SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A vote that could put San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus out of a job is happening Tuesday morning.
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The Board of Supervisors will make a final decision about whether to fire her, something that has been in the works for nearly a year.
Corpus is accused of misconduct, which she denies.
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During public comment at the hearing on Tuesday, she gave an impassioned speech, calling it a “witch hunt” and saying “you may remove me from office, but you will not erase the truth.”
She said, “this isn’t about accountability, it’s about control”
In November of last year, voters gave supervisors the power to fire the elected sheriff.
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Last week, a judge found there is cause to remove Corpus.
After the Board of Supervisors voted to remove Corpus in June, she appealed, leading to 10 days of hearings in September. The central issues were whether the sheriff wrongly fired her detractors or transferred them to positions they didn’t want, and whether she had an inappropriate relationship with her chief of staff.
Corpus has asked the state Attorney General to intervene.
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