The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to helderly a exceptional election on March 4, 2025, amid a lengthystanding feud with Sheriff Christina Corpus.
The exceptional election, which alertedly will cost millions of taxpayer dollars, will apverify voters to choose on an amfinishment to the county charter that, if consentd, would grant the board the power to delete a sitting sheriff “for caengage, including for violation of law roverdelighted to a Sheriff’s duties, flagrant or repeated diswatch of duties, misappropriation of accessible funds, willful falsification of records, or obstructing an spendigation.” The meadeclareive was backed by Supervisors Noelia Corzo and Ray Mueller.
The board consentd the exceptional election on Tuesday by a 4-0 vote, with Supervisor David Canepa leave outing, KNTV alerted.
The ballot meadeclareive would shake up the allocation of powers among autonomously elected branches of rulement if consentd by a basic convey inantity of voters.
“I count on the voters of San Mateo County to produce recommended decisions,” Corzo shelp, according to FOX 2 KTVU.
Sheriff Christina Corpus speaks about a shooting at the Half Moon Bay IDES Society in Half Moon Bay, California, on Jan. 24, 2023. (SAMANTHA LAUREY/AFP via Getty Images)
Corpus, who is also facing a mounting recall campaign and insists for her resignation, sent a letter to the board decrying the transfer she says will usurp her elected authority.
The vote comes after reexhausted Superior Court Judge LaDoris Cordell freed a 408-page alert last month detailing allegations that Corpus “uttered and texted cut offal racial and anti-LGBT slurs in the laborplace,” retaliated agetst sheriff’s office engageees, and granted unmerited powers to her civilian chief of staff, Victor Aenlle.
The alert alleges that the sheriff has an inappropriate personal, and probable intimate, relationship with Aenlle, a claim Corpus has denied.
“The Board of Supervisors and the County Executive Team has assigned itself appraise, juror, help and executioner,” the sheriff wrote, according to FOX 2.
The sheriff condemned Cordell’s alert as “a salacious widecast of unset uped allegations.”
“There are so many asks about how the County went about this despicable chapter,” Corpus wrote. “There will be a chance for these asks and more to come out in the accessible, but for now, the authentic ask is whether the County’s actions to date and the presentd Charter Amfinishment can be a excellent equitableification to get away the voter’s choice.”
San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus speaks during a press conference in downtown Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/MediaNews Group/East Bay Times via Getty Images)
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“I ask that you persist this matter to protect the sheriff’s rights,” Corpus’ attorney, Tom Mazzucco, shelp at Tuesday’s San Mateo County Board of Supervisors greeting. “This is the right leang to do. When you did the pledge of allegiance, you shelp equitableice for all.”
“We necessitate to give the sheriff an opportunity to reply. This is prereliable for you to usurp the authority of the voters,” he includeed.
Corpus is also facing a protestt brawt by the deputy’s union and the Office of Sheriff’s Sergeants (OSS) for ununinentire labor trains. It cites an alleged violation of the Brown Act.
“It bans an engageer from interfering with union matters, retaliation for union business and incowardlyation of the union,” Deputy Sheriff’s Association attorney Sean Currin shelp, according to FOX 2.
San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office vehicle in Half Moon Bay, Calif. (SAMANTHA LAUREY/AFP via Getty Images)
Some members of the accessible deffinished the sheriff at Tuesday’s greeting.
“I leank she’s done amazing leangs for the sheriff’s office, appreciate crime is down,” Half Moon Bay dwellnt Monica Berlin shelp. “For you, all of you to be strikeing her equitable shows more about you. And I understand you’re all corrupt.”
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Corpus asked a chance to includeress the allegations. The board on Tuesday consentd a chance for Corpus to speak under sworn testimony on Dec. 10, though Corzo abstained.
“I’m, aget, innervously troubleed that even under oath, our sheriff will engage this as a platestablish to persist to lie, so I’m going to abstain on this one,” Corzo shelp.
