Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price speaks during a news conference in Oakland, California, last year.
Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price (D) appears to have been recalled from office in California. Local election officials said all precincts had reported, and the recall vote was ahead by nearly 30 points.
Price, who has been DA since 2023, originally ran for the office on a criminal justice reform platform, focusing on not charging minors as adults and holding possible rogue police officers accountable. Price’s detractors criticized her for being soft on crime, holding demonstrations against her and ultimately leading an effort to remove her. The prosecutor responded by saying she was being “targeted.”
It is the first time Alameda County, which borders the San Francisco Bay and includes the cities of Berkeley and Oakland, has recalled its prosecutor. Local county supervisors will appoint an interim district attorney to serve as her replacement until 2026.
Former Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley, Price’s predecessor, publicly backed Price’s removal and worked for the recall vote to succeed.