BY AMELIA BISCARDI
Daily Post Staff Writer
A committee of local Democrats that lead the county’s party are asking San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to resign, a reversal of the party’s previous support for her campaign.
“We are asking you to dig deep and find the courage to do the right thing,” wrote former Redwood City Councilwoman Diana Reddy, a member of the committee. “Please resign so that resources in future lawsuits can be used for the most vulnerable in our county.”
Reddy sent a resolution to Corpus on Tuesday after the San Mateo County Democratic Central Committee approved it on Feb. 20. The resolution says Corpus has betrayed the values the central committee claims to uphold: transparency, fairness and democracy itself.
The request comes days before voters will decide Measure A, which will give the Board of Supervisors the power to remove Corpus from office. Reddy, who supported Corpus during her 2022 run, said in her email to Corpus that she’s sorry things didn’t work out.
The resolution said the committee was impressed by her work when she was captain in Millbrae, but they now feel betrayed by her actions. After she became sheriff in 2023, she no longer sought out advice or support, even from her employees, the resolution said.
“Resign to enable sheriff department staff, sworn and civilian, to achieve a standard that warrants the respect they deserve and the community can begin to heal,” the resolution concludes.
Corpus was supported by the committee during her 2022 run, along with many local officials such as former Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, Congressman Kevin Mullin and state Sen. Josh Becker, all of whom are now in support of Measure A and have called for Corpus to step aside.
The Board of Supervisors put Measure A on the ballot after receiving a 400-page report from retired Judge LaDoris Cordell that sustained findings of nepotism, abuse of power, retaliation, intimidation, homophobia, racism and conflicts of interest.
Cordell also found Corpus “relinquished control” of her office to her alleged boyfriend and former Chief of Staff Victor Aenlle, a real estate broker who has left deputies demoralized by his paranoid obsession with loyalty, Cordell said.
“Let me be clear — I will not resign. I was elected by the people, and I will continue to serve them with integrity, courage and an unwavering commitment to real public service,” Corpus wrote in an email to the Post yesterday.
“The Democratic Party leadership in San Mateo County has lost its way. Rather than standing up for public safety and the well-being of our communities, they are enabling a politically motivated attack,” Cor- pus said.
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