Overview

• Retired Judge James Emerson is presiding over roughly 10 days of testimony, after which he has up to 45 days to issue a recommendation before the Board of Supervisors has 30 days to vote.
• A federal judge last week denied Sheriff Christina Corpus’s request to block the process, allowing the Measure A proceedings to move forward.
• On the first day, Emerson rejected a four-to-six-week delay sought by Corpus’s lawyers, who cited about 2,000 pages of recent civil grand jury discovery.
• County attorneys opened by alleging retaliation, obstruction and neglect tied to a close relationship with the sheriff’s chief of staff, while Corpus’s team labeled the proceeding a predetermined “staged play” in an administrative forum that can admit hearsay.
• Former senior officials testified about observing a close relationship between Corpus and her chief of staff; Corpus took the stand, denied any romantic involvement, and is set to continue testifying Tuesday.