“The inquiry was politically motivated, one-sided and filled with lies. . . I am the sheriff of this county, elected by the people of San Mateo County, and I will not be bullied.”
— San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus, responding to an independent investigator’s report alleging she had an inappropriate relationship with her chief of staff, retaliated against officers and employees and used racist and homophobic slurs in the workplace, prompting the board of supervisors to pass a resolution urging her resignation.