The sentencing of former San Mateo County Community College District Vice Chancellor Jose Nuñez, whose testimony was an important part of the case against his boss, the former district chancellor Ron Galatolo, has been delayed until after Galatolo’s sentencing occurs, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.
In 2022, Nuñez pleaded no contest to two felony counts of using the community college district’s resources for political purposes, including the election campaign of district board candidate Tom Mohr and a bond measure providing $2 billion in funding for college district capital projects between 2018 and 2020.
As part of Nuñez’s plea deal, he was required to testify in Galatolo’s trial, which took place late 2025 to early 2026. Galatolo was charged with a pattern of private and public corruption, with the DA’s Office alleging Galatolo directed district construction projects to companies from which he received valuable gifts, embezzled and misused public funds.
Nuñez did testify that Galatolo was personal friends with principals of several development firms, however, a jury could not reach a consensus on 18 of the public corruption counts Galatolo was charged with and found him guilty only of tax evasion and perjury. Wagstaffe said the DA’s Office will announce on Friday whether they will retry the hung counts in Galatolo’s case.
Now, Nuñez’s own sentencing hearing has been pushed back until Galatolo has been sentenced and a decision is reached on a retrial for Galatolo. Previously, Wagstaffe said that Nuñez faced a maximum sentence of three years and eight months in state prison, and the length of the sentence would depend on his helpfulness and truthfulness during his testimony.
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