REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Taxpayers are paying for an unknown portion of the legal battle between San Mateo County and Sheriff Christina Corpus because the county is not releasing how much it's costing or what they're paying for, until the entire matter is resolved.

County won't disclose legal costs

It's even possible that San Mateo County is paying for Corpus' lawyers who are suing the county; but it's unclear because county officials won't answer that question – at least for now.

These questions are only heightened as Corpus enters her fourth day of a civil removal hearing on Thursday , following an independent investigation and a civil grand jury accusation alleging misconduct and retaliation in her office – allegations which the first Latina sheriff of the county has vehemently de

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