Calls for no-confidence in county sheriff raised at Millbrae meeting; mayor declines to agendize resolution

During public discussion at its Dec. 3 meeting, a Millbrae councilmember urged the council to adopt an immediate resolution of no confidence in San Mateo County Sheriff Corpus and to call for her resignation, citing an independent investigation described by the speaker.

The councilmember said the mayor’s decision not to agendize a vote before two current council members left office deprived residents of full representation and described the sheriff’s administration as having been run with “lies, abuses of authority, secrecy, intimidation, retaliation, and conflicts of interest.” The speaker said they would provide the city clerk with a draft resolution and asked that the council encourage a recall if the sheriff did not resign.

Several members of the public addressed the council on topics related to the sheriff’s office. Public commenter John Muniz thanked the Millbrae Sheriff’s Department for its service to the community; another speaker, Patricia Lam, encouraged local unity and expressed support for the mayor’s leadership.

Mayor Fung responded to the public comments and moved the meeting along; the draft resolution the councilmember said they would file did not result in a formal agenda item, and council staff did not place a no-confidence resolution before the council at this meeting. No vote or formal directive on the sheriff was recorded.

What happens next: The councilmember said they would give a draft no-confidence resolution to the city clerk; any future action would require the item to be placed on a future agenda and a formal vote by the council.