Price recall becoming more likely, as latest vote counts show two-thirds want her out

With over 211,000 votes counted, the recall attempt for progressive Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price appears to have been successful.  The latest election results, released Thursday night, show  the yes for recall votes ahead, with nearly 65% of voters agreeing to recall Price. On Wednesday, Price released a statement on her Instagram account urging patience and optimism while votes were still being counted at the Alameda County Registrar of Voters. The post’s comments received mixed reactions, with some support…

If Prop. 6 passes, California will join the list of states outlawing forced prison labor in recent years.

Shawna Lynn Jones died while fighting a fire that raged through the hills of Malibu in 2016. She was struck by a boulder and suffered major head trauma just over a month before she was due to be released from prison.  “So that just is an extreme example of, like, what slavery can do in this state,” said Alissa Moore, reentry coordinator for Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, who was imprisoned at the California Institution for Women in Chino…

Price to supporters: Recall campaign trying to ‘nullify our votes, silence our voices’

With two weeks to go before the election, supporters of Pamela Price are campaigning hard to convince voters to allow the progressive Alameda County district attorney to finish her first term.  They are up against a heavily funded recall effort determined to see that Price’s tenure is as short-lived as that of Chesa Boudin, the progressive San Francisco district attorney who was recalled in 2022 — the year Price was elected.  More than 60 Price supporters rallied Sunday outside the…