A George Soros-backed district attorney facing potential recall in California gave her boyfriend a six-figure, taxpayer-funded position in her office.

Alameda County district attorney Pamela Price, who took $130,000 from Soros for her failed 2018 bid, secured the position for her boyfriend Antwon Cloird, the San Jose Mercury News reported Sunday. Cloird joined Price's office as a "senior program specialist" in 2023, with a $115,502 per year salary. Price brought him onto her team without disclosing their relationship, although it is an "open secret" in the office, according to the report.

Since becoming district attorney in 2022, Price has presided over a massive crime surge in Oakland, the county's largest city. She has vowed to overhaul the criminal justice system, angering voters in the process. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Oakland last year had a higher violent crime rate than eight comparable cities. As district attorney, Price made eligible for parole gang members who killed a toddler in a freeway gun battle, slashed a triple murderer's sentence, and gave just seven years to a teen linked to three killings.

Price's decision to hire Cloird appears to have violated the state of California's employment nepotism policies, said Will Swaim, the president of the California Policy Center. The state defines nepotism as "an employee's use of influence or power to hire, transfer, or promote an applicant or employee because of a personal relationship," and decrees that local offices ban anyone with a personal relationship with applicants from participating in the hiring process.

"In a county overrun by criminals … it's not entirely surprising that the DA herself appears to be flouting the law," Swaim said.

In addition to cries of nepotism, Cloird's past record has been called into question.

Before supporting Price's political career, Cloird was an activist in Richmond, Calif., where top city officials learned he sought $5,000 and $20,000 from two different businesses. In exchange, he would "facilitate" and "expedite" permits.

Price is not the first Democratic politician to bring her partner onto her taxpayer- or campaign-funded payroll. Rep. Cori Bush (D., Mo.) used campaign funds to pay a private security guard whom she married earlier this year, and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) kept her then-boyfriend's political consulting firm afloat with hundreds of thousands of dollars before marrying him.

Source: The Washington Free Beacon