DA Price recall campaign supporters call on county supervisors to hasten special election

by Kiley Russell, Bay City News April 17, 2024April 16, 2024

Supporters of the campaign to recall Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price hold a news conference in Oakland on April 16, 2024, to urge the board of supervisors to set a special election as soon as possible. Holding a separate election before the upcoming November ballot could cost the county between $15 million and $20 million. But supporters say delaying the vote would allow Price to stay in office for too long, assuming she loses the election. (Kiley Russell/Bay City News)

Supporters of a campaign to recall Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price are urging the county Board of Supervisors to set a special election as soon as possible.

On Monday evening, Alameda County Registrar of Voters Tim Dupuis announced that recall supporters gathered enough signatures to put the recall on a ballot — needing 73,195 valid signatures, they collected 74,757.

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Kiley Russell, Bay City News

Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

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