(BCN) -- The final stages of the lengthy process to potentially remove San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus from office will begin Monday with a public hearing estimated to last 10 days.

The hearing was spurred by Corpus' move to appeal the Board of Supervisors' unanimous decision to oust her in June, an authority the Board was granted with voter approval of a charter amendment in March's special election for Measure A.

Measure A was the Board's way of removing Corpus, who remained defiant against calls to resign after the release of a scathing, 400-page investigation by retired judge LaDoris Cordell alleging that Corpus had an inappropriate relationship with her chief of staff and fostered a culture of intimidation and retaliation in the sheriff's office.

Nearly one year after the

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