Overview

• The Board of Supervisors voted to terminate Corpus’s tenure, an action that takes effect immediately and required four of five votes under county rules.
• Retired Judge James Emerson’s Oct. 6 advisory opinion cited conflicts of interest, retaliation, misuse of authority and an unlawful arrest tied to the deputies’ union leader.
• The process was enabled by Measure A, passed in March with broad voter support, and followed a 10-day public hearing with testimony from dozens of witnesses.
• Corpus has denied wrongdoing, called the proceedings politically motivated and pursued litigation, and the California attorney general declined her request to intervene on Oct. 12.
• An earlier 408-page report by retired Judge LaDoris Cordell urged Corpus to step down and detailed alleged favoritism toward former chief of staff Victor Aenlle and a demoralized department.