Pamela Price, the district attorney for Alameda County, acknowledged the successful recall in a statement released Monday, stating that the people had spoken.
Last Thursday, the Registrar of Voters for Alameda County declared that there were insufficient uncounted ballots to reverse the recall’s outcome against her.
As of right now, 63.1% of votes are in support of the recall, compared to 36.9% against it.
At a press conference in downtown Oakland on Monday afternoon, Price said, “I am grateful for the opportunity to serve you as your district attorney and I commend you for casting your ballot in 2022 and having faith in the potential to reform the criminal justice system after a century here in Alameda County.”
Price indicated that although the result is not what she had hoped for, she accepts the decision in her statement that was made public and partially restated during the press conference.
The statement continued by listing the accomplishments she made in her two years in office while she “fought to bring change to a broken system.”
In addition to tackling issues including gun violence, the fentanyl crisis, and human trafficking, Price claimed to have “diversified the workforce by hiring and training AAPI, indigenous, and African-American advocates”.
“We prosecuted murderers and other violent persons at a higher rate than my predecessor and processed more than 12,000 cases,” claimed the statement. “Just last week, we obtaineda 50-year-to-life sentence for a former Deputy Sheriff who killed two people.”
Price also mentioned developments in the cases of suspects in the killings of Oakland police officer Tuan Le, security guard Kevin Nishita, and youngster Jasper Wu, who was shot dead in a violent rolling gun war on an Oakland freeway in 2021.
Price expressed gratitude to her supporters and emphasized her resolve to change the legal system. Even though she frequently vented her rage during the struggle to maintain her employment, she ultimately accepted loss with grace.
Price was criticized early in her term for repeatedly declining to pursue more serious charges, which her opponents said was establishing a “catch and release” system.
It was contentious from the start as Price appeared more interested in pursuing charges against police enforcement personnel than he did in applying many of the conventional sentencing enhancements for violent offenses.
Price actually issued charges against seven deputies and two civilian employees in connection with Maurice Monk’s death in the Santa Rita Jail even after the election, when it was evident she was in trouble. Supporters at the press conference called for those charges to remain in place after Price leaves.
“Our sheriff is too eager to fill in for her employees. “The cases that our District Attorney has filed must be pursued by D.A. Price’s successor,” stated Jean Moses of the Interfaith Coalition for Justice in Jails.
She appeared especially pleased of her “public accountability unit,” which she said uncovered decades of prosecutorial malpractice, and claimed to have obtained more than $5 million from the state to repurchase firearms from the general population.
“Although I will no longer be here to oversee the work of the public accountability unit, it is important that the work continues beyond my tenure,” Price stated.
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