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Controversial California Sheriff to Face Special Election

The March 4 special election will allow voters to decide on an amendment to the county charter that, if approved, would grant the board the power to remove a sitting sheriff.

December 4, 2024

San Mateo County, California, Sheriff Christina Corpus could be fired by the county board of supervisors after a March special election.San Mateo County, California, Sheriff Christina Corpus could be fired by the county board of supervisors after a March special election.San Mateo County SO

The San Mateo County (California) Board of Supervisors has voted to hold a special election that could give them the power to fire the county’s controversial sheriff Christina Corpus.

The March 4 special election will allow voters to decide on an amendment to the county charter that, if approved, would grant the board the power to remove a sitting sheriff "for cause, including for violation of law related to a Sheriff's duties, flagrant or repeated neglect of duties, misappropriation of public funds, willful falsification of documents, or obstructing an investigation."

Corpus says the move could usurp her elected authority, Fox News reports.

The vote comes after retired Superior Court Judge LaDoris Cordell released a 408-page report last month detailing allegations that Corpus "uttered and texted several racial and homophobic slurs in the workplace," retaliated against sheriff's office employees, and granted unmerited powers to her civilian chief of staff, Victor Aenlle.

The report alleges that the sheriff has an inappropriate personal, and likely intimate, relationship with Aenlle, a claim Corpus has denied. 

The sheriff condemned Cordell's report as "a salacious broadcast of unfounded allegations."

In November five sheriff’s captains publicly called for Sheriff Corpus to resign.


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