{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Game","title":"Supervisor Lisa Gauthier on the Sheriff Appointment and Over-Policing","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2183,"description":"Mark Simon and Bob Marks welcome Supervisor Lisa Gauthier to discuss the demanding political landscape of San Mateo County. Supervisor Gauthier served 12 years on the East Palo Alto City Council from 2012 to 2024, including serving as mayor during the pandemic. After being elected to the Board of Supervisors in 2024, she immediately became involved in the ongoing controversy regarding former Sheriff Christina Corpus.\nSupervisor Gauthier details the high-profile process to appoint a new sheriff, noting that the situation has been a \"huge distraction\" from necessary county work and has been \"weighing heavy on everyone\". She explains the Board’s decision to pursue an appointment rather than a special election, citing that an election would cost additional resources and money. Furthermore, Gauthier felt an immediate appointment was fairer, as a short-timeline election favors popular candidates who already possess resources.\nThe Board recently held a four-hour hearing with the applicants. Gauthier believes that two candidates show \"a lot of promise\": Ken Binder (the former undersheriff in Santa Clara County) and David Lazar (the assistant chief of police in San Francisco). She is looking forward to the public hearing on Monday to see how applicants handle themselves with public comments.\nThe qualities she seeks in the next sheriff include integrity, authenticity, accountability, and the ability to heal a fractured department. She also stresses the importance of finding a leader who understands how the jail is operating and will ensure that incarcerated individuals are protected.\nGauthier addresses specific historical issues concerning law enforcement's relationship with her constituency in East Palo Alto and North Fair Oaks, mentioning the history of \"over policing\". East Palo Alto became a city in 1983 specifically to gain self-determination and avoid being policed by the sheriff’s department due to heavy policing. She emphasizes the need for new police leadership to...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/9pDyZieGI05Lw6It7dfWUKmCTKf31sguZsytdFjIzw0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84MWYz/N2E1YTQxNDRkYWI1/NzI2ZDUxOTUwM2Vk/MGI3MC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}