Oakland Mayor Jean Quan slashing salary 25%

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 2/9/11 | Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross

[SmithL]

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan is voluntarily giving back 25 percent of her $183,397-a-year salary.

Quan will make $137,000 - or about $46,000 a year less than her immediate predecessor, Ron Dellums.

"We are going into some very, very tough times, and I wanted to lead the way," Quan said.

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On the home front: San Francisco Supervisor Malia Cohen has joined the ranks of the foreclosed, having lost her $581,178 condo to the bank.

The 33-year-old Cohen was a community organizer and ran a social-media business before her election in November from District 10. She says she was the victim of a predatory bank loan on the two-bedroom condo she bought with no money down in 2006 at 501 Crescent Way just west of Candlestick Park.

[wac3rd]

She is from Hunter’s Point (ghetto/gangland) where the 49’ers play in the southwest side of town...it’s where OJ Simpson hails from....

Here are Ms. Cohen’s positions on the issue:

Malia Cohen, District 10, Bayview-Hunters Point - San Francisco Supervisor Candidate Profile
District 10 supervisor candidate Malia Cohen answers questions from The S.F Chronicle. For more candidate profiles: S.F. Supervisors page

2010 Elections
Ballot Measures: Malia Cohen’s positions

B (Retirement and Health Plans) No, I do not support Jeff Adachi’s pension reform plan.

D (Noncitizen Voting in School Board Elections) Yes

G (Muni Reform) I support Muni reform, but do not support this specific initiative.

J (Hotel Tax Increase) Yes

L (Civil Sidewalks) No, the answer to solving San Francisco’s homelessness does not stem from a law that forbids men and women from sitting or lying on sidewalks

[PLMerite]

“She signed the paperwork. She volunteered for the situation.”

The banks saw how much money the states were making on the lottery from people who couldn’t do math so they wanted in on some of the action.