Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca has recommended Assistant Sheriff Terri McDonald, who has a long history with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, be named the interim sheriff.

Once Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca retires at the end of the month, an interim sheriff will take over until an election decides his replacement.

PRESS RELEASE | SCV NEWS Sheriff Lee Baca introduced Terri McDonald as the new Assistant Sheriff of Custody Division on Monday at the Sheriff’s Headquarters Bureau. She will have the responsibility of overseeing the largest jail system in the nation with nine custody and correctional facilities and over 18,000 inmates. In addition, McDonald will supervise the Education Based Incarceration Bureau, ...