Past two Alameda County DAs donated to Price recall

Election Mode: Price recall donors revealed; Playbook to defeat Oakland supe candidates is open-sourced. Plus, campaign finance report analysis, and more

Pamela Price and then-Alameda County DA Nancy O’Malley at a 2018 candidate forum in Oakland.

ELECTION 2024

33 days to Primary Day (4 days until vote-by-mail ballots are sent.)

PRICE RECALL

—RECALLERS REVEALED—We finally learned the identities of those who have funded the recall against Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price to the tune of more than $1.1 million.

—The Independent Expenditure Committee named Supporters of Recall Pamela Price raised $760,530 last year through Dec. 31, according finance records released on Wednesday.

—The IE has raised another $445,330, which is not included in yesterday’s report, according to seven individual reports filed since the most recent filing period.

—Philip Dreyfuss, the Oakland businessman leading the fundraising effort to recall Price, donated $390,000, a figure representing more than half the IE’s total contributions.

—Price’s campaign has long labeled the recall effort as being funded by real estate interests and donors from outside of Alameda County. The IE’s report bears that to be generally true, although many listed as living outside the county have business interests in Alameda County.

SUPPORTERS OF RECALL PAMELA PRICE—July 1-Dec. 31

• Cash IN $760,530

• Cash OUT $783,896

• Loans/Debts $157,805

• Cash on Hand $24,438

• Top Donors: Philip Dreyfuss of Oakland, $390,000; Holland Residential, Inc., of Vancouver, Wash., $49,900; Martin Grip of Companies, LLC of Oakland, $40,000; Carl Bass of Berkeley, $30,000; HP Investors, LLC of San Diego, $25,000; Ken Putnam of Burlingame, $10,500; Ellis Partners LLC of San Francisco, $10,000; Hyong Joo Yu of Oakland, $10,000; Maty Glick of Piedmont, $9,900; Eileen Kwei of Oakland, $9,900.

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—SAFE MONEY—Meanwhile, Save Everyone For Alameda (SAFE), the group leading the recall, has spent $1.5 million, as of Dec. 31, according to finance records.

—Nearly half the expenditures—$693,537—have gone to paid signature-gatherers. In addition, SAFE owes $552,616 to the same signature-gathering company.

—Among the notable donors to SAFE is two of Price’s predecessors, former Alameda County District Attorneys Nancy O’Malley and Tom Orloff. Each contributed $5,000 to the recall in early December.

SAVE EVERYONE FOR ALAMEDA: RECALL DA PRICE—July 1-Dec. 31

• Cash IN $888,778

• Cash OUT $1,519,233

• Loans/Debts $567,050

• Cash on Hand $58,937

• Top Donors: James Ellis of Piedmont, $9,999; David Scott Ruegg of San Francisco, $9,950; Courtney Sukhar of Byron, $9,000; John Carlo Heywood of Piedmont, $5,250; Nancy O'Malley of Alameda $5,000; Thomas J. Orloff of Oakland,, $5,000; John Carlo Heywood of Piedmont, $5,000; Charles Klinedinst of Oakland, $4,000; George Fraser of Berkeley, $3,000;

—PRICE’S SUPPORTERS—Protect the Win for Public Safety, the committee opposing the Price recall, has been very vocal. Based on campaign finance reports, those opposing the recall are talking the talk, but not walking the walk.

—The IE reported just $66,746 in contributions, as of Dec. 31, according to finance reports. Of that total, $16,837 was transferred from Price’s 2028 re-election committee.

PROTECT THE WIN FOR PUBLIC SAFETY - OPPOSE THE RECALL OF DA PRICE—July 1-Dec. 31

• Cash IN $66,746

• Cash OUT $28,640

• Loans/Debts $16,363

• Cash on Hand $59,465

• Top Donors: Maria Luisa Flores of Austin, Tex., $10,000; Raymond Landry of Richmond, $7,500; John Bauer of Pleasanton, $5,000; Karen Grove of Menlo Park, $3,665.

—An IE named ACLU of Northern California Committee to Oppose the Recall of District Attorney Price also failed to attract much cash.

—The IE reported no contributions since last July and $78,454 in cash on hand, as of Dec. 31, according a finance records.

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