Maureen O'Connor

Maureen Frances O'Connor (born July 14, 1946) is an American Democratic politician from California. She was the youngest person ever to be elected to the San Diego City Council and the first woman to serve as mayor of San Diego from 1986 to 1992. In 2013, federal prosecutors charged her with money laundering, but deferred prosecution based on her agreement to pay back the funds involved. The charges were formally dismissed on February 24, 2015. Early life Maureen O'Connor was born in 1946 in San Diego, California. She was one of 13 children, including a twin named Mavourneen who later became her campaign manager. Her parents were Jerome O'Connor, formerly a local boxer known as "Kid Jerome" who later owned several liquor stores in San Diego, and Frances Mary O'Connor, who was named "Mother of the Year" by Parade magazine in 1955. The O'Connors moved to the Mission Hills neighborhood when Bishop Charles F. Buddy was looking for a "good catholic family" to move into his mansion when he moved to the University of San Diego; but they only lived their for one year. All seven O'Connor daughters competed as precision swimmers, together winning more than 1000 team and individual medals and trophies. In 1961, one of her brothers was stabbed by an employee at the Campus Drive-in movie theater in Rolando who was eventually convicted of involuntary manslaughter. The family unsuccessfully sued the Campus company and her father became locally famous as the president of the San Diego Court Watchers Association.