Alameda County voted to recall District Attorney Pamela Price from office, according to the Associated Press, in the latest blow to progressive crime policies in California.
Price is the second San Francisco Bay Area prosecutor to be ousted in the last two years after San Francisco’s Chesa Boudin as voter sentiment increasingly favors tough-on-crime policies. It’s also a stunning reversal for Price, who swept into office just two years ago on a platform of reducing sentencing and prosecuting more police officers.
Those who supported the recall, including Bay Area Rep. Eric Swalwell, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins and the Alameda County Prosecutors Association, argued Price’s progressive push for criminal justice reform was too lenient and failed to keep county residents safe.
Price and others who opposed the recall like state Sen. Nancy Skinner and Rep. Barbara Lee said the effort was undemocratic and politically motivated.
Price is the county’s first district attorney to be successfully recalled from office. The Alameda Board of Supervisors must appoint a replacement after she is removed from office who will serve until the next district attorney election is held in November 2026.