June 24, 2025

For Immediate Release

Redwood City – The County of San Mateo Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 today to accept a recommendation to proceed with removing Sheriff Christina Corpus from office.

In accordance with the removal procedures adopted by the Board, John Keene, the County’s Chief Probation Officer, conducted a pre-removal conference, which the sheriff attended with her counsel at their offices. During this pre-removal conference, Chief Keene afforded the sheriff and her counsel the opportunity to respond to the allegations contained in the Notice of Intent to Remove, which was approved by the Board at its meeting on June 5, 2025 and provided to the sheriff.

At today’s hearing, County Attorney John Nibbelin quoted from Keene’s written recommendation: “After considering the content of [the sheriff’s] presentation during the pre-removal conference, and in accordance with the removal procedures, I found that the sheriff’s conduct, as described in the Notice of Intent, violated the for cause provisions in County Charter section 412.5(B) as articulated in the Notice of Intent.”

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