As ballots for a special election begin arriving in the mailboxes of San Mateo County residents, a crowd of local leaders stood in solidarity with Sheriff’s Office employee unions to support Measure A, a ballot measure that would give the county Board of Supervisors the power to oust embattled Sheriff Christina Corpus. 

Dozens of city council members and mayors from various cities in the county gathered outside the County Center in Redwood City, holding up signs that read “Yes on A: Remove the Sheriff.”

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.