SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Assessor-Recorder Mabel Teng, who became a hero to many in the city's gay community for officiating at last year's weddings of same-sex couples, announced Thursday she was resigning because her heart is no longer in her job.
Teng, who was not due to face re-election until November 2006, cited as reasons for her departure the personal turmoil she has experienced while simultaneously undergoing a divorce and facing scrutiny over her management of the office that assesses property and maintains city records.
"The last eight months have been one of the most trying times of my life," Teng said in a statement. "The time has come for someone else to move the assessor-recorder's office forward."
Teng told Mayor Gavin Newsom that she would remain in office until May 15 to give the mayor enough time to name a successor.
Teng, the first Asian American woman to serve on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, had been working under a cloud since the fall, when the city's Civil Service Commission began investigating whether she violated patronage and nepotism rules by allegedly hiring or promoting her campaign workers and contributors.
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