Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price has now come out swinging against the recall effort, as she called the recall proponents "election deniers" and complains that she didn't hear from them during protests she held when she was an attorney.
Price has also filed misdemeanor criminal charges against one of her prosecutors, Butch Ford, claiming that he interfered with a police shooting case in 2020. For, a former County "Prosecutor of the Year" award-winner, as put on administrative leave on April 10 and has been a strident critic of Price's tenure.
Price is facing recall threats following criticism of what are seen as lenient plea deals, including a judge rejecting a plea deal of 15 years in a triple murder case. Price was elected as one of the new wave of Progressive prosecutors, which led to the recall of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin and the serious attempt against Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon. One of the leaders of the Boudin recall effort is part of the campaign to remove Price.
Petitioners would need 92,928 signatures (though that may change) to get on the ballot. Due to the grace period, Price has only recently become eligible for a recall effort.
Perhaps worth nothing that Price won office with over 53% of the vote, which is somewhat higher than Boudin (who got 50.8%).
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