San Mateo County supervisor shares text messages alleging sheriff’s use of homophobic slurs [Video]

A San Mateo County supervisor behind the effort to hold a special election to remove Sheriff Christina Corpus from office spoke publicly Thursday to update residents on the scathing allegations against the embattled sheriff. 

On Tuesday, the board of supervisors unanimously approved a proposal to place a measure on the March ballot asking voters to amend the county charter to allow the board to remove a sheriff with cause with a four-fifths vote.

His proposal for the special election came a week after a scathing independent investigatory report accused Corpus of having an improper work romance and for using racial and homophobic slurs.

District 3 Supervisor Ray Mueller and District 2 Supervisor Noelia Corzo brought the proposal before the board.

“We are in an operational crisis in the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office,” said Dist. 3 supervisor Ray Mueller.

Mueller called a press conference Thursday to share “several significant updates to the independent investigation and report” about allegations …