A member of the board of supervisors in California’s second-largest county abruptly resigned Friday, citing safety concerns after leading an effort to protect people from deportation.
Board of Supervisors Chair Nora Vargas, who represents a heavily Hispanic district that stretches to the U.S.-Mexico border, released a statement on social media sharing her decision to “conclude my tenure as County Supervisor, completing my first term this January 6, 2025.”
She won reelection in November, taking more than 62 percent of the vote in her race…