The election marked a referendum on progressive politics in the criminal justice system — particularly after the 2022 recall of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin.
Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price in the county office building in Oakland. A longtime civil rights attorney, Price was elected on a platform denouncing tough sentencing initially appeared on the path to success early Tuesday evening, potentially striking a blow to progressivism in the criminal justice system across in one of California’s bluest enclaves.
Moments after the first batch of counted ballots were posted online, the leaders of the DA recall voiced early optimism. If the results held, it would suggest “the voters and the people in the county would like to see change and would like to see someone who is really taking the job seriously and taking the victims and the families seriously,” said Oakland Chinatown leader Carl Chan.
“The political message is: Don’t expose yourself by adopting very transparently progressive policies,” Simon said. “You can pursue them, but do it on a one-by-one basis that really keeps it as quiet as possible.” Price’s supporters have seized on the concentrated source of that money, while suggesting that any successful recall would simply “confirm the power of big donors in local politics,” said Christine Soto DeBerry, founder and executive director of the Prosecutors Alliance. They also have decried the knee-jerk nature of the recall campaign, highlighting how the first public rally against her came three month into her tenure in April 2023, with the formal recall committee forming three months later.
Recalling Price “means you can run hard and win, and if the billionaire class is offended or doesn’t like your politics, they can fund a recall immediately,” he added.
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