The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday removed Sheriff Christina Corpus from office in a final vote following a year-long scandal surrounding the Sheriff's Office.

Tuesday's vote, effective immediately, came a week after an independent retired judge found multiple causes to remove Corpus from her post following an unprecedented two-week hearing to decide her fate. The hearing was made possible after voters in March overwhelmingly approved Measure A , a charter amendment granting the supervisors temporary power to remove the sheriff on grounds of misconduct.

Before the vote, Corpus addressed the supervisors and again said she was innocent of any wrongdoing and didn't deserve to be fired.

"If I lose my position today, I will walk out with my head held very h

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