On June 2, Alameda County voters will get to make a high-stakes choice for district attorney. Will they stick with the incumbent, reverse the recall they embraced a little over a year ago, or go in a whole new direction?
As the county’s public prosecutor, the DA has extraordinary discretion in whether and how to charge criminal cases that are investigated by the police. They manage an office with 368 staff and a budget of $111 million. And the candidates each have dramatically different approaches, experience, and priorities.
Currently, the DA is Ursula Jones Dickson, a former superior court judge who was appointed by the county Board of Supervisors after her predecessor, Pamela Price, was recalled in November 2024. Price is now vying to get her old job back. Gopal Krishan, a family law attorney with a Milpitas-based firm, is also in the race…