Progressive Oakland District Attorney Pamela Price is facing recall after just 15 months, with a massive movement to get rid of her and gain enough signatures due to the area’s rising crime rate.
Price, the Alameda County prosecutor, has been under pressure over rising crime levels in the Bay Area city, and a recall effort she says is “funded by billionaires” and based on “hate and racism” is gaining momentum.
Price herself has received more than $1 million from three political action committees funded by left-wing billionaire George Soros, according to the Washington Times.
Save Alameda For Everyone (SAFE) obtained the 73,195 valid signatures needed to trigger a recall election against Price, according to the Registrar of Voters.
The city’s board of supervisors says they will discuss the recall on April 30 at a meeting, but those involved in the recall campaign are demanding it be scheduled within the next 125 days, according to California state law.
Progressive Oakland District Attorney Pamela Price is facing recall after just 15 months, with a massive movement to get rid of her and gain enough signatures due to the area’s rising crime rate.
Save Alameda For Everyone (SAFE) obtained the 73,195 valid signatures needed to trigger a recall election against Price, according to the Registrar of Voters.
Price was elected in 2022 as the county’s first Black district attorney with 53 percent of the vote and a liberal wish list of policies that included reducing mass incarceration, lower sentences for people under 25, and police reform. .
Supporters of the recall have said she has gone too far in her indulgence of crime and is not making the county safe.
“Today marks a historic moment for our community,” said Brenda Grisham, SAFE organizer.
“The resounding support for this recall petition sends a clear message that the people of Alameda County demand accountability and ethical leadership from their elected officials.”
The recall campaign has raised more than $2 million and hired a consultant who successfully removed San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin in 2022, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
That has progressives still backing Price suggesting the effort is funded by carpetbaggers and real estate lobbyists.
The largest donation was $390,000 from financier and Oakland resident Phillip Dreyfuss.
Price herself has not yet commented on the recall efforts, DailyMail.com has contacted her office.
Oakland District Attorney Pamela Price has vowed to fight “hate and racism” as she faces a possible recall vote after just 14 months in office.
Crime has continued to rise under Price’s direction, increasing nearly 20 percent in 2023 compared to 2019. A woman is shown being dragged by her purse during a robbery in Oakland.
In the past, he has claimed that the campaign against him is being “funded by billionaires who have no interest in public safety,” according to the Chronicle.
“I plan to fight the hate and racism that has been brought to Alameda County,” Price said in March, following a panel with other county prosecutors at the University of California, Berkeley.
It comes after she was accused of regularly branding “the media and Asians” as her enemies in an explosive $1.5 million legal filing.
Patti Lee, who worked as Price’s spokeswoman for about six months last year until she fired her, said the district attorney “constantly and openly” made derogatory comments about Asian Americans.
Her legal complaint, a precursor to a lawsuit, says she was fired for discrimination against Asians and after complaining about dereliction of office duties.
She is seeking a $1.5 million settlement for emotional distress stemming from retaliation, discrimination, wrongful termination and nonpayment of wages.
Oakland saw a 21 percent increase between 2022 and 2023. Burglaries increased 38 percent, while vehicle theft skyrocketed 45 percent.
The dystopian city saw 15,000 cars stolen last year, meaning around one in 30 of its residents had their car stolen.
Price, who was previously a civil rights attorney, became the county’s first Black district attorney when she was elected in 2022.
An Apple store in Oakland was robbed by a customer who ripped several iPhones from their stalls earlier this week. The Bay Area city has become synonymous with skyrocketing crime and prosecutors seemingly can’t address it.
Oakland’s only In-N-Out burger announced it is closing amid a series of crimes against its customers, including robberies like this one.
In-N-Out Burger closed its only restaurant in the city due to a series of robberies in its parking lot, the only closure in the chain’s 70-year history.
A nearby Denny’s also closed, and California Governor Gavin Newsom sent in his own prosecutors in an attempt to clear up the mess.
Oakland’s equally progressive Mayor Sheng Thao is facing her own ouster over the chaos that ensued after the city’s reputation fell apart during her tenure.