The former civil rights attorney is battling the latest multi-million dollar recall campaign in the Bay Area targeting a progressively-minded district attorney. Not only is Price’s own political fu…
Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price addresses media members during a press conference at the DA office in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, July 11, 20224. ” – that moment when she became the first Black woman to serve as Alameda County’s top prosecutor – is at risk of ending in a whimper barely a third of the way into her first term.in the Bay Area targeting a progressively-minded district attorney. Not only is Price’s own political future at stake on the Nov.
“There is a playbook that is being used – not just in the Bay Area, but across the country – to spread fear and undermine criminal justice reform,” said Boudin, one of Price’s confidants and a member of her transition team. He railed against the notion that a few well-heeled donors could spark a recall, calling it “tremendously destructive, both to public safety, to justice and to democracy.”
She personally intervened in high-profile murder cases, seeking significantly less prison time for defendants who — if convicted — had faced a lifetime behind bars under former DA Nancy O’Malley. More recently, the criminal case against Ford ended in embarrassing fashion when one judge removed Price’s office from the case, while another tossed the charge at the request of the California Attorney General’s Office, which said it was acting “in the interest of justice.”
Her office filed lawsuits against car and home insurers for underpaying policyholders, as well as a Livermore-based company accused of illegally selling flavored tobacco products to children. In July, her office led the charge in indicting employees of Radius Recycling – formerly known as Schnitzer Steel – regarding a massive 2023 fire that spewed toxic smoke across the East Bay.
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