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Statement from the County of San Mateo Regarding Sheriff’s $10 Million Government Claim & Release of Full Report Transcript

The following is a statement from the County of San Mateo in response to a $10 million government claim filed by Sheriff Christina Corpus. The statement also addresses an allegation in the claim regarding allegedly missing transcript pages in an exhibit to the independent report and the cost of the investigation.

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California Sheriffs Are Rarely Removed From Office. San Mateo Is Trying Anyway

San Mateo County supervisors are attempting a historic feat in the state: removing an elected sheriff via charter amendment and a simultaneous recall vote. County supervisors are asking voters in March to give them the temporary authority to remove Sheriff Christina Corpus two years into her first term after “unprecedented complaints.” An independent investigation found the hallmarks of her…

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Updates following the Cordell Report

On November 13 the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to ask Sheriff Corpus to resign. On November 18, Representatives Eshoo and Mullin, Senator Becker, and Assemblymembers Papan and Berman called for her resignation: Congressional and state leaders call on Sheriff Corpus to resign On November 21, the five remaining Captains who had not resigned…