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Former Alameda County district attorney Pamela Price wants her old job back.
Price, who lost the job via a recall election in November 2024, announced her bid Thursday to retake the office.
“Gun violence in Alameda County continues to surge, and too many families are grieving losses that should never have happened,” Price said in a news release. “I am fighting for real solutions that stop the shootings, strengthen prevention efforts, and protect every neighborhood in this county.”
Price came into office in 2023, winning her election with roughly 53% of the vote and becoming the first African American woman to hold the county’s top prosecutor job.
Elected largely on a platform of criminal justice reform, Price lost the recall with roughly 63% of voters casting ballots in favor of her removal following a well-funded campaign by her opponents, who painted her as soft on crime, among other things.
She is the county’s first district attorney to lose the office in a recall.
In her announcement, Price vowed to take on corruption and police violence and to focus on youth rehabilitation and gun violence prevention.
“Her campaign will center on restoring trust in the DA’s office and ensuring that justice is applied equally, fairly, and without political influence,” according to her announcement.
Price was replaced by Ursula Jones Dickson, who was appointed by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to serve until the June 2026 election, which will determine who will fill the remainder of Price’s term ending in 2028.
Jones Dickson, in a statement released through her campaign, said Price is “welcome to make the case, less than a year after that recall, that they were wrong. I trust the judgment of Alameda County voters.”
“I inherited a demoralized office and a charging backlog of more than 2,000 cases. We’ve done a lot of work to turn the District Attorney’s office around, and that work will continue for as long as I am District Attorney,” added Jones Dickson, a former judge in the county.
“As DA, I am putting the rights of victims and survivors back at the center of our work while ensuring that the justice process is conducted in a fair and impartial manner,” the incumbent said. “I also value our partnerships with other agencies and policymakers in addressing serious and violent crimes in a comprehensive and holistic way.”
– Story by Bay City News Service, with Pleasanton Weekly staff contributing.
