Newsom Shifts Resources Offered to Oakland Area DA After They Go Unused

‘Despite our outreach, your office has yet to make use of these resources,’ the governor’s cabinet secretary wrote.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivers remarks to reporters at Mather Airport in Mather, Calif., on Sept. 13, 2021. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration on July 10 rescinded its offer to help the Alameda County district attorney—whose jurisdiction oversees Oakland—with drug crime prosecutions.

“Despite our outreach, your office has yet to make use of these resources,” Mr. Newsom’s Cabinet Secretary Ann Patterson wrote in a letter to Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price.