Oakland Mayor Jean Quan is going to Washington.

The the city's new leader was invited by President Barack Obama's office to attend a state dinner for China's president Hu Jintao in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Jan. 19. Quan said she plans to take interim San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee as her date.

"Our goal is to create an economic system where all can participate and prosper." --Did tax season prevent you from eyeballing this video of Mayor Ron Dellums welcoming White House officials to Oakland and talking about all the stimulus money we received--and what we are doin