San Mateo Co. judge rules special election that could determine future of sheriff can move forward

SAN MATEO COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) -- A San Mateo County Superior Court judge has ruled that the special election will move forward for Measure A next week, which could give the board of supervisors the power to fire Sheriff Christina Corpus.

The sheriff wanted an injunction to stop the vote, arguing that some supervisors had shown bias and prejudice in their handling of the issues.

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Thomas Mazzucco, an attorney for Corpus tells the I-Team, while they wanted the injunction, "It appears from the ruling that the Court understands that there are questions regarding the Board's bias and took the approach of waiting to decide this question once the issue is ripe. These public and well documented issues of bias may prevent the Board from moving forward with the implementation of Measure A."

Last year after an independent investigator released an explosive 400-page report on Corpus. The report laid out a damning case against the sheriff, who's accused of fostering a culture of intimidation and retaliation and having an inappropriate intimate relationship with her chief of staff.

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