as taxpayers first.
Thus, he shows his indifference and lack of anything for becoming a US Citizens.
To think my father and uncle died to help Europe and the gov homeland.
It makes me sick...
Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto YOU
Posted by: USCitizensofGenerations | October 06, 2010 at 07:48 PM
Baca is about as Republican as Colin Powell...who endorsed obama...
Posted by: TheBigPicture | October 06, 2010 at 07:50 PM
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Learn about the truth...
Posted by: Patrick Brass | October 07, 2010 at 03:21 AM
What a joke!
Posted by: cooler heads | October 07, 2010 at 06:07 AM
"What a surprise. I guess Baca figures Brown won't take away those lucrative benefits. It certainly isn't because Jerry stands for law and order."
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I'm not sure how one can say that the state's Attorney General doesn't stand for law and order. And in case you haven't been following the Bell scandal, Brown was the first to take legal action against that bunch of crooks.
In addition, I lived in CA when Brown was governor. He did more to cut spending than Reagan, who in fact raised taxes.
Posted by: HiVeloCT | October 07, 2010 at 07:19 AM
Two words Lee..."Rose Bird". Those who will not remember the past are doomed to repeat it.
Posted by: Rob | October 07, 2010 at 08:47 AM
"Rose Bird"? If you knew anythink about her record, you would realize that, except for her stance on the death penalty (she voted with the majority on 94% of cases), she was a strong environmentalist, a consumer rights supporter and a great advocate of social justice and equal pay for women. Due to the fact that she was ahead of her time on may issues, her tenure was cut short by those who support the death penalty. (see how few have been carried out since and how many across the country who were wrongly convicted and shown innocent through DNA), I wonder how many people have died through state-mandated murder, mistakenly? For those who plead guilty, the death benefit is an available option. For circumstantial evedence in death penalth cases, it is absolutely wrong and she was right.
Posted by: David Rose | October 07, 2010 at 04:13 PM
Baca needs to take a pay cut. Vote yes on 19 unless your an overpaid lazy cop
Posted by: dan | October 07, 2010 at 05:28 PM
Jerry Brown and his "green economy?" No thank you!
Posted by: Steve Rodriguez | October 08, 2010 at 12:34 AM