Removal proceedings focus on alleged payroll irregularities, timecard records, and overtime logs amid a contested interpretation of clerical errors versus fraud. A county-commissioned 400-page Cordell report details allegations of retaliation, bullying, workplace misconduct, and efforts to secure a high salary for former chief of staff Victor Aenlle despite questions about his qualifications. The Board of Supervisors used the report to prompt Measure A, enabling removal by a four-fifths vote through 2028. The November 2024 arrest of Deputy Sheriff's Association President Carlos Tapia is central, with county attorneys calling it retaliatory and Corpus' team calling it a legitimate payroll probe. Corpus appealed the Board's June removal vote, triggering a public hearing.
The removal hearing for San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus on Friday again sank into the minutiae of payroll codes, overtime logs and timekeeping spreadsheets details both sides insist remain important, even though the county District Attorney previously found the timecard issues to be clerical errors, not fraud. The backdrop for the case against Corpus is the Cordell report, released in November 2024 by retired Judge LaDoris Cordell.
At the center of the timecard squabble is the November 2024 arrest of Deputy Sheriff's Association President Carlos Tapia. County attorneys argue it was a retaliatory move against a vocal critic, while Corpus' lawyers maintain it was a legitimate probe into alleged payroll fraud. The stakes are high. Corpus, elected in 2022 as the county's first Latina sheriff, is fighting to stay in office after two sheriff's unions accused her of corruption, workplace misconduct, retaliation, and an inappropriate relationship with Aenlle.
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