What to know about bird flu. Dickson will be sworn in at the next Board of Supervisors meeting on Feb. She was appointed to the bench by Gov. Jerry Brown in and was reelected twice, in and , though she ran unopposed both times.
Dickson has held multiple leadership roles within the county court system, including as the presiding judge of the Alameda County Juvenile Court from to Her supporters include law enforcement officials, district attorneys, advocates for crime victims and their families, and Save Alameda for Everyone , or SAFE, the political committee that spearheaded the recall effort against Price.
Dickson was one of two candidates endorsed by SAFE. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors prefaced their deliberations by emphasizing how difficult the selection process had been. District 3 Supervisor Lena Tam also expressed her support for Dickson, though her first choice for DA was Esposito, in part due to her unique background as a Taiwanese immigrant.
In all three rounds of voting, District 5 Supervisor Nikki Fortunato Bas voted exclusively for Johnson, chief deputy attorney general for the California Department of Justice. During the first round, each supervisor voted for as many as two candidates, with the top three candidates advancing to the second round. That process was then repeated during the second round. For the final round, each supervisor voted for one candidate. Tam voted for Esposito, while Bas voted for Johnson.
The Board of Supervisors listened to about two and a half hours of comments from residents β including activists, former and current attorneys, business owners, and family members of homicide victims β before hearing candidate statements and voting. However, she reiterated her support for Esposito and Dickson. Opponents of Prop. Organizers with the Fruitvale-based nonprofit Restore Oakland Inc.
