https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/09/30/initial-testimony-kicks-off-corruption-trial-for-santa-clara-county-sheriff/

SAN JOSE — A civil corruption trial for outgoing Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith got fully underway Friday with initial witness testimony before a jury tasked with deciding whether Smith should be removed from office just weeks before her term ends.

Smith faces six misconduct accusations filed by a civil grand jury last year: Five involve allegations of favoritism and lawbreaking in how she gave out concealed-carry weapons permits. The sixth claim alleges that she stonewalled a civilian watchdog’s probe of a controversial jail inmate injury.