Oakland's progressive DA Pamela Price says those funding recall campaign ... trends now
Oakland's district attorney has vowed to fight against the 'hatred and racism' as she faces a possible recall vote after just 14 months in charge.
Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price is under pressure over the soaring levels of crime in the dying Bay Area city.
But she claims the campaign against her is being 'financed by billionaires who have no interest in public safety', according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
'I plan to push back against the hatred and racism that they have brought to Alameda County,' Price said on Friday following a panel with other county prosecutors at the University of California, Berkeley.
It comes after she was accused of regularly dubbing 'the media and the Asians' as her enemies in a bombshell $1.5 million legal filing.
Oakland's district attorney Pamela Price has vowed to fight against the 'hatred and racism' as she faces a possible recall vote after just 14 months in charge
The Alameda County District Attorney is under pressure over the soaring levels of crime in the dying Bay Area city
Crime has continued to spiral on Price's watch, up by almost 20 percent in 2023 compared to 2019. A woman is pictured being dragged by her bag during a mugging in Oakland
Price, who was previously a civil rights lawyer, became the county's first black district attorney when she was elected in 2022.
She promised to reduce sentences for defendants under the ages of 25, crack down on police misconduct and end mass incarceration.
But a campaign has been launched to recall her and its sponsors submitted 123,000 signatures to county election officials on Monday.
The county's Registrar of Voters has 10 days to decide whether the petition includes at least 73,000 valid signatures to put the question to a vote.
More than $2million has been raised to remove Price from office and the largest donation was $390,000 from Oakland resident and financier Phillip Dreyfuss.
The panel at the event was hosted by former San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin who
