Oakland Mayor Jean Quan faces punishment from the federal court if she

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan faces punishment from the federal court if she skips another deposition about the pace of Police Department reforms, a magistrate warns.

Attorneys Jim Chanin and John Burris are trying to put the Police Department under federal receivership. They say the department has failed to fully implement reforms required under a 2003 court order.

The San Francisco Chronicle says the mayor canceled an all-day deposition on Aug. 30.

A federal magistrate has now warned the mayor to show up at a Sept. 25 deposition or she will face possible punitive actions.

The mayor says she will be there to testify.

The lawyers want Quan’s answers before an Oct. 4 deadline for submitting arguments on whether a federal judge should impose receivership.

Mayor Quan has had quite the amount controversy since she entered office! Not good for the first Asian American woman to lead a major U.S. city.

Source AP