Progressive Oakland District Attorney Pamela Price is set to face a recall after just 15 months, with a mass movement to get rid of her getting enough signatures over the soaring crime rate in the area.
Alameda County DA Price has been under pressureover the soaring levels ofcrimein the Bay Area city, with a recall effort she has claimed is 'financed by billionaires' and based in 'hatred and racism' gaining momentum.
Price herself has taken over $1 million from three political action committees funded by left-wing billionaire George Soros, according to the Washington Times.
Save Alameda For Everyone (SAFE) has gotten the73,195 valid signatures required to trigger a recall election against Price, according to theRegistrar of Voters.
The city's board of supervisors says they will discuss the recall on April 30 at a meeting but those involved with 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 set to face a recall after just 15 months, with a mass movement to get rid of her getting enough signatures over the soaring crime rate in the area
Save Alameda For Everyone (SAFE) has gotten the 73,195 valid signatures required 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 including reducing mass incarceration, lower sentences for people under the age of 25 and police reform.
Those sponsoring the recall have said she's gone too far in her leniency on crime and isn't making the county safe.
'Today marks a historic moment for our community,' said Brenda Grisham, an organizer with SAFE.
'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 over $2 million and has hired a consultant who successfully took out woke San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin in 2022, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
That has progressives who still back Price suggesting the effort is funded by carpet baggers and real estate lobbyists.
The largest donation was $390,000 from Oakland resident and financier Phillip Dreyfuss.
Price herself has yet to comment on the recall efforts, DailyMail.com has reached out to her office.
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
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
In the past, she claimed the campaign against her is being 'financed by billionaires who have no interest in public safety', according to the Chronicle.
'I plan to push back against the hatred and racism that they have brought to Alameda County,'Price said in March, following a panel with othercounty prosecutors at theUniversity of California, Berkeley.
It comes after she was accused of regularly dubbing 'the media and the Asians' as her enemiesin abombshell $1.5 million legal filing.
Patti Lee, who worked as Price's spokesperson for around six months last year until she fired her, said the DA 'constantly and openly' made derogatory comments about Asian Americans.
Her legal claim - a precursor to a lawsuit - says that she was fired because of anti-Asian discrimination, and after she complained about breaches of duty in the office.
She is seeking a $1.5 million settlement for emotional distress stemming from retaliation, discrimination, wrongful termination and failure to pay wages.
Oakland saw crime soar by 21 percent between 2022 and 2023. Robberies rose by 38 percent, while vehicle theft rocketed by 45 percent.
The dystopian city saw 15,000 cars stolen last year - meaning roughly one in every 30 of its residents had their car stolen.
Price, who was previously a civil rights lawyer, became the county's first black district attorney when she was elected in 2022
An Apple store in Oakland was raided by a customer who yanked multiple iPhones off their stands earlier this week. The Bay Area city has become synonymous with soaring crime and prosecutors seemingly unable to tackle it
Oakland's only In-N-Out Burger announced it is closing amid a spate of crimes against its patrons, including break-ins such as this
In-N-Out Burger closed its only restaurant in the city over a spate of break-ins in its parking lot - the only closure in the chain's 70 year history.
A nearby Denny's also closed, with California Governor Gavin Newsom sending in his own prosecutors in a bid to try and clear up the mess.
Oakland's similarly progressive Mayor Sheng Thao is facing her own recall over the chaos after the city's reputation crumbled on her watch.
