THE SAN MATEO COUNTY Board of Supervisors received a 42-page written opinion on Monday from the judge who oversaw an administrative hearing to determine whether embattled Sheriff Christina Corpus could keep her job, and the judge found multiple grounds on which to remove her. 

Retired Judge James Emerson concluded that there are multiple grounds that give the Board the authority to remove Corpus, including neglecting her duties as sheriff by engaging in retaliation against multiple sheriff’s office employees and misusing public funds by having a conflict of interest in the hiring of her former chief of staff. 

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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.