Talk:Jean Quan

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While I strenuously disagree with Quan's acts in allowing the OPD to violently attack peaceful protesters on the evening of 10/25, I must call attention to the vandalism of her page. Get the rhetoric off and lock the page, please. Black Max (talk) 01:27, 27 October 2011 (UTC) Black Max

Oakland School Board and City Council

I represent Mayor-elect Jean Quan. The current content under her years on the School Board and Council does not seem balanced. I submitted a more balanced approach so that her 12 years on the School Board was not reduced to the one subject that, while causing a lot of flurry and embarrassment,was really "much ado about nothing". If the style is to keep it simple, then I think it should just read that she spent 12 years on the school board and nothing more, so that it is parallel to what was included under her 8 years a council member.

Otherwise, if you want to be factual, I would resubmit the following: During her 3-terms on the School Board, she:

•Led efforts to raise more than $700 million to make schools earthquake safe,fund smaller classes, and bring technology and arts to the classroom.

•Created policies to raise graduation standards, increase computer literacy and expand career preparation and internships.

• Advocated for the first city-school public library at the Woodland-Encompass campus at 81st Avenue, which will open in January 2011.

She is recognized nationally as a spokesperson for immigrant and urban children as Chair-Emeritus of the National School Boards Association’s Council of Urban Boards of Education.

As a 2-term Council Member, Quan • Co-authored Measure Y for Community Safety and Violence Prevention, and expanded efforts to combat domestic violence and the sexual exploitation of minors. Also expanded Neighborhood Crime prevention programs. • Co-authored Measure Q to stop the closure of library branches and services, and worked to expanHelped to form the Wildfire Prevention District, wrote legislation to restore the View Ordinance and the Big Tree Registry, obtained funding to increase park open space, and led City and regional efforts for Zero Waste.

I would also like to upload a higher resolution photo from her campaign website (but not quite sure how to do that...) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maxwell Phearson (talk • contribs) 18:00, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Hi Maxwell, glad to see someone associated with Quan paying attention to her article here! For her activities on the school board (or otherwise), please provide citations other than her own website. I'm sure there were many stories written in the Oakland Tribune, East Bay Express, etc., covering them, it's just a matter of finding them. Regarding a photo, preferable upload to https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/wiki/Commons:Upload or if Quan has a Flickr account, post there and make sure the license is set to Creative Commons Attribution or Attribution-ShareAlike. Either of these makes it easy for you directly (or me or someone else watching this article) to update the photo. Just leave a link to updated photo in this comment thread if you're not sure how to proceed.Mike Linksvayer (talk) 21:12, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

"Updates" to the page

The recent additions to the Mayoral section of the article by Maxwell Phearson are unacceptable. They are ringing endorsements for Quan, with terms bolded for "effectiveness" to highlight her good points, etc. The changes are in no way encyclopedic and go completely against Wikipedia guidelines of Manual of Style and neutrality. I'm changing everything back to a week ago until someone without a vested interest in Quan would like to make neutral additions to the article.--Chimino (talk) 23:05, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

I'm copying this over for public record before deleting, so independent viewers have a basis for my claim:

==Oakland Mayor==

In her first few months in office, Mayor Quan has already left her stamp on Oakland.;

She has launched new era of public engagement, with a record 2500 residents attending seven Town Hall ::meetings within her first four months in office. The priorities developed by residents at these 2 1/2 ::-3 hour sessions will help focus the city’s and community’s agenda.

Right from the start, with the national interview on PBS’ Lehrer Report and the visit to the White House to ::the Mega Region Conference with the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and the Port of Oakland and the ::recent Trade Mission to China, Mayor Quan has consciously raised the positive image of Oakland. ::New businesses are relocating to Oakland with its central location, great public transportation, ::and nationally-acclaimed vibe.

From joint City/School department head meetings to the launching of the Education Cabinet with OUSD ::Superintendent Tony Smith and Mills College President Janet Holmgren, Jean Quan is focused on the ::education/jobs continuum, early literacy, chronic absenteeism and safety for our youth in an effort to ::put youth at the center of policy.

Given the devastating impact of the current recession, the Mayor has presented Council three honest options ::to balance a $58 million gap between expenses and revenues for the 2011-2012 Fiscal Year. She calls ::them the “bad”(cuts, employee contributions and a parcel tax), the “very bad” (more cuts and employee ::contributions) and “the very ugly” (all cuts.) Her goal is to balance the budget in a way ::that allows Oakland to bounce back when the economy recovers in the next few years.

Quan announced she would taking a 25% pay cut on her salary, from $183,397 to $137,000 for 2011.

--Chimino (talk) 23:11, 24 May 2011 (UTC)