Not enough people are talking about the LA county Sheriff’s race, so the guys sat down with award winning Angeleno journalist Cerise Castle to break down all the candidates in the 2026 Los Angeles County Sheriff’s race, and discuss if anything can be done about the prevalence of organized gangs within the department.
Chapters:
00:00 Introducing Cerise Castle
2:15 Growing up black in Los Angeles during D.A.R.E.
6:18 Person experience with Police violence
8:47 Press interaction with police
11:15 Scope of deputy gangs
13:01 All the candidates for Sheriff
15:19 Long shot candidates
18:02 Alex Villanueva
25:28 The incumbent Robert Luna
31:03 LEO surveillance of journalists
35:52 Eric Strong a hope for reform
40:08 Continuing the tradition of black journalism
41:50 What do deputy gangs do?
46:10 Challenges in reforming the sheriffs dept
49:13 County board of supervisors role
52:03 What we can do
