Oakland Mayor Quan Officially Responds To Recall

OAKLAND (CBS / AP) -- Oakland Mayor Jean Quan has officially responded to a group of Oakland residents seeking to recall her saying she's ignoring public safety as the city's most pressing issue.

Quan said Monday that "the last thing we need is a divisive and expensive recall campaign. In 20 years of serving Oakland, my only agenda has been to work hard for our diverse city."

The petition filed last week with 71 signatures said the group has no confidence in Quan and that she has "no rational solution to mitigate the chaos" since taking office in January.

Quan wrote that she has been working on public safety issues including recently rehiring nearly 40 officers, securing a federal grant for 25 more and sponsoring a public safety summit with 1,000 residents earlier this month.

City officials are checking to see if a majority of the signatures are registered Oakland voters.

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