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Chad Bianco\u2019s campaign for California governor leans heavily on his years as Riverside County sheriff, a record that has drawn praise from voters yearning to return to a tough-on-crime era and harsh criticism from others who consider him a far-right affront to the rule of law. <\/p>\n

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The stout, mustached Republican is running an unapologetic campaign against the \u201cDemocrat policies that have destroyed this state,\u201d launching into angry diatribes about, as he sees it, the left\u2019s failed record in California in debate after debate, on social media and in news interviews, during which where he often accuses the media of being complicit.<\/p>\n

In an interview with The Times, Bianco said he is sick of what he calls soft-on-crime Democrats in Sacramento undermining him and other law enforcement leaders across the state, whom he wants to unleash if given the power.<\/p>\n

Part of Bianco\u2019s prescription for turning California around: cracking down on theft and drug offenses, stiffening sentences for both petty and violent crime, building more detention facilities, collaborating with federal immigration forces to deport immigrant offenders, and demanding greater personal accountability from homeless people suffering from mental illness and drug addiction.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is impossible for me to keep my county safe because of politics. It is impossible for me to run my jails correctly because of politics. It is impossible for me to prosecute someone to the fullest extent of the law because of politics,\u201d Bianco said. \u201cPolitics is destroying the state of California \u2014 and unfortunately for the Democrat Party, they are 100% to blame.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a message that has clearly resonated with a slice of the California electorate. Bianco has consistently polled above 10% among likely voters, putting the MAGA-aligned sheriff among the top tier of gubernatorial candidates in deep blue California thanks to a slew of Democratic candidates still splitting their party\u2019s much bigger base. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s also a message receiving increased scrutiny as the June 2 primary nears, from rival candidates on both sides of the political aisle.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for Democrat Xavier Becerra, who served as California attorney general during part of Bianco\u2019s time as sheriff, called Bianco a \u201ctyrant\u201d and said he has run his department \u201clike a man who answers to no one \u2014 not the president, not the courts, not the people he was elected to serve.\u201d<\/p>\n

Republican Steve Hilton, a former Fox News commentator endorsed by President Trump, has attacked Bianco for essentially the opposite reason \u2014 suggesting Bianco has literally and figuratively bent the knee to liberal forces in the state.<\/p>\n

Hilton recently said Bianco \u201chas too much baggage\u201d to be the party\u2019s candidate in part because he knelt alongside protesters during Black Lives Matter demonstrations in 2020 \u2014 a somewhat conciliatory and therefore out-of-character moment for the sheriff, which he has since tried to explain away as a moment of prayer.<\/p>\n

Despite Hilton\u2019s attacks, Bianco\u2019s political record is far right and fully in line with the MAGA base, including on sanctuary policies, election integrity and other issues favored by Trump.<\/p>\n

On crime<\/h2>\n

Crime has been a top issue for California voters for years, and Bianco will no doubt benefit among a portion of the electorate from having the title of sheriff attached to his name on the ballot.<\/p>\n

In a poll released in March by UC Berkeley\u2019s Institute of Governmental Studies and co-sponsored by The Times, 12% of likely voters \u2014 and nearly a quarter of Republicans \u2014 said crime and public safety were among the top issues for the next governor to tackle.<\/p>\n

According to a Times analysis of state-collected data through 2024, Bianco\u2019s record on crime has been mixed. The data show violent crime rising for years under his leadership and being solved at lower rates than in surrounding counties. The data also show a more recent turnaround, with declines in such crime and improved clearance rates.<\/p>\n

Bianco challenged the accuracy of the state data and offered his own snapshot of crime figures that painted a different picture \u2014 of much higher clearance rates, but also a much larger volume of violent crime in his jurisdiction.<\/p>\n

Bianco, 58, joined the Sheriff\u2019s Department in 1993 and was a lieutenant when he defeated the incumbent sheriff in 2018, taking over policing and jail oversight in 2019 for a vast swath of one of California\u2019s largest counties. He won reelection in 2022.<\/p>\n

According to the state data, overall violent crime in that county jumped in 2019, fell slightly in 2020, then increased each year from 2021 to 2023 before falling again in 2024. Homicides increased in 2019 and again in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic raged and cities across the country saw similar spikes, but declined each of the next four years, the data show.<\/p>\n

Vehicle thefts have fluctuated during Bianco\u2019s tenure but have been on the decline since 2021, according to the state data. Other forms of theft, as well as drug offenses \u2014 something Bianco said is crucial to address while backing Proposition 36, a ballot measure state voters passed in 2024 to increase penalties for such crimes \u2014 have also fluctuated in the county for years.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Bianco\u2019s deputies have struggled to reduce violent crime \u2014 like their counterparts in other counties \u2014 though they have made improvements under Bianco, according to state statistics.<\/p>\n

The department cleared about 38% of violent crimes in 2018 and about 47% in 2024, with several fluctuations within that range in the years between, according to state data. <\/p>\n

By comparison, the San Bernardino County Sheriff\u2019s Department during the same time period saw violent crime clearance rates between about 50% and nearly 64%, while the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department saw rates between about 55% and 63%, the data show.<\/p>\n

The Sheriff\u2019s Department is responsible for law enforcement in the county\u2019s unincorporated areas, which include deserts and mountains, as well as cities that contract with the agency \u2014 including Temecula, Moreno Valley, Lake Elsinore, Rancho Mirage and others. The Times analyzed state crime and clearance data from all those areas.<\/p>\n

In 2021, the ACLU of Southern California wrote a letter to the California attorney general\u2019s office demanding that it investigate Bianco\u2019s department for \u201cracist policing practices, rampant patrol and jail deaths\u201d and noncompliance with past court orders requiring improvements.<\/p>\n

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In 2022, 19 people died in Riverside County jails, making them among the deadliest in the nation. An investigation by the Desert Sun later blamed \u201cneglect by jail employees, access to illicit drugs, and cell assignments that put detainees at increased risk of violence or did not allow for close oversight.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2023, California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta launched a sweeping civil rights investigation to determine whether the Sheriff\u2019s Department had \u201cengaged in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional policing amid deeply concerning allegations relating to conditions of confinement in its jail facilities, excessive force, and other misconduct.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bonta\u2019s office declined to comment on the ongoing investigation, which has yet to produce any public findings. Bianco pointed to the lack of results to date as proof there is nothing to uncover in his jails, which he claimed are the best-run in the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there was all of these bad things that I were doing, are you telling me that he was going to allow me to continue to do them for three years?\u201d Bianco said. \u201cThere is not going to be anything because our attorney general is an absolute lying fraud and an embarrassment to law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bianco argued that crime data put out by the state has been cherry-picked by liberals to make law enforcement look bad.<\/p>\n

He said crime was underreported in Riverside County before he took office because residents and business owners didn\u2019t believe anything would be done about it, and that he actually \u201cwanted our crime stats to go up\u201d when he took over because it would mean trust had improved.<\/p>\n

He said his agency had been struggling to retain deputies amid poor morale when he took over, but has since rebounded and become \u201cone of the most proactive law enforcement agencies in the country\u201d thanks to his focus on addressing crime \u201chot spots\u201d and \u201cbroken windows\u201d policing \u2014 a much-criticized theory that says addressing urban blight and enforcing laws against petty offenses also drives down violent crime.<\/p>\n

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Corona), who has endorsed Bianco, called him a \u201creal law enforcement champion\u201d for Riverside who despite challenges has \u201cconsistently made it harder for criminals to succeed in our communities.\u201d Calvert said drug cartels operating in rural stretches of the Inland Empire make solving crime in the region difficult, but Bianco has \u201cdone a good job of trying to face up to it and move it in the right direction,\u201d including as an outspoken critic of \u201csoft-on-crime laws\u201d in Sacramento.<\/p>\n

In 2020, Bianco called the state\u2019s COVID-19 stay-at-home orders \u201cridiculous.\u201d In 2021, he said he would refuse to make his deputies get vaccinated and defended his onetime membership in the Oath Keepers, a far-right group whose members were involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n

Speaking with The Times, Bianco defended the Oath Keepers \u2014 which he did again during a recent debate \u2014 and said it wasn\u2019t right to judge the entire organization based on the actions of some members. He also said Trump was right to pardon many of the people charged in connection with Jan. 6 \u2014 who he said \u201cdid absolutely nothing\u201d wrong and were \u201cpolitically prosecuted with lies\u201d \u2014 but that he disagreed with the president\u2019s pardoning of others who were caught on video attacking U.S. Capitol police.<\/p>\n

Bianco has been linked to the \u201cconstitutional sheriffs\u201d movement, in which far-right lawmen claim sweeping and unbridled authority in their jurisdictions, and has supported \u2014 and is supported by \u2014 religious leaders such as Tim Thompson who push an evangelical Christian worldview in government. He has sharply criticized the participation of transgender kids in youth sports, and in endorsing Trump\u2019s election in 2024 said it was time the U.S. had \u201ca felon in the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bianco has claimed expansive powers as sheriff, including to buck state directives, as with COVID; has said his Christian faith is a driving force in his life; and has described his comment about a felon in the White House as a tongue-in-cheek criticism of bogus attacks on Trump.<\/p>\n

He joined Huntington Beach in a lawsuit challenging California\u2019s sanctuary policies, which generally bar localities and their law enforcement agencies from participating in federal immigration raids or initiatives, and has sent mixed messages on whether his deputies would work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents despite California\u2019s laws.<\/p>\n

In November 2024, he told Fox 11 L.A. that if keeping Riverside County residents safe meant \u201cworking somehow around\u201d state laws and \u201cwith ICE so we can deport these people victimizing us and our residents, you can be 100% sure I\u2019m going to do that.\u201d In February 2025, he said Riverside County deputies \u201chave not, are not and will not engage\u201d in immigration enforcement, which he said is a federal responsibility.<\/p>\n

Also this year, Bianco caused an uproar when he seized more than 650,000 ballots from last November\u2019s election as part of what he said was an investigation into whether they were fraudulently counted \u2014 a claim he is entertaining from a fringe group of election deniers, despite assurances from county and state officials that the allegations are baseless.<\/p>\n

Bonta sued to stop the investigation, arguing there is no basis for it and that Bianco has no such authority without buy-in from him and oversight from state elections officials. He accused Bianco of having gone \u201crogue\u201d and creating \u201ca constitutional emergency in the process.\u201d<\/p>\n

The California Supreme Court halted the investigation as it weighs arguments in the case.<\/p>\n

Bianco slammed Bonta for trying to halt his investigation, which he said was \u201cprobably one of the most easy criminal investigations you could ever, ever imagine\u201d and normal work for a sheriff.<\/p>\n

Bob Shrum, a longtime Democratic strategist and director of the Dornsife Center for the Political Future at USC, said much of what Bianco does, including his seizure of ballots, is \u201cperformative Trumpism\u201d \u2014 and \u201cout of step with California.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joy Silver, chair of the Riverside County Democratic Party, said Bianco has been cultivating an image as a tough-on-crime candidate for years, but in recent debates has shown his true colors as an angry ideologue with few policy ideas and little willingness to work across the aisle.<\/p>\n

Silver said Bianco\u2019s simplistic \u201cown the libs\u201d approach to governing has already harmed Riverside, and would serve no one were he governor. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no policy or solutions or anything that are packed into that,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s just a hateful message.\u201d<\/p>\n

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