Investigators with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department served a search warrant Wednesday morning at the Santa Monica home of Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, who has been a vocal critic of Sheriff Alex Villanueva and many of his policies, two officials familiar with the event told NBC LA.
"Today, detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Public Corruption Unit served search warrants at multiple locations in connection with an ongoing public corruption investigation," the department said in its statement."Those locations included the homes of Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl and Los Angeles County Civilian Oversight Commissioner Patricia 'Patti' Giggans.
Kuehl remained at the property during the search and spoke with reporters at the scene. She said the warrant presented to her contained no detailed information about the reason for the search. "I really don't think a responsible sheriff would allow a bogus search of anybody's home, much less a supervisor, based on nothing," Kuehl said."They gave me a warrant, which said nothing."
Kuehl offered her take on the motivation for the search, which she said may stem from the awarding of a county contract to nonprofit Peace Over Violence, which is run by Giggans. "What this is all about is a disgruntled employee at Metro who was let go who became obsessed with a contract that Metro took with Peace Over Violence related to sexual harassment," Kuehl said."She claimed that I had something to do with the contract, which is completely false. It never came to the board."Kuehl was first elected to represent the county's Third District in November 2014. She was reelected to her second term in November 2018.
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