San Mateo County posted a job listing on Wednesday in its rushed effort to hire a new sheriff after deciding to go with a long-term appointment instead of an election. 

The Board of Supervisors has only two weeks to appoint a new sheriff that will serve the rest of Christina Corpus’ term. Corpus was fired on Oct. 14 for misconduct, retaliation and having a conflict of interest after nearly a year of resisting calls for her to resign. 

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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.