San Mateo County sheriff speaks at meeting where supervisors called on her to resign

There was a heated Board of Supervisors meeting in San Mateo County as the board unanimously voted to ask Sheriff Christina Corpus to step down.

There was an explosive Board of Supervisors meeting in San Mateo County as the board unanimously voted to ask Sheriff Christina Corpus to step down. It comes after a scathing report from a retired judge, revealing allegations of retaliation, racism and abuse of power.As the Board of Supervisors were contemplating on casting a no-confidence vote, Sheriff Christina Corpus came up to the microphone and called the allegations false and the investigation a witch hunt.

We have been talking about trying to get transparency,' said Detective Eliot Storch with the San Mateo County Sheriff's Department. 'We've been talking about trying to get cooperation from the Sheriff. So far we have gotten nothing but resistance and nothing that was said by her in there contradicts that.'Along with the vote of no confidence, the Board of Supervisors voted to eliminate the Chief of Staff position held by Victor Aenlle.

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