Two months after Pamela Price was recalled, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors announced seven finalists for district attorney.
Board members selected from 15 applicants, several of whom worked in Alameda County as deputy district attorneys, at a special meeting Thursday. During public comment, county residents encouraged the board to consider the candidates’ varied criminal justice and accountability stances.
Here are the finalists who will be interviewed:
The board will interview the candidates during a special meeting on Tuesday and will announce its decision on Jan. 28. The new district attorney will serve until the next general election, which is scheduled for June 2026.
Voters who recalled Price in November were frustrated with her responses to Oakland’s rising crime rates, said Brenda Grisham, who led the recall campaign against Price. Grisham told KQED that voters want a district attorney who will aggressively uphold public safety and hold people who commit crimes accountable.
However, several people who participated in Thursday’s meeting asked that the board appoint a district attorney to support non-punitive responses to crime.
“We need a DA who understands and is going to push to divert people who are mentally ill, who are struggling with addiction into treatment,” said Natasha Baker, an attorney and member of the Care First Community Coalition. “Hurt people hurt people, and that sensitivity is not something that all candidates share.”
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