THE SAN MATEO COUNTY Board of Supervisors voted Wednesday to appoint Kenneth Binder as the county’s next sheriff, marking the beginning of a new chapter in the Sheriff’s Office after more than a year of scandals that culminated in the ouster of former sheriff Christina Corpus.

Binder became the interim police chief in Gilroy this June after spending more than two decades in the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, where he worked his way up to the position of undersheriff. He also briefly served as acting sheriff in 2022 after former Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith retired early just before a civil grand jury convicted her of corruption and willful misconduct.

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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.