Chase Hunter is the Alameda County reporter for the Bay Area News Group. Hunter grew up in the West Valley of Phoenix and moved to Sonoma County in 2021 where he reported for the Sonoma Index-Tribune and the Santa Rosa Press Democrat on wildfires, crime, city government, agriculture, and the environment.
Swalwell, a former prosecutor who worked in the Alameda District Attorney’s Office, decried Price’s policies on violent crime, which he said had let criminals endanger Alameda County citizens without retribution. Alameda County voters will weigh the recall of Price as part of the November 5 general election.
According to law enforcement data, crime in Oakland — Alameda County’s largest city — has surged since the pandemic and has continued to climb during Price’s term, which began in January 2023. Price’s office has filed criminal charges in 62.9% of cases brought by county law enforcement agencies, aas an attempt to “overturn” the results of the 2022 election, which elevated her to become the first Black district attorney in Alameda County.
More than a dozen residents whose family members are the victims of violent crime stood behind Swalwell as he attacked Price’s “pro-criminal approach,” citing rising crime rates in Oakland and inadequate sentencing for violent offenders. Swalwell called on Laurie Mohs, the mother of Blake Mohs who was fatally shot while confronting a shoplifting suspect at a Home Depot in Pleasanton, to talk about her experience for the first time. As she dealt with her son’s loss, she described feeling neglected in her grief by Price’s office.
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