Santa Clara

[Paladin]

I predict she will run again and be reelected. Just watch. Liberalism is a mental disorder and Santa Clara county is overwhelmingly infected.

If you SCC gunnies want CCWs you’d better step up, get involved, get organized, get active and make it happen. Be men and don’t leave it to chance or the federal courts. (No, I don’t live in SC Co.)

[ColdDeadHands1]

I predict she will run again and be reelected. Just watch. Liberalism is a mental disorder and Santa Clara county is overwhelmingly infected.

[Paladin]

I have little faith in the voters of Santa Clara county if she is on the ballot for reelction. They are brain dead enough to still vote for her.

The voters cannot keep her off of the ballot if she wants to run again, they can only choose to vote for her or not (not vote at all or vote for someone else).

[microwaveguy]

March 15.

https://news.yahoo.com/virtual-hearing-allegations-misconduct-corruption-202746037.html

I have little faith in the voters of Santa Clara county if she is on the ballot for reelction. They are brain dead enough to still vote for her.

[Paladin]

Rather than deny or admit the civil grand jury’s accusation, Smith is challenging the accusation. She also waived her right to a speedy trial. Next stop is a status hearing on March 15.

https://news.yahoo.com/virtual-hearing-allegations-misconduct-corruption-202746037.html

[NorCalBusa]

Laurie is going to court this morning;

https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/santa-clara-county-sheriff-to-appear-in-court/

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif. (KRON) — Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith is set to appear in court on Friday morning on misconduct charges.

The court session is likely to be brief. She is expected to contest the charges against her. The hearing will take place virtually over Zoom around 10 a.m

Smith and her legal counsels are expected to answer to the accusations. She has been indicted for willfull and corrupt misconduct in office.

Three of the charges center on allegations that the sheriff granted licenses for concealed carry weapons to people who contributed to her campaign or are prominent in the community.

Three other charges focus on a San Jose Sharks game the sheriff attended in February 2019.

She allegedly received free suite tickets, food and drinks exceeding the $500 gift limit. Court documents say she failed to disclose those gifts.

The seventh count accuses her of failing to cooperate with an ongoing investigation surrounding the treatment of an inmate.

Smith has been in office for 23 years. Following the indictment, city and county leaders are calling for her to step down.

[Paladin]

Smith’s personal website is under construction/reconstruction:

https://www.sherifflauriesmith.com/

Her campaign FB page still talks of the 2018 runoff election.

After a brief search I did not find any news articles about 2022 candidate campaigns or the election.

Time for a new, younger sheriff who rose through the ranks when nationwide CCWing was common.

Her campaign website still says under construction….

[Paladin]

Another challenger to Laurie Smith!

Retired SJPD top commander enters Santa Clara County sheriff race

Dave Knopf, a former assistant and acting chief in San Jose, ends 1-year retirement to become third potential challenger to six-term incumbent Laurie Smith.

More at: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/01...-sheriff-race/

[Paladin]

The criminal grand jury is still investigating her, circling her like sharks in the water…

She has a court date on January 12 to declare if she wants a trial (as opposed to just resigning?).

https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/santa-clara-county-civil-grand-jury-indicts-sheriff-laurie-smith-over-misconduct/

Four weeks!

I assume she’ll fight rather than resign. But doesn’t that run the risk that they might uncover something during her civil trial that might aid the criminal grand jury? Better “to fold” at loss of job now rather than risk increasing the odds of becoming a defendant in a criminal trial later?

[Paladin]

Sheriff Smith is being indicted for:

Count 1: Illegally issuing concealed carry weapon permits (CCW) to VIP’s
Count 2: Failing to properly investigate whether non-VIP’s should receive CCW permits
Count 3: Keeping non-VIP CCW applications pending indefinitely
Count 4: Illegally accepting suite tickets, food, and drinks at Sharks game
Count 5: Failing to report Sharks game gifts on financial documents
Count 6: Committing perjury by failing to disclose Sharks game gifts
Count 7: Failing to cooperate with internal affairs investigation surrounding treatment of Andrew Hogan

https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/santa-clara-county-civil-grand-jury-indicts-sheriff-laurie-smith-over-misconduct/

Will Smith continue committing #2 and 3 above now that she’s been formally accused? Or will she now start processing and investigating all those pending applications? It’s been a week and I don’t notice any changes on her CCW webpage:

https://countysheriff.sccgov.org/concealed-carry-permits-ccws

Three weeks until her first day in court! I hope the first question the judge asks her is “Have you ceased counts 2 & 3? And if not, why not?”

[Paladin]

Sheriff removal procedures
BY CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION CENTER

http://scocablog.com/sheriff-removal-procedures/

[NorCalBusa]

Sheriff removal procedures
BY CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION CENTER

http://scocablog.com/sheriff-removal-procedures/

[NorCalBusa]

Agree regarding your first paragraph.

Regarding second paragraph: current state of federal law is the CA9 en banc decision in Peruta

My inquiry 2 months ago that generated this reply, did so. I had several questions about the candidate's position- all were ignored and the prepared PR soundbite came instead.

[Paladin]

LA Sheriff Villanueva regularly does virtual town halls on FB/Instagram. Does anyone know if Smith does them? If so it would be a good chance to ask her

[Paladin]

That response was essentially, "We won't do anything illegal".
What we really want to know is if you see CCW permits as a right for all non felon citizens, or is it a privilege only for wealthy business owners?

Agree regarding your first paragraph.

Regarding second paragraph: current state of federal law is the CA9 en banc decision in Peruta saying no 2A right to a CCW. While we hope SCOTUS will change that, it hasn’t yet. So better approach is to ask “Will you issue CCW permits like Sonoma, Solano, Sacramento, Orange and San Diego counties where people who use ATMs, fill up their cars or use convenience stores at night can carry to protect themselves?”

Or, simpler, “Will you issue permits for more reasons than just death threats and work related risks?” If he says no, then ask why not when so many counties, such as Sonoma, Solano, Sacramento, Orange and San Diego do without any problems?

Or more bluntly: “Why should we vote for you if you won’t let us protect ourselves and our families while in public?” Ask Smith that too. She’s a proven anti, so the default move is voting against her.