(BCN) -- The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors received a 42-page written opinion on Monday from the judge who oversaw an administrative hearing to determine whether embattled Sheriff Christina Corpus could keep her job, and the judge found multiple grounds on which to remove her.

Retired Judge James Emerson concluded that there are multiple grounds that give the Board the authority to remove Corpus, including neglecting her duties as sheriff by engaging in retaliation against multiple sheriff's office employees and misusing public funds by having a conflict of interest in the hiring of her former chief of staff.

The letter comes 38 days after a two-week hearing which featured dozens of witness testimonies and gave Corpus the opportunity to defend herself. The administrative hearing

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