Which Way, L.A.?
The Whistleblower Who Wants Sheriff Baca's Job
For 80 years, no LA Sheriff has been replaced by an election, but Lee Baca is tarnished by scandal as is his best-known opponent. We hear about dark horse Bob Olmsted.
By Warren Olney • • 27m ListenFor 80 years, no LA Sheriff has been replaced by an election. The County is so big that no challenger can beat the one listed on the ballot as the "incumbent." But current Sheriff Lee Baca is now tarnished by scandal, and so is his best-known opponent, former undersheriff and Mayor of Gardena, Paul Tanaka. We hear about the dark horse who blew the whistle, Bob Olmsted. Also, LA County: the nation's capital of undocumented workers is also the capitol of immigration fraud.
On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, President Obama has announced changes in the Affordable Care Act so he can keep his promise to people who like their current health insurance policies. Will trying to restore his credibility do lasting damage to what he calls his major achievement?
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2 storiesScamming the Undocumented
USC's Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration has reported that 10% of all the people in LA County are illegal immigrants. That makes this the national capital of immigration fraud. Saul Gonzalez has a special report from Sonic Trace , KCRW's Independent Producer Project.
Read the story1 minCan Bob Olmsted Become a Household Word in LA County?
As the incumbent Los Angeles County Sheriff, Lee Baca should be a shoo-in for re-election. In two recent cases dealing with jail violence, juries have socked Baca and other deputies with punitive damages. The recent Commission on Jail Violence said, if Baca were a corporation executive, he would have been fired.
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