The future of San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus will once again be in the hands of voters after the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a charter amendment ballot measure authorizing supervisors to remove an elected sheriff for cause.
The future of San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus will once again be in the hands of voters after the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a charter amendment ballot measure authorizing supervisors to remove an elected sheriff for cause.The resolution approved shortly before noon Tuesday will trigger a special election in March on the amendment that, if approved by voters, would allow the board to fire Corpus, a power supervisors currently don't have.
On Tuesday, Corzo cited the sheriff's previous appearance before the board, when she declared plans to promote Aenile, the man at the very center of the allegations of abuse of power.'She tried to promote Victor Aenlle to a position he's not qualified for, right in these chambers,' said Corzo. 'If those are not political theatrics, I don't know what is.
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