Alameda DA Pamela Price addresses backlog of cases NBC Bay Area [Video]

Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price is fighting back against what she says is unfair criticism of her office.

Price has claimed her office has been working since August to fix a major backlog in misdemeanor cases after discovering the problem in mid-July.

“When DA Price hired Senior Assistant District Attorney Evanthia Pappas as the new branch head at the Family Justice Center in early 2023, the team discovered significant backlogs in domestic violence cases, which pose the highest risk of lethality if left unaddressed as well as U-Visa applications,” the DA office said in a press release. “The new team addressed the problem at the FJC, and since August of this year, the same model used to clear the backlog of these domestic violence cases has been replicated to clear the backlog of misdemeanor cases discovered in July at the Wiley Manuel Courthouse.”

Price’s comments come after a whistleblower …