https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/31/breaking-santa-clara-county-sheriff-laurie-smith-resigns-from-office-amid-ongoing-corruption-trial/

SAN JOSE — Six-term Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith submitted her resignation to the county Monday morning, abruptly stepping down from the agency where she was worked for nearly 50 years — 24 of those as its leader — and during a civil corruption trial in which jurors are actively deliberating whether she abused her powers in office.

She sent a one-sentence letter to the clerk of the Board of Supervisors reading, “This letter is to notify you of my retirement effective immediately, Monday, October 31, 2022.”