Newsom expressed frustration that the proposed partnership “was not enthusiastically embraced” by Price’s office.
Gov. Gavin Newsom held a press conference alongside Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell, left, and California Highway Patrol Commissioner Sean Duryee at Berry Bros. Towing in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, July 11, 2024. OAKLAND — Gov.
a February announcement that prosecutors from the California Department of Justice and the National Guard“Rather than complaining about it, rather than lamenting about it, we’re going to be moving some of the prosecutors to the state of California, the attorney general’s office,” Newsom said at a news conference Thursday in West Oakland. He expressed frustration at how the proposed partnership “was not enthusiastically embraced” by Price’s office.
The spat came as Newsom announced yet another surge of California Highway Patrol officers to Oakland and the East Bay, followinga key grant deadline to combat retail theft last year and questioning the urgency of the county’s top prosecutor. The agency’s operations so far have led to at least 560 arrests, including more than 150 felony arrests, as well as the recovery of more than 1,160 stolen vehicles and at least 55 firearms, according to Newsom and the highway patrol.
“It was clear to me … there wasn’t a sincere commitment to follow through on the offer,” said Newsom, adding that “we talked about the urgency of now, this moment we’re living in. Enough. We all have to step up, we all have to be accountable. All of us.” She said that claims by Newsom that her point person on the project had left were “misinformed.” It was an apparent reference to the recent departure of Michael Nieto, a veteran prosecutor who was appointed by Price to serve as a liaison with the National Guard when the partnership was first announced in February. He was
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