[7] Price is a survivor of domestic violence; in 1981, custody of her infant child was given to her abusive ex-boyfriend after Alameda County authorities deemed her uncooperative.

[8] After law school, Price worked as a community defense attorney in San Francisco, handling hundreds of felony and misdemeanor cases and often representing youth clients.

She founded Price and Associates, an Oakland-based civil litigation firm, in 1991 and specialized in employment law, representing victims of retaliation, wrongful termination, sexual assaults, and discrimination.

She unsuccessfully ran for Alameda County district attorney in 2018, losing to incumbent Nancy O'Malley in the nonpartisan primary.

[17] In October, a group called Save Alameda For Everyone (commonly known as SAFE) launched a campaign to collect the 73,195 valid signatures required by the county charter to put the recall on the ballot.

[20] On April 15, the Alameda County Registrar of Voters stated that enough valid signatures has been submitted to trigger a recall election.

[23][24] According to an analysis from the San Francisco Chronicle, voters who voted to recall Price tended to live in the poorest and most heavily Black and Latino parts of Alameda County.

[27] In November 2021, gang members killed 23-month-old Jasper Wu during a highway shootout; the case was taken up by O'Malley prior to Price's election.

When asked for an update on the case in March 2023, Price responded with an email which read in part: "Our office is currently working on a partnership with the Asian Law Caucus to support AAPI victims of violence in ways that open up broader possibilities for healing and non-carceral forms of accountability.

Ford had made a declaration supporting a bid to disqualify Price from former San Leandro police officer Jason Fletcher, who had fatally shot a man inside a Walmart while on duty.

[32][33] On July 11, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom rescinded an offer he had made in February to send state and California National Guard prosecutors to Alameda County due to what he described as "her office not being cooperative."

She was temporarily replaced by her chief assistant district attorney Royl Roberts until the Alameda County Board of Supervisors appointed Ursula Jones Dickson to the vacancy.