Oakland Mayor Jean Quan's car window smashed during event

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan's back window of her car was broken Monday night while she was speaking at a community meeting in the Oakland hills. Oakland Mayor Jean Quan's back window of her car was broken Monday night while she was speaking at a community meeting in the Oakland hills. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Oakland Mayor Jean Quan's car window smashed during event 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

(01-28) 19:16 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- Vandals smashed the back window of Oakland Mayor Jean Quan's car Monday night while she was speaking at a community meeting in the Oakland hills.

Nothing was taken from Quan's car, said mayor's office spokesman Sean Maher, and it isn't clear if it was a break-in attempt or random act of vandalism. There's no indication Quan was targeted while she was meeting with constituents at the Chabot Space and Science Center, Maher said. This is not the first time Quan has been the victim of a crime. In 2010, when she was a member of the City Council and running for mayor, a man grabbed her purse as she was getting ready to walk into a supermarket on Fruitvale Avenue in the city's Dimond neighborhood.

Quan was on her way to buy milk when the man came up behind her and yanked on her purse, Quan said at the time. She "instinctively" pulled back and screamed, she said, "Take the money - leave me my ID!"

The man fled with the purse but fell in the parking lot, spilling most of Quan's belongings, including her car keys. Quan briefly chased after the man, she and police said at the time, and obtained a partial license plate.

Quan is also not the first Oakland official to be the victim of an auto crime. Six months ago, Councilman Larry Reid said he stepped out of Picán Restaurant in the Uptown district to find his car's window had been smashed.

"I was parked on one of the side streets," Reid said. "I'm smart and I didn't put anything in (the car). They didn't get anything. But they put a couple of dents in the side."

There were 6,928 auto burglaries in the city in 2013, a 3 percent rise over 2012, according to police data. Most other crimes, however, declined in 2013. Homicides dropped 28 percent while all types of burglaries fell 7 percent, according to the data.