"The county paid for both its own lawyers and also her attorneys. The county has an ordinance, enacted long before the Corpus scandal, that says the county will pay the legal fees of an official who is sued. The county refused to divulge what it had spent, citing attorney-client privilege. An appeals court rejected the county's bid to keep the costs secret. Still the information hasn't been released."
"How did Corpus get away with hiring her alleged boyfriend, firing and arresting critics, and spending money extravagantly on things like a $74,000 conference table? The Board of Supervisors should be establishing guardrails to make sure this doesn't happen again. 3. NO MORE PARTISANSHIP - Members of the board were big supporters of Corpus when she ran in 2022. Why? She checked the boxes. Hispanic - check. Female - check. Woke - check. Was she competent to do the job? Nobody checked."
San Mateo County fired Sheriff Christina Corpus but outstanding issues remain. The county has refused to disclose taxpayer-funded attorney fees for both county and Corpus's lawyers despite an ordinance covering legal costs; an appeals court ordered disclosure but amounts remain unreleased. The Board of Supervisors must reveal spending to achieve transparency and provide an accounting to taxpayers. The Board should establish guardrails to prevent hiring of alleged associates, retaliatory firings and extravagant purchases. Political backing from Democratic leaders and labor groups contributed to Corpus's election; future elections should include candidates independent of the political machine.
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