Gov. Newsom Revokes Offer to Assist Oakland Area DA in Drug Prosecutions

Published on July 11, 2024

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration on Wednesday rescinded its offer to help Alameda County district attorney—whose jurisdiction oversees Oakland—with drug crime prosecutions. “Despite our outreach, your office has yet to make use of these resources,” Mr. Newsom’s Cabinet Secretary Ann Patterson wrote in a letter to Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price, which The Epoch Times has obtained. As a result, the letter stated, “We have decided to shift these resources to the Attorney General’s Office, where they will be utilized to work on state-led prosecutions originating from Alameda County.” Earlier this year, Mr. Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta announced they would redirect state prosecutors to Alameda County amid a recent surge in crime in the county....

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