San Mateo County Measure A with Eliot Storch and Sean Harper

Two rank-and-file leaders of the campaign for Yes on Measure A, the San Mateo County ballot measure that would authorize the Board of Supervisors to fire Sheriff Christina Corpus, told The Game podcast that the ballot measure amounts to an “expedited recall.” Deputy Eliot Storch and Sgt. Sean Harper described a Sheriff’s Office in a crisis of leadership. “If this problem isn’t solved,” said Harper, “the problem is only going to get worse.”

Chapters

• (00:00) - Intro & Eliot Storch and Sean Harper join the show
• (01:33) - Measure A vs. a recall, and the sheriff's campaign
• (05:41) - Morale and a leadership vacuum in the office
• (08:40) - The Tapia arrest, retaliation fears and hiring claims
• (13:36) - First signs of trouble and chief of staff Victor Aenlle
• (19:13) - Labor dispute, overtime and the old boys network claim
• (24:02) - What happens if Measure A fails
• (26:35) - Law enforcement support and timing if it passes
• (29:55) - What went wrong and whether departed staff return
• (35:10) - Urgency and the risk to jail operations
• (37:03) - Risk of retaliation for speaking out
• (39:06) - Closing thoughts