Alameda County Has 15 Applicants Seeking Vacant District Attorney Role

By Magaly Muñoz

Alameda County released the applications from 15 prospective candidates looking to replace ousted District Attorney Pamela Price after her recall in November.

The new DA will serve the rest of Price’s term until the next election in 2026.

In the interim, Royl Roberts, Price’s former second-in-command, is filling in until the County Board of Supervisors makes its decision before the end of the month.

After selecting final candidates from the 15 applications, the Board will publicly interview those chosen on Jan. 21.

On Jan. 28, the supervisors will deliberate and select the next DA, and that person will be sworn in on Feb. 4.

The applicants for the next Alameda County District Attorney are as follows:

• Miiko L. Anderson: Former senior deputy attorney for Fresno County for 16 years
• Annie K. Esposito: Assistant district attorney for Contra Costa County and former attorney for the Alameda County DA’s office
• Simona Farrise Best: Prosecutor under the Consumer and Environmental Protections bureau for the Alameda County DA’s office
• Amilcar C. Ford: Assistant DA for San Francisco and former assistant DA to Alameda’ County’s office for 23 years
• Venus D Johnson: Chief deputy attorney to California Attorney General Rob Bonta. She was previously an assistant DA in Contra Costa County; assistant/deputy general under former California Attorney General Kamala Harris; deputy DA under former Alameda DA Nancy O’Malley; and director of Public Safety under former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf
• Ursula Jones Dickson: Alameda Superior Court judge and former deputy district attorney
• LaTricia D Louis: Deputy counsel for Alameda County and former assistant DA.
• Elgin Lowe: Senior deputy DA for Alameda County
• Kwixuan H. Maloof: Senior assistant DA for Alameda County and former public defender for San Francisco
• Ocean O. Mottley: Senior staff attorney for Bay Area Legal Aid
• Arvon J. Perteet: Deputy attorney general for California Department of Justice. Previously, an assistant DA for San Francisco and deputy DA for Contra Costa County
• a: City Attorney for the City of Alameda and former chief deputy city attorney in Santa Monica
• Ian Seth Steward: former chief of staff for former Oakland City Council Member Dan Kalb. Also, previously served as an assistant DA under former San Francisco DA Kamala Harris
• Scott C. Tsui: former assistant DA for Santa Clara County and former deputy DA for Sacramento County
• Jimmie L. Wilson: Attorney for Alameda County District Attorney’s Office. He ran for Alameda DA in 2022 but lost to Price.

Magaly Muñoz

A graduate of Sacramento State University, Magaly Muñoz’s journalism experience includes working for the State Hornet, the university’s student-run newspaper and conducting research and producing projects for “All Things Considered” at National Public Radio. She also was a community reporter for El Timpano, serving Latino and Mayan communities, and contributed to the Sacramento Observer, the area’s African American newspaper.

Muñoz is one of 40 early career journalists who are part of the California Local News Fellowship program, a state-funded initiative designed to strengthen local news reporting in California, with a focus on underserved communities.

The fellowship program places journalism fellows throughout the state in two-year, full-time reporting positions.

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