Jones Dickson served as a deputy district attorney in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office from 1999 to 2013. In 2013,she was appointed to the Alameda County Superior Court by Governor Jerry Brown to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Judge Paul D. Seeman.[1] She was re-elected to her judgeship unopposed in 2016 and 2022.[1] As a superior court judge,Jones Dickson has primarily presided over juvenile dependency cases and served as presiding judge of the court's Juvenile Dependency Division from 2019 to 2022.[2]
Pamela Price was elected Alameda County district attorney in 2022. Vowing to bring criminal justice reform to the forefront of her work as district attorney, Price's tenure was marked with controversy, and she was recalled in 2024. The recall effort was launched by Save Alameda For Everyone (SAFE) and endorsed by Rep. Eric Swalwell, former District Attorney Nancy O'Malley, the San Francisco Chronicle, and all 14 police unions in Alameda County.[3][4] Price left office on December 5, 2024, and her chief assistant Royl Roberts took over as acting district attorney.[5]
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors selected seven finalists from a pool of 15 applicants to consider for the vacancy. On January 28, 2025, after more than a month of deliberation, the Board of Supervisors appointed Jones Dickson, assuming office on February 18, 2025.[6][7] She stated her first action while in office would be to rescind a policy, established by her predecessor, that required prosecutors to seek approval from the office’s leaders before filing sentencing enhancements.[8]
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