REDWOOD CITY – The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors is moving forward with an appointment process — not a special election — to replace Sheriff Christina Corpus, who was recently removed for conflict-of-interest violations and retaliation.

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The board voted 3-2 in favor of the appointment process option at a meeting Tuesday night.

County employees were directed to “pursue an appointment process that emphasizes transparency, accountability and community trust,” the county said in a statement.

Supervisors Jackie Speier and David Canepa voted no, with the latter throwing his support behind a special election.

“Tonight, the board has taken the power away from the county’s 444,847 registered voters to decide who its next sheriff should be which is a blow to democracy,”

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