Overview

• A San Francisco federal judge refused to halt the voter-approved Measure A removal process, allowing the county to move forward with the hearing as scheduled.
• The public hearing under Measure A will begin August 18, run about ten days and will be open after Sheriff Corpus withdrew her bid to keep proceedings closed.
• At an August 12 board session, Corpus’s lawyers, led by former Labor Secretary Tom Perez, urged supervisors to pause the removal hearing until civil grand jury charges are resolved in September.
• Investigations by retired Judge LaDoris Cordell and the county civil grand jury allege Corpus had an improper relationship with her chief of staff, fostered retaliation and created a hostile workplace.
• Supervisors heard a proposal to appoint a full-time inspector general with subpoena authority to oversee the sheriff’s office but did not vote on the recommendation.