SAN FRANCISCO -- A longtime San Francisco ... The unusual case against Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith is a civil process to seek removal of an elected official but is similar to a ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A longtime San Francisco ... The unusual case against Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith is a civil process to seek removal of an elected official but is similar to a ...

Former Santa Clara ... the San Francisco district attorney’s office, which prosecuted the case, confirmed. The unusual trial was a civil proceeding that only sought to remove Smith from her ...