“Reform prosecutors” are starting to flounder in California, exposing just how unpopular criminal justice reform is in reality once it moves past the half-baked platitudes of the campaign cycle.

Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price will soon be facing a recall election, with the Alameda Registrar of Voters confirming that recall supporters secured enough signatures. Crime has gone up in Oakland, the biggest city in Alameda County, every year since 2020, and Price oversaw a 26% increase in crime last year.