The Alameda County Board of Supervisors selected Superior Court Judge Ursula Jones Dickson as the county’s new district attorney at the end of a nearly four-hour special meeting this week. 

Supervisors hope Dickson can be sworn by Feb. 4, depending on her schedule, to take over for Royl Roberts, who was the right-hand-man to former district attorney Pamela Price, who was ousted in a recall election last November. 

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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.