BY AMELIA BISCARDI
Daily Post Staff Writer
Controversial San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus has resigned from a club that supports families of police officers killed in the line of duty, according to San Mateo County’s One Hundred Club president.
President Ross Hite said Corpus resigned Tuesday morning, saying she could no longer balance her responsibilities and personal commitments.
The club was created in 1972, and Hite said each sheriff has been on the board since then. Corpus is the first sheriff to leave the club.
The club’s next meeting is March 4, the day San Mateo County voters are due to cast their ballots to decide whether or not to give the Board of Supervisors the power to remove her.
Hite said the club will not discuss replacing her until their March 4 meeting.
The One Hundred Club of San Mateo County is an organization that provides financial assistance to the families of any officer killed in the line of duty, according to its website.
The club also provides scholarships for the children of police officers who were killed in the line of duty.
The 100 Club board includes Jim Hartnett, a former Redwood City Council member and retired CEO of Caltrain and SamTrans, who is heading the Corpus recall campaign.
The board also includes District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe, whose office has begun an investigation into the sheriff’s office.
Others on the board include Menlo Park Police Chief Dave Norris, San Mateo Police Chief Ed Barberini, retired East Palo Alto police chief Al Pardini, retired Menlo Park police chief Dave Bertini and retired Burlingame police chief Jack Van Etten.
Another first for Corpus! Another historic first! Truthfully, the very first elected sheriff since 1972, in 52-years, to discontinue their service on the 100-Club board! The first elected sheriff since 1972, in 52-years, to decline to publicly support the families of police officers killed in the line of duty; those who have given the ultimate sacrifice in the service to others in San Mateo County!
Asserting she can, “no longer balance her responsibilities and personal commitments”, is the understatement of the new year! She gives the impression that such has been the case since her election and her transition team. Abandonment of duties, responsibilities and obligations seems to be an ongoing theme with the 26th Sheriff of San Mateo County!
It’s not entirely Corpus’ fault. Victor does demand a lot of her time and phone time from the ranch just isn’t enough for him. He’s also really bored watching Cops.
Well Aenlle isn’t a member why would she attend and support the group? Obviously, her moral compass is off.
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No words except she is an unbelievable mess! Get out Corpus before your web of destruction does any more damage … if there’s anything left to destroy ! 100 Club … how could you be any more disrespectful … and as the Sheriff San Mateo County
and board member to quit via text the morning of the first meeting of 2025! So beyond belief to see what you are capable of … no self pride, so cowardly !
She resigned from the board via a text message? That’s a classic act! NOT. Yes on Measure A.
What a disgrace. I can’t wait for her to be arrested.
The only cop that the victim sheriff care about is doctor Vicky. Problem is he is not a cop. Never was and never will be. The only club she cares about is concierge level at her Maui hotel with the cute little doctor Vicky.
Per PADP’s last article, Corpus earns a hefty salary of $466,058 a year. Did Corpus ever donate money to The One Hundred Club of San Mateo County while on the Board?
Good question. On your coattails, did Corpus ever attend their annual dinners? (Where the 100 club honors a fallen officer and their family.) In all fairness to Corpus, she did attend the 2023 dinner (not the 2024 dinner). Sitting next to her in 2023 was … Aenlle.
Of course Sheriff Christy had to resign…from a safe distance and in a classless manner, true to form! Surprisingly, she may actually possess one molecule of shame and embarrassment, which would have made it unbelievably awkward to face fellow board members Jim Hartnett and Steve Wagstaffe who are respectively involved in recalling and (hopefully) prosecuting her for her long list and continuing misdeeds.
OR, it was just one more display of her shameless arrogance and defiance.
Or both.
As you might recall, back in 2024, Governor Newsom appointed Corpus to the “Board of State and Community Corrections.” (BSCC) The appointment requires Senate confirmation. Out of pure curiosity, I looked at the BSCC’s website and the position she was appointed to is listed as … Sheriff – Vacant.
The BSCC meeting notes show Corpus attending October 3, 2024 and the next meeting on November 21 the notes show Corpus resigned… no longer on the Governor BSCC Board
Quite certain Corpus was eliminated from that Board quickly
Thanks for the update. Resigned from the 100 club and the BSCC board. She has lost all sense of dignity and respect from her peers and contemporaries. Yes on Measure A.
She must be confused. She meant to quit her job as Sheriff and accidentally quit this board.
A $70;000 conference table for meetings that haven’t happened for over a year. An almost $200,000 contract for a retired chief with a reputation similar to the undersheriff. The Sheriff we can trust is burning through her budget as she burns the place down.
According to the March 17, 2022, Martinez News Gazzette article Chief Manjit Sappal, at his retirement from Martinez explained, “While my brain and heart say it’s not time to leave, my body, particularly my back is in agony, and it is telling me it’s time to go.”
So, with little consideration to the pre-existing medical condition that Sappal has, he is hired to accomplish day-to-day strategic and other support for SMSO, despite his bad back and agony. Again, Corpus hired a former police chief to work in a sheriff’s office. The two areas of law enforcement are distinctly different.
What is the extent of Sappal’s experience in the operations and strategic needs of a civil enforcement bureau? An emergency services bureau to coordinate all search and rescue operations statutorily relegated to the sheriff? Two correctional facilities? An auto theft task force? An organization of 800+ employees? A narcotics task force? A federal, state, local information sharing initiative supporting the FBI’s Terrorism Task Force? I could be wrong, yet most police chiefs that come to a major county sheriff’s office, like SMSO, find themselves drinking from the proverbial fire hose for the first year and learning.
Hiring a contractor with an admitted bad back, one that keeps him in agony, along with no significant relative experience appears to be yet another unwise and poorly informed decision by team Corpus. Sounds like it’s similar to hiring a realtor/community volunteer to be a Director of Administrative Services.
Manjit is going to be in agony when he gets wrapped up in the Sheriff’s legal troubles. A guy coming from a 30 member police department has no business at the Sheriff’s Office unless he’s coming to do her dirty work. She needs someone for that cause Perea is too stupid.
Imagine that, Sheriff Christy not supporting law enforcement!! No benefit for her, so she turns her back on it. Just like she did to every single employee with the Sheriff’s Office. The 100 Club is better off without her, everything she touches turns to garbage. Look at her budget management ability – Look at her abysmal Executive Team – Look at her leadership skills. All Garbage!!! Ask anyone who works there when the last time was she came around to say hi to the lowly workers, you will get silence. She doesn’t care about them at all, just some generic email here and there. She takes credit for the low crime rates but can’t come off of her throne to thank the hard work of her staff for their hard work. Its all her, her, her. Time for her to hit the road, no one respects her in law enforcement, no one listens to her, no one wants her in a Sheriff’s Office uniform. She’s a disgrace to the badge
This woman is a complete embarrassment and a disgrace !She purchased a new conference table for over 70K ???? Enough of this Unbelievable! Time for her to get kicked to the curb ! She is nothing but trouble! She is disgusting !
Bringing yet MORE disgrace and shame to the Office!!!! She is absolutely a stain!!!!!
Makes you wonder how this Sheriff plans and prioritizes what is needed in the county. Aenlle came in and treated this office as if he has no rules and is entitled to do whatever whenever he wants. Aenlle said it himself he is not s little boy, so he flies first class.
What a piece a of crap these people are. Beyond entitled a-holes who disrespect the department, the county the voters. Look at the lost of people endorsing Measure A and resign!