June 8, 2022 — Contra Costa District Attorney Diana Becton declared victory in the race for the county’s chief law enforcement officer, winning her reelection campaign with a substantial lead of 56% to 44%.

June 4, 2022 — Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton has made tremendous strides to advance youth justice in Contra Costa County. Under her leadership, Contra Costa County was awarded $1 million from a state Dept. of Corrections grant to pilot a three-year program that provides alternatives to incarceration for young people who commit low-level offenses.

June 2, 2022 — …in addition to Boudin, Legend says he is backing Alana Matthews for district attorney in Sacramento County, Diana Becton in Contra Costa County and Pete Hardin in Orange County.

May 26, 2022 — District Attorney Becton, sheriff candidate Therriault face backlash for wanting to hold abusive cops accountable…

May 19, 2022 — Police groups have poured more than $250,000 into defeating Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton since her office’s successful prosecution and conviction last fall of a sheriff’s deputy for a 2018 fatal on-duty shooting, county elections filings show. Meanwhile…

May 20, 2022 — District attorneys like me have the power to decriminalize abortion. I pledge to protect a woman’s right to choose.

May 16, 2022 — On Saturday, May 14, a shooter seeking to target a Black neighborhood killed 10 people and wounded three in Buffalo, New York. I mourn the lives taken by this devastating and racially motivated attack, and I am so sorry for the families and communities…

The two candidates for Contra Costa district attorney represent starkly different perspectives on the role and future of law enforcement. To continue needed criminal justice reforms and ensure police accountability, voters in the June 7 election should reelect District Attorney Diana Becton, who was a Superior Court judge for 22 years before the county Board of Supervisors in in 2017 appointed her district attorney…

There is only one Black elected DA in the state of California – Contra Costa DA Diana Becton and she took an unusual path to get there – she spent 22 years as a judge before being appointed to the DA position by the Board of Supervisors following a scandal that forced out her predecessor. In 2018 when most of the other reform minded DAs were losing, she won her election in her own right…

Last week, Contra Costa District Attorney Diana Becton, California’s only Black D.A., joined the state’s Attorney General Rob Bonta and Acting Richmond Police Chief Louie Tirona to announce that they have identified the man who killed 28-year-old Meekiah Wadley in 1999. During an emotional news conference a representative of the three agencies said Jerry Lee Henderson murdered the Contra Costa Community College student inside her Richmond home…

In 2017, three months after she became the first woman and the first African American to lead the Contra Costa (California) District Attorney’s office, Diana Becton worked to abolish juvenile justice fees that fall most heavily on low-income families of color. Since then, she has publicly released reports on officer-involved fatalities and established “Clean Slate Day” for former offenders to clear their records.

Contra Costa District Attorney Diana Becton received a unanimous endorsement for re-election by the Democratic Party of Contra Costa County. “Who we elect as district attorney will have both immediate and long-lasting impacts on our community,” said Katie Ricklefs, chair of the Democratic Party of Contra Costa County. “We have already seen DA Becton’s effectiveness in making our communities safer and creating fairer systems for everyone. That is why the Democratic Party of Contra Costa stands united in our effort to re-elect DA Diana Becton.”

On February 12, 2022, at the U.A. 342 Union Hall in Concord, state and county elected and labor leaders joined more than 150 community members as Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton kicked off her reelection campaign…