Joe Simitian and Susan Ellenberg introduce resolution admonishing Laurie Smith over jail management and corruption cases
Two Santa Clara County supervisors have proposed that the board issue a no-confidence vote for Sheriff Laurie Smith over her running of the South Bay’s jails and general management of the agency — failures they assert have cost taxpayers millions in legal settlements and mired her office in high-profile corruption scandals.
In a Board of Supervisors memo and accompanying resolution made public Wednesday, supervisors Joe Simitian and Susan Ellenberg called for an Aug. 31 vote, citing ongoing scrutiny of high-figure jail-abuse and neglect settlements, and a series of criminal indictments that have ensnared Smith associates both in her command staff and political inner circle.