The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors voted today to terminate the sheriff’s executive director of administration position — a new civilian post created at the request of the sheriff for Victor Aenlle with a salary of nearly $250,000. Sheriff Christina Corpus responded by promoting Aenlle to the job of assistant sheriff, a position the board may not be able to dissolve.
The Board directed the county attorney to investigate the legality of such a move.
The Board also asked the attorney to draw up an ordinance asking voters to amend the County Charter to allow the Board to remove the sheriff upon a finding of good cause. This proposed charter amendment could come to voters as soon as March.
The Board met yesterday in response to the independent investigator Judge LaDoris Cordell’s report, which concludes that “lies, secrecy, intimidation, retaliation, conflicts of interests and abuses of authority are the hallmarks of the Corpus administration.”
The board unanimously took a vote of no confidence in Corpus and demanded her immediate resignation, though she said earlier in the day she had no intention of stepping down. Her term ends in 2028.
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