With Christina Corpus officially removed from the elected position of San Mateo County sheriff after a special board of supervisors meeting Tuesday, questions linger about who will take her place.

“We have a sheriff’s office in crisis,” said Board President David Canepa in a statement following the meeting. “This department needs stable leadership.”

The board unanimously voted to fire Corpus in a final decision on Tuesday that made her removal “effective immediately,” according to Canepa. The vote was the last stage in the board’s months-long process to remove her, a historic move that made San Mateo County the first in the state to remove an elected sheriff.

Following the state Government Code, Undersheriff Dan Perea will assume the sheriff’s duties but will not be officially elevated

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