Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco joined a lawsuit challenging California’s immigration protection laws, enlisting in a legal fight launched by the City of Huntington Beach against the state, its governor and attorney general.
Bianco joined the lawsuit in his official capacity as Riverside County sheriff, coroner and public administrator, according to a copy of a complaint filed in U.S. District Court on May 2. Bianco’s addition was announced in a press release Thursday by America First Legal, the team representing Huntington Beach, its city council, police department and police chief.
He is the only sheriff in the state who has joined the suit, which specifically names Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta as defendants…