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Sheriff cries at hearing Said
God chose her to be sheriff
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus broke down in tears on the witness stand yesterday during the last day of the hearing, where she is appealing her removal.
Corpus started crying on the stand after Thomas Mazzucco, her attorney, asked her why she continues to come to work despite the removal efforts.
Corpus said she has fought tooth and nail to get where she is in her career and that God has made her sheriff for a reason.
“I would not compromise my integrity, my oath to office, for anyone or anything,” Corpus said.
Corpus said she is committed to the deputies who don’t have a voice right now and to her kids. Corpus said her children mean the world to her and with-
[See SHERIFF, page 19]
TARIFFS STRUCK DOWN: A federal appeals court yesterday ruled that most of President Trump’s tariffs are illegal, but the court paused its ruling from taking effect until Oct. 14 to give the administration time to ask the Supreme Court to make a final ruling. The high court has previously been more receptive to the president’s tariffs.
PARODY LEGAL: A federal court in Sacramento yesterday ruled yesterday that two laws that allow the state government to censor satirical memes
and parodies are unconstitutional. The court threw out a lawsuit by Attorney General Rob Bonta against the satirical website Babylon Bee, which uploaded a parody video of Kamala Harris.
GAVIN LEADS: Gov. Gavin
Newsom has the support of 25% of Democrats in the race for the party’s nomination in 2028, according to a new poll by Emerson College.
Former Transportation Secretary Pete
[See THE UPDATE, page 4]
she is
not in love
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent
“Are you in love with Mr. Aenlle?”
That question was posed to San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus by one of the 17 members of a civil grand jury in June. It refers to Victor Aenlle, Corpus’ former chief of staff.
“No, I am not,” Corpus replied during the hearing.
The grand jury on June 27 issued an accusation against Corpus for willful or corrupt misconduct in office. Among its four allegations, Corpus is accused of a conflict of interest related to the hiring and supervision of Aenlle, “with whom she had a close personal relationship,” according to the District Attorney’s office.
The civil grand jury hearing was held behind closed doors. But because
City eyes crackdown of RV rentals on city streets
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
The city of Palo Alto is looking to crack down on “vanlords,” or people who rent out RVs that are parked on the street.
To do so, council would need to pass an ordinance that bans the renting of public spaces for profit, City Attorney Molly Stump told the Policy and Services Committee on Monday.
The ordinance would allow the city to fine vanlords but not seize their RVs without a warrant, Stump said.
Developing the ordinance would
take four to six months before taking effect, Stump said.
Lt. Kara Apple said police have towed trailers that are rented out because they were parked in the same spot for more than 72 hours.
The tenants had contracts with the vanlords but no way of moving the trailers where they lived, so the citations accumulated, Apple said.
When the trailers were eventually towed, the owners had the money to pay the fees to get their property from the tow yard and start renting the trail-
RED ALL OVER — Attorneys Mariah Cooks and Thomas Mazzucco flock San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus and her mother as they leave the Redwood City Courthouse yesterday. Post photo by Adriana Hernandez.
Locally owned, independent
Sales tax to be on ballot, but needs some changes
A judge yesterday allowed a sales tax measure in Santa Clara County to appear on the November ballot, but the county must remove President Trump’s name from the ballot language.
Superior Court Judge Carol Overton also required the county to make other changes. For instance, instead of saying the measure would protect the county against federal budget cuts, it will have to say the measure will “address” those cuts. The residents who sued over the tax wanted Trump’s name removed. Now the ballot measure will say “the president.”
The plaintiffs argued that the 5/8ths of a cent tax shouldn’t be considered an emergency measure
because there is no emergency, such as an earthquake, fire or terrorist attack.
County supervisors had to unanimously declare an emergency to advance the sales tax outside of a regular election.
But the judge sided with the county on that issue.
Proponents say Measure A will help the county health care system, which has run deficits in the last several years. County Manager James Williams said he’s anticipating budget shortfalls of more than $1 billion from the President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which will tighten eligibility requirements for Medicaid, known as Medi-Cal in California.
“Trump supporters and defenders of the so-called Big Beautiful Bill fought to remove Trump’s name from the ballot question because they know Santa Clara County voters reject the Trump agenda and strongly support public health,” said Michael Elliott, chair of the pro-tax campaign committee. “The court may have changed the ballot language, but Measure A’s purpose remains the same.”
The plaintiffs are Brian Holtz of the Libertarian Party, Dawn Davis, former Mountain View councilman and mayor John Inks and Christopher Robell.
The tax would last for five years, if it’s approved by more than half of voters on Nov. 4.
Man found in school building
A Redwood City man has been arrested for breaking into a portable at the Palo Alto School District headquarters, police said yesterday.
Esgar Gonzales Salala, 30, was arrested Wednesday evening after a school district employee found Salala in a portable at 25 Churchill Ave., said Lt. Craig Lee.
The district employee asked Salala to leave, but he refused, Lee said. The employee called police, who asked Salala to gather his belongings and leave the portable, Lee said.
Salala had electronics, clothing and teaching aids with him that belonged to the school district, Lee said. The items Salala had cost over $2,000.
Salala was booked into jail on suspicion of burglary. He was arraigned yesterday and remains in jail in lieu of $10,000, according to jail records.
AIRLINE BANKRUPTCY: Spirit Airlines yesterday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in a year, just months after the budget carrier failed find to sturdy financial footing when it came out of bankruptcy protection in March.
BOTS LEASHED IN: Menlo Park-based Meta said yesterday it is changing its AI chatbots for teens so that they don’t generate responses about suicide or romantic conversations. The news comes after Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., launched an investigation into Meta allowing its chatbots to engage in romantic and sexual conversations with teens and children.
HARRIS PROTECTION: President Trump has cancelled Joe Biden’s attempt to extend Secret Service protection for Kamala Harris. Biden, in his final days in office, signed an order extending her protection through next summer. But vice presidents typically get six months. Trump’s action means Harris now has no Secret Service detail.
NEW CDC HEAD: Jim O’Neill, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s second-in-command at the Department of Health and Human Services, will replace Susan Monarez as CDC director. The switch is seen as a way to make the CDC more skeptical of vaccines and Big Pharma.
TEXAS REDISTRICTING: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott yesterday signed into law a new congressional voting map designed to help Republicans gain more seats in the 2026 midterm elections, a move intended to help GOP maintain its majority in the House.
Letters:
Buttigieg is second at 16% followed by Kamala Harris at 11%.
Deaths
San Mateo County Coroner’s Office:
Aug. 28
James Lee Guthrie, 76, of Burlingame
Births
Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City:
Feb. 9
Liya Vera Jain, a girl
Feb. 8
Skyler James Coley, a boy
James Jasper Kaess, a boy
Feb. 7
Lucia Gianola James, a girl
Sofia Elena Stoica, a girl
Feb. 6
Ayleen Babaeian Jelodar, a girl
Robert Bennett Bolton, a boy
Alexandra Grace Escolta, a girl
Ryan Alexander Mariani, a boy
Elena James Vanni, a girl
Feb. 5
McKell Emersen Gold, a girl
Ahalya Leia Khurana, a girl
Mara Wyse Knoop, a girl
Izzy Mia Shin, a girl
Jasper Tran, a boy
Feb. 4
Henry Light Kopecky, a boy
Robin Xinghe Li, a girl
Nora Yael Rose Prizant, a girl
Tyla Tang, a girl
Eloise Elizabeth Blankenship Wilensky, a girl
Feb. 3
Logan Patchara Brooks Hannink, a boy
Maya Schlemper, a girl
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Here’s what’s on the local agenda
Saturday, the Post prints items from the agendas of city councils and school boards so that you, the citizen, can stay informed about what your government is planning.
PALO ALTO FINANCE COMMITTEE
5:30 p.m., Tuesday
250 Hamilton Ave.
Time: The committee may recommend that council allow residents to get charged for electricity at different rates based on the time of use.
Gas: The committee will discuss natural gas rates.
PALO ALTO UTILITIES ADVISORY COMMISSION
6 p.m., Wednesday
250 Hamilton Ave.
Gas: Commissioners will discuss the scope of a study on how to eliminate natural gas use in Palo Alto.
Loan: Commissioners may recommend council extend an contract for five years and $300,000 with a statewide agency that gives loans to homeowners switching to electric appliances.
PALO ALTO ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD
8:30 a.m., Thursday
250 Hamilton Ave.
Ralph: The board may allow a storefront renovation for Ralph Lauren at the Stanford Shopping Center, where Brooks Brothers used to be.
PALO ALTO CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
3 p.m., Friday
250 Hamilton Ave.
Code: The committee may approve new building codes that encourage electric appliances.
Heaters: The committee will discuss the city’s role in helping homeowners comply with the Bay Area Air District’s ban on natural gas water heaters manufactured after Jan. 1, 2027.
LOS ALTOS ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
4 p.m., Wednesday
1 N. San Antonio Road
Distel: The zoning administrator may approve a two-story house at 524 Distel Drive.
LOS ALTOS PLANNING COMMISSION
6 p.m., Thursday
1 N. San Antonio Road
Loraine: Commissioners may
approve a three-story building with 12 condos on the southwest corner at 996 Loraine Ave.
MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNCIL TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
6 p.m., Tuesday
500 Castro St.
Miramonte: The committee will discuss a study on widening sidewalks and protecting bike lanes on Miramonte Avenue.
Rengstorff: The committee will review cost-cutting measures for the project to separate Rengstorff Avenue from the Caltrain tracks.
Monte: The committee will review a new design for El Monte Avenue.
EAST PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL
5:30 p.m., Tuesday 2415 University Ave.
Lawsuits: Behind closed doors, council will discuss a lawsuit in federal court by resident Wesley Yu over the city’s inclusionary zoning ordinance. It will also discuss one case of potential litigation.
University: Council may approve a contract for up to $907,283 with Sposeto Engineering Inc. for sidewalk and crosswalk improvements along University Avenue.
Creek: Council will get an update on flood control projects from the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority, of which EPA is a part.
YMCA: Council may approve a $175,000 grant to the YMCA to let all EPA residents access the Bell Street facility for free on the weekends until June 30, 2026.
Four Corners: Council will discuss the number of low-income apartments and townhouses that are being proposed as part of the development of the empty lot at University Avenue and Bay Road.
SAN CARLOS PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
7 p.m., Tuesday 600 Elm St.
789 Old County: Commissioners may approve two R&D and office buildings.
REDWOOD CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
6 p.m., Tuesday 1017 Middlefield Road
Life science: The commission will discuss what it wants studied in the environmental impact report for the
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ATHERTON CITY COUNCIL
4 p.m., Wednesday
80 Fair Oaks Lane
Vacancy: Council will discuss how it wants to fill the vacancy on council caused by the resignation of Diana Hawkins-Manuelian.
Housing: Council will discuss on-campus housing at Menlo College and Menlo School.
SEQUOIA HEALTH CARE DISTRICT
Noon, Wednesday
939 Laurel St., San Carlos
Federal: The board will hear about anticipated budget impacts of federal funding cuts to health services.
Performance: Behind closed doors, the board will discuss the performance of CEO Pam Kurtzman.
SAMTRANS BOARD
2 p.m., Wednesday
1250 San Carlos Ave., San Carlos HQ: The board will get an update on construction at the agency’s new headquarters in Millbrae and about leasing out parts of the building.
Survey: The board may approve three-year contracts with Corey, Canapary & Galanis and EMC Research Inc. to perform market research and
surveys for the agency for a total of up to $2.1 million.
Micro: The board will get updates on its microtransit shuttles that run in East Palo Alto/Belle Haven and in Half Moon Bay/El Granada.
CALTRAIN BOARD
9 a.m., Thursday
1250 San Carlos Ave., San Carlos Diesel: The board will consider leasing three diesel locomotives, three cab cars and 13 coach cars to Caltrans for $2.1 million a year to be used by other rail agencies in the state.
Damaged: The board may authorize the disposal of a diesel locomotive and three gallery cars that were damaged in a crash at a construction site in San Bruno on March 10, 2022.
Broadway: The board will consider giving an additional $10 million to two contractors working on a design to separate the road from the tracks at Broadway in Burlingame.
Downtown: The board will get an update on extending Caltrain to downtown San Francisco after U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that he is pulling a $24.7 million grant from the project.
Parking: The board may hire ParkMobile, LLC, for $900,000 to provide a parking app through 2029.
Diridon: The board may spend $32 million on redeveloping the Diridon Station in San Jose.
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PALO ALTO
AUG. 19
11:37 a.m. — Vehicle accident involving a cyclist, Middlefield Road and Hawthorne Ave.
AUG. 22
12:33 p.m. — Parts and/or accessories stolen from a vehicle, 700 block of Encina Grande Drive.
AUG. 23
5:51 pm. — Grand theft, 2400 block of High St.
5:57 p.m. — Grand theft, 600 block of Homer Ave.
SUNDAY
6:47 p.m. — Grand theft, 500 block of Homer Ave.
MONDAY
9:14 a.m. — Petty theft, 700 block of Cowper St.
2:25 p.m. — Grand theft, 1900 block of Park Blvd.
10:45 p.m. — Grand theft, 700 block of Sutter Ave.
TUESDAY
2:49 p.m. — Grand theft, 3300 block of Alma St.
4:57 p.m. — Rosa Maria Castillo, 67, of Redwood City, cited on warrants at Palo Alto Police Dept., 275 Forest Ave.
9:05 p.m. — Auto burglary, 400 block of Bryant St.
9:43 p.m. — Two vehicles burglarized, 500 block of Webster St.
MENLO PARK
THURSDAY
8:04 a.m. — Robert Powell, 65, of Menlo Park, arrested for battery, 1300 block of Willow Road.
12:08 p.m. — Vehicle collision causes injuries, 100 block of Constitution Drive.
4:57 p.m. — Vehicle collision causes injuries, 2800 block of Sand Hill Road.
9:40 p.m. — Kian Cortada, 26, of San Ramon, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, Ravenswood Ave. and Marcussen Drive.
MOUNTAIN VIEW
AUG. 20
12:37 a.m. — Katharine Llamas, 44, of San Bruno, arrested for drug possession, 100 block of San Antonio Circle.
2:11 a.m. — Cesar Zaragoza, 38, of East Palo Alto, arrested for possession of tear gas, Whisman Road and Fairchild Drive.
3:22 a.m. — Robert Gamaza, 47, transient, arrested for theft of someone else’s lost property and possession of burglary tools, drugs, drug paraphernalia and pepper spray, E. Weddell Drive and Fair Oaks Ave.
6:33 a.m. — Arson at Circle K, 1970 W. El Camino.
2:19 p.m. — Auto burglary, 100 block of W. Dana St.
4:59 p.m. — Home burglary, 2000 block of California St. AUG. 21
9:51 a.m. — Jordy Bautista
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Jeronimo, 27, of Mountain View, arrested for stealing a vehicle and burglary, Mariner Drive and Middlefield Road.
2:06 p.m. — Burglary at a business, 1900 block of Old Middlefield Way.
5:05 p.m. — Vehicle stolen, Camp Ave. and Rock St.
LOS ALTOS
THURSDAY
10:13 a.m. — Doris Perez, 56, of Palo Alto, arrested on a warrant, Los Altos Police Dept.
ATHERTON
THURSDAY
7:42 a.m. — Thomas Roberts, 26, of Stanford, arrested for driving under the influence of drugs and possession of nitrous oxide, El Camino and Atherton Ave.
6:42 p.m. — Fraud, Callado Way.
REDWOOD CITY
JUNE 13
Mario Luis O. Cabrera III, 35, of Redwood City, arrested for being under the influence of drugs, vehicle tampering and parole violation, 1000 block of Redwood City.
Jose de Jesus Nube Arellano, 39, of Redwood City, arrested for drug possession, 1000 block of El Camino.
MONDAY
9:43 p.m. — Bradley Steven Ford, 54, arrested for violation of a court order, 200 block of D St.
10:03 p.m. — Watch stolen, Connecticut Drive.
10:10 p.m. — Raymundo Tepole Maldonado, 41, of Redwood City, arrested for falsely identifying himself to police during a traffic stop, 900 block of Broadway.
11:11 p.m. — Caller says another person’s dog attacked and bit the caller’s dogs, Hudson St.
TUESDAY
12:34 a.m. — Anisa Fortenberry, 36, arrested on a warrant, 1000 block of El Camino.
11:15 a.m. — Juan Miguel Gonzalez, 36, cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, 2500 block of E. Bayshore Road.
12:26 p.m. — Romello Jerrell Sheppard, 26, of Emeryville, arrested on a warrant, Redwood City Police Dept.
12:36 p.m. — Resident says a neighbor climbed on the roof, is yelling threats and seems intoxicated, Glenwood Ave.
1:55 p.m. — Curtis Dean Averitte, 65, of Redwood City, arrested for trespassing, 1000 block of Middlefield Road.
5:34 p.m. — Eric Thomas Chester, 50, of Redwood City, cited for possession of a counterfeit check or other item, Winslow St. and Brewster Ave.
8:44 p.m. — Man steals medications from a store, El Camino.
BELMONT
THURSDAY
1:23 p.m. — Restaurant employee reports that a man and woman left $117 in fake money along with the woman’s wallet at the restaurant, Shoreway Road.
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1458 Kings Lane, 94303, 3 bedrooms, 1781 square feet, built in 1950, SF23X LLC to Yunjia and Bo Xiao for $4,310,000, closed Aug. 1 (last sale: $10,875,000, 07-24-24)
2600 Columbia St. #214, 94304, 2 bedrooms, 1185 square feet, built in 2018, Stanford to Xulei and Guolan Lu for $1,110,000, closed July 30
762 University Ave., 94301, 2 bedrooms, 1280 square feet, built in 1958, Zhenyang Jin to Nemet Living Trust for $1,250,000, closed July 30 (last sale: $1,225,000, 01-13-22)
1948 Edgewood Drive, 94303, 5 bedrooms, 1904 square feet, built in 1956, Seema and Nimish Vora to Chen-Lien Family Trust for $3,175,000, closed July 30 (last sale: $1,250,000, 03-02-06)
MENLO PARK
1409 Laurel St., 94025, 4 bedrooms, 2362 square feet, built in 1947, Succar-Vahabzadeh Family Trust to Yewdell Family Trust for $4,050,000, closed July 10 (last sale: $3,100,000, 06-01-17)
780 Wallea Drive, 94025, 3 bedrooms, 1690 square feet, built in 1951, Krakowski Trust to Hamid Madani for $4,211,000, closed July 11 1481 Middle Ave., 94025,
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Located just a few blocks from Carmel Valley Village, this
2 bedrooms, 1620 square feet, built in 1948, Aro Properties Norcal 1 LLC to Fei and Yuruo Zeng for $5,250,000, closed July 8 (last sale: $3,750,000, 07-12-24)
MOUNTAIN VIEW
1763 Fordham Way, 94040, 3 bedrooms, 1527 square feet, built in 1955, Mitta Family Trust to Bayland Investments LLC for $3,700,000, closed July 31 (last sale: $70,000, 10-23-13)
246 Farley St., 94043, 3 bedrooms, 860 square feet, built in 1950, Resinova Cypress LLC to Lingyan and Chenyang Zhou for $3,950,000, closed July 31 (last sale: $1,760,000, 09-22-23)
1861 Limetree Lane, 94040, 4 bedrooms, 1881 square feet, built in 1961, Fukui Trust to Wu and Wang Family Trust for $4,030,000, closed July 28
1869 Walnut Drive, 94040, 4 bedrooms, 2026 square feet, built in 1959, KNP Walnut LLC to Iyer and Ram Family Living Trust for $4,450,000, closed July 31 (last sale: $3,925,000, 10-23-23)
LOS ALTOS
399 Hawthorne Ave., 94022, 3 bedrooms, 1802 square feet, built in 1941, Roy Bypass Trust to Kellogg and Kay LLC for $6,525,000, closed Aug. 1
244 South El Monte Ave., 94022, 3 bedrooms, 1650 square feet, built in 1945, Clarke Living Trust
to Kellogg and Kay LLC for $6,800,000, closed Aug. 1
REDWOOD CITY
2735 Ohio Ave., 94061, 4 bedrooms, 1540 square feet, built in 1951, Lydgia and James Jarvis to Nihan and Mustafa Iman for $2,284,500, closed July 10 (last sale: $765,000, 07-09-02)
435 Buena Vista Ave., 94061, 2 bedrooms, 1500 square feet, built in 1955, Hudson Family Trust to Kelleher Trust for $2,404,000, closed July 8
3831 Vineyard Drive, 94061, 4 bedrooms, 2030 square feet, built in 1960, Carlson Living Trust to Dr Farm LLC for $2,535,000, closed July 11
SAN CARLOS
849 Elm St., 94070, 3 bedrooms, 1250 square feet, built in 1951, Andrew Hess to Wong Living Trust for $3,364,000, closed July 10 (last sale: $1,975,000, 01-09-24)
29 Kirkwood Way, 94070, 4 bedrooms, 3800 square feet, built in 1985, Tanya and Thomas Boone to Jennifer and Masakazu Bando for $3,500,000, closed July 7 (last sale: $1,200,000, 09-16-04)
BELMONT
3300 Plateau Drive, 94002, 3 bedrooms, 1710 square feet, built in 1959, Kana and Paul Roberts to Yingxiao and Anqi Pang for $2,620,000, closed July 9 (last sale: $2,115,000, 09-24-20)
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ers out again, Apple said. Several RVs and trailers are currently listed for rent on Craigslist and Airbnb.
One listing, for a fifth-wheel trailer parked on Fabian Way for $112 per night, tells prospective residents that the home is ideal for people who have a gym membership and mostly eat out.
“RV is parked on a street with cars passing by during the day and mostly quiet at night, thus it’s listed at such an affordable price,” the listing says.
On Craigslist, one vanlord is renting out six different RVs and trailers parked on San Antonio Road, Meadow Drive, Bayshore Road and Park Boulevard. Rents range from $800 to $1,400 per month, and the ads encourage prospective residents to refer other tenants for a discount.
Five RVs owned by one person
Maia Harris, director of community relations at Jay Paul Company, told the Policy and Services Committee that seven oversized vehicles are parked on one block of Sheridan Avenue near a building that Jay Paul Company owns.
Five of the vehicles are owned by a single person who is likely vanlording, and some vans and trailers haven’t moved for months, Harris said.
Harris asked the city to ban vanlording, increase the number of parking sites for RVs and limit parking on Sheridan Avenue to two hours.
Resident Scott O’Neill said he doesn’t like vanlords because they’re renting out city-owned land, but he urged the committee to consider that a ban would lock doors on vulnerable tenants and leave them on the street.
“Where will those people go?” O’Neill said. “We must ask ourselves which we dislike more: vanlords, or un-
sheltered street homelessness? I know my answer.”
Obvious move
Councilman Greer Stone said banning vanlords is “an obvious thing to do.” The fees need to be high enough so vanlords can’t profit by continuing to violate the ban, he said.
“No one should be profiting off of public right-of-ways by renting these spaces,” Stone said.
Enforcement would likely rely on complaints, Assistant to the City Manager Melissa McDonough said in a report for the committee.
But renters will be disincentivized from helping the city identify vanlords if the city is banning them, McDonough said.
Police officers can investigate via websites like Craigslist, Zillow and Airbnb, McDonough said.
“People advertising, they may not say it’s an RV, but it’s very obvious from the listing that it’s an RV,” McDonough told the committee.
Los Angeles is considering an ordinance aimed specifically at vanlords, and San Jose City Council approved a ban on June 17.
Larger issue
Palo Alto’s potential ban on vanlords is part of a broader discussion about how to address RV dwellers in the city.
The Policy and Services Committee on Monday recommended permitting RVs on certain streets scattered throughout the city.
The committee also recommended banning trailers and broken-down RVs from city streets, adding street cleanups and street sweeping, and exploring a buyback program for RV dwellers transitioning to a homeless shelter.
The committee’s recommendations will go to the full council for a vote.
The committee quickly discarded the idea of paving over the Baylands Athletic Center as a place for RVs to park, because doing so would require voters to approve the removal of parkland.
Dozens of residents and business owners spoke at Monday’s meeting to ask the city for help.
Residents said RV dwellers dump garbage and human waste, block sidewalks and bike lanes and make employees and visitors afraid.
“We want merciful and humane solutions that aren’t built on turning Ventura streets and other neighborhoods into de facto garbage dumps and RV junkyards,” resident Becky Sanders said.
“Someone is going to get hurt, and it’s going to be a tragedy,” said Jeanette Baldwin, service director at Anderson Honda at 1766 Embarcadero Road.
Complaints have increased since parking along El Camino Real was replaced with bike lanes in the spring.
McDonough estimated that 200 people are living in RVs in Palo Alto — double the count from two years ago.
the grand jury brought an accusation in the case, the transcript is now available.
Corpus testified on the final day of the hearing, making an impassioned plea for the grand jury to reject the allegations.
She said she’s under investigation because she’s the county’s first Latina sheriff and she went against the “machine” in San Mateo County.
“And I’m not going to give up because I deserve to be here. I’ve only worked hard to be here my entire career,” Corpus told the grand jury.
‘I’m a good person’
“I’m here because of you,” she added. “I’m here because of my children. I’m here because of the residents of this
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county. I won’t give up. I’m not a bad person. I’m not this person that they’re making me out to be. I’m a good person.”
That apparently wasn’t enough to convince the grand jurors. In addition to one count of conflict of interest, Corpus was accused of three counts of retaliation against employees. That included firing Assistant Sheriff Ryan Monaghan; transferring Captain Brian Philip; and arresting Deputy Carlos Tapia, the president of the Deputy Sheriff’s Association.
The grand jury’s accusations will now be tried in Superior Court. If convicted, Corpus will be removed from office.
In a separate action that could lead to the sheriff’s removal, the county Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in June to fire Corpus. Measure A, which San Mateo County voters approved with an 84% vote in March, gave Supervisors the power to do so. Corpus appealed the decision, and a hearing of her appeal wrapped up yesterday.
Relationship timeline
During closing remarks at the grand jury hearing, Deputy District Attorney David Stein reviewed the evidence against Corpus, including a timeline of her relationship with Aenlle.
Aenlle, who volunteered as a reserve deputy with the county, worked on Corpus’ election campaign starting in 2021.
On election night in June 2022, Corpus thanked her supporters and her husband. That upset Aenlle, two witnesses testified, and “words were spoken” between Aenlle and Corpus, according to Stein’s recap.
After the election, the county executive gave Corpus permission to take the unusual step of forming a transition team. Aenlle was one member of that team. So was Jeff Kearnan, who had served as assistant sheriff under former Sheriff Carlos Bolanos. He was in line to be
Corpus’ undersheriff, according to Stein. At one point, the county executive’s office asked Kearnan why he hadn’t been submitting invoices for his transition-team work.
“There is a relationship going on between Mr. Aenlle and the sheriff-elect and ethically I have a problem with it,” Stein said in recapping Kearnan’s testimony.
Upon hearing that, the county executive canceled Aenlle’s transition team contract.
Confrontation over Hawaii
Kearnan also confronted Corpus about a trip that she and Aenlle took to Hawaii in 2022. Kearnan said he wouldn’t serve on her executive team with Aenlle, according to Stein’s recap.
But Corpus said in her testimony that Kearnan didn’t become undersheriff because he moved to Texas. She also said Kearnan “wanted more input in regards to how I was going to run the organization.”
In January 2023, shortly after Corpus became sheriff, Aenlle signed a one-year agreement to work as an independent contractor for the sheriff’s office. The amount of the contract was $192,275 –slightly less than the $200,000 threshold for needing county human resources to approve the contract.
But just a few weeks later, in March 2023, Corpus requested that Aenlle become a special projects coordinator, a position in which he was a county employee. Aenlle’s pay for the position was less than what was requested, Stein said.
Then in June 2023, Corpus created a position of executive director of administration-chief of staff, which paid $246,979 plus benefits. Aenlle was hired for that role.
More raise requests
In July 2023, the sheriff’s office requested a raise for Aenlle. The county HR director denied the request, saying in part that Aenlle lacked management experience, according to Stein’s recap.
But another request for a pay increase later that month was granted, because Corpus said Aenlle had already been told he’d get the raise.
That still wasn’t enough. In March 2024, Corpus asked Undersheriff Chris Hsiung to request another raise for Aenlle, Stein said. The request was denied. And the following month, Aenlle sent an email to Corpus and the county HR director requesting a raise, which was again denied.
In her testimony, Corpus said she hired Aenlle because of his institutional knowledge of the sheriff’s office and because “he shared the vision.”
She said Aenlle sometimes picked up her children for her – but named two other employees who also picked them up on occasion. The employees did so when they were off-the-clock, she said.
Corpus testified that during the trip to Hawaii, her children stayed in the same room with her. When asked who paid for Aenlle’s trip to Hawaii, Corpus said, “You would have to ask Mr. Aenlle that question.”
out her healthcare, her son wouldn’t be able to go to his appointments.
The 10-day hearing where Corpus is appealing her removal by the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors wrapped up yesterday. Corpus took the stand one final time before her at-
torneys and the county gave their final arguments to the hearing officer, retired Judge James Emerson.
Corpus denied going on a vacation with former chief of staff Victor Aenlle to Lake Tahoe, something County Executive Mike Callagy testified earlier this week that she had told him.
Corpus said she hasn’t been on vacation since being in office.
Mazzucco also asked about the recent transfers of Lt. Brandon Hensel and Dan Reynolds. The transfers were announced on Friday after both had testified. Corpus said Hensel and Reynolds both requested to be transferred and were very thankful for it.
Someone lied
Former DNC chair and Corpus attorney Tom Perez said the removal proceedings were made with the intent to remove the sheriff from office, heavily criticizing retired Judge Ladoris Cordell’s report during closing statements. Associate Management Analyst Valarie Barnes was the lynch pin of the Cordell report, Perez said, calling Barnes a liar.
Barnes testified about the alleged relationship between Corpus and her former chief of staff Victor Aenlle, saying she saw them kiss.
“Someone lied in the courtroom,” Perez said in a booming voice.
It was either Barnes or Millbrae City Manager Tom Williams who lied, they can’t both be right, Perez said.
Perez said Barnes is a liar and will face perjury charges, Perez said.
Williams said Barnes made “aggressive remarks” about Corpus after she did not receive a promotion once Corpus won the election.
But Williams has no motive to lie, while Barnes did have a motive, Perez said.
Brook Dooley, attorney for the county, told hearing officer, retired Judge James Emerson, not to fall for the distractions Corpus’s legal team presented.
Barnes’s testimony is supported by other deputies and text messages, Dooley said.
‘Intimate enough’
Corpus’s relationship with Aenlle was “intimate enough” to be a conflict of interest, despite whether it was romantic or not, Franco Muzzio, an attorney for the county, said during closing statements.
Corpus said during her testimony that once trust is broken, it can’t be recovered again. Muzzio said Corpus has broken that trust with the public.
“Public trust is a privilege,” Muzzio said.
Another attorney for the county, Jan Little, had asked Corpus earlier in the day if she thought if multiple witnesses were liars, Corpus said yes to the majority of Little’s list.
Corpus has continuously pointed her finger at everyone else and refuses to take responsibility and calls everyone else liars, Dooley said during closing arguments.
Emerson has 45 days to form an opinion and present it to the board, who will then have another 30 days to review it before holding a final vote to remove Corpus. That vote must pass with a four-fifths majority.
Corpus, who assumed office in January 2023, is also facing removal from the civil grand jury, which issued accusations against her and it will lead to a trial. A conviction will result in her removal from office.
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NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that said ordinance is set for public hearing and first introduction by the City Council at its meeting on September 17, 2025, at 6:00 PM via teleconference accessible through the above-described information, at which time and place all persons interested may participate and show cause, if they have any, why the amendments should or should not be approved.
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