Overview

• The Contra Costa County Deputy Sheriff’s Association donated $50,000 through its independent expenditure group to the Recall District Attorney Diana Becton campaign, making it the largest donation to date.
• Campaign organizers have recruited Richard Schlackman, the strategist behind recalls of San Francisco and Alameda County district attorneys, to guide their signature-gathering operations.
• The recall group has until 5 p.m. on Sept. 25 to submit 72,556 valid signatures to the Contra Costa County Elections Office to qualify the measure for the ballot.
• Supporters accuse Becton of allowing a persistent cycle of unaddressed criminal activity and failing to transparently report crime statistics.
• Becton denounced the effort as a politically driven attack that misrepresents her record and emphasized her office’s aggressive prosecutions of violent offenders, organized theft and human trafficking.