Marin County has a unified system among ALL the Chiefs and the Sheriff prohibiting the Sheriff from issuing in a town unless there's a "conflict of interest". This is an interesting twist in that if you've got "connections" to any Chief you can be passed off to the Sheriff - even in the case of towns that otherwise do zero-issuance.
If a town had NO permits except for the Chief's wife, brother-in-law, whatever, it would look like nepotism. No problem, send the person to the Sheriff - but NOBODY ELSE can get a Sheriff's CCW in that town.
Cute!
Normally, I'd say it was hard to prove...except that this year, Michael Harper went probing into CCW in San Anselmo PD and the Sheriff's office and got this stuff:
If you've been paying attention, you won't even need to know that this is a violation of Salute vs. Pitchess, it's an "addition to the law" (PC12050-54) that law enforcement just can't do, yadda yadda yadda.
What will happen if you sue? Helifino. Go find out <grin>, or stay tuned to what happens to me in Contra Costa.
Note that if you did an FOI on the Sheriff's permitholder data or pulled the equivelent in a lawsuit's discovery motions, you'd almost certainly find people in towns with permits issued by the Sheriff. I'd bet any money. The moment you do that, you've PROVEN "elitism", that the "upper crust" get preferencial treatment. These docs from the Sheriff are amazing because they talk about the WHOLE county...any Marin resident can sue with this stuff. Once you get the permitholder lists, cross-reference 'em with campaign contributors down at the local elections office for that "extra special little kick in the nuts".
If you want to use this stuff I can provide the unedited scans via EMail or send you to Michael for certified copies of the originals.