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Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dixon reviews 2025 priorities, data and resource needs
Summary
DA Ursula Jones Dixon told supervisors the office increased its review of in-custody referrals in 2025, processed more gun-related referrals and provided services to thousands of victims while warning of resource constraints for death-case trials and lost federal funding for a trauma recovery center; public commenters pressed for data transparency, resentencing resumption and police-accountability explanations.
District Attorney Ursula Jones Dixon presented the Alameda County District Attorney's 2025 annual review to the Public Protection Committee on March 26, outlining the office's mission, legal mandates and recent data on referrals, victim services and prosecutorial capacity.
Dixon summarized legal obligations and victims' rights under the California Constitution (Marcy's Law) and referenced the government code section that defines prosecutorial duties. She reported that in-custody referral reviews in 2025 included 12,962 misdemeanor and 5,856 felony referrals and said her office has worked to reduce a backlog of uncharged cases by restoring charging capacity.
On gun-related cases, Dixon said referrals and reviews rose substantially between 2023 and 2025 and announced a pilot to help DAs file gun violence restraining orders across a multi-county effort. She also said the office tracked victim services through the Family Justice Center and reported 7,646 new victims received services in 2025, averaging dozens of services per victim.
Dixon noted a large backlog of serious death cases that require significant trial resources: she cited 322 pending death-related cases, including 262 murder cases and 60 manslaughter cases awaiting trial, and described the high cost of obtaining outside forensic pathology services.
During public comment and Q&A, community members and advocates raised concerns about the office's transparency and policy choices. Speakers asked why a public data dashboard under development was removed, why a prosecutor-initiated resentencing unit had been disbanded in early 2025, and why some police-accountability cases were dismissed. Dixon and staff said they are rebuilding data systems, that the office is working to stabilize operations and that some national/federal grant funding (including for a trauma recovery center) was recently lost.
Several community groups called for resumed community engagement, more data publication in response to California Public Records Act requests and clearer information on petitioning juvenile transfers and resentencing practices. Dixon said her office is expanding outreach, launching quarterly reports, and attempting to pull more accurate data from legacy systems while warning that the office's case management system is not optimized for reporting and that coders/paralegals are working on CPRA requests.
Supervisors praised the focus on victims and emphasized the need for front-end investments in prevention and diversion while also noting the county intends to continue monitoring the DA's quarterly reporting and navigation center expansions. No formal actions were taken at the meeting.
