Alameda County, CA District Attorney: The campaign to recall District Attorney Pamela Price, who was elected last year by campaigning as a criminal justice reformer, said Thursday that election officials had given it the green light to collect petitions. Recall expert Joshua Spivak says that Save Alameda for Everyone needs to turn in about 73,200 valid signatures―a figure that represents 15% of the number of votes cast here in the 2022 race for governor―by early March in order to force a vote. The county counsel says that no recall vote has taken place in Alameda County in at least 30 years "if ever."
Price's detractors have argued she's done a poor job combatting violent crime in this East Bay county. They've additionally faulted the incumbent for hiring her boyfriend, Antwon Cloird, for a job that wasn't publicly advertised; the man Cloird’s company listed as its business agent also told the media he'd never even heard of his firm.
Price, for her part, has pushed back by touting her successes in office, including "embracing high-tech tools to deliver fair justice faster for victims" and putting together "the most diverse class of victim-witness advocates ever." Price, who also accused Republicans of funding the effort to beat her in this dark blue county, further told KPIX in July, "I was elected because the people in this community didn't feel safe, unfortunately. We know that crime under my predecessor was pretty much exploding."