Synopsis
Facing surgery to remove a brain tumor, former Sacramento City Councilman Steve Cohn wrote this memoir chronicling his life’s story, from his grandfather’s daring escape from the Russian Army in Ukraine during World War I and Cohn’s childhood growing up in mid-century Missouri, to his adult life in Northern California, where he raised a family and began a long career as an attorney for the nation’s most progressive electric utility and a civic leader for “America’s Most Livable City.” Cohn was one of the longest serving City Council members in the history of Sacramento, dating back to the California Capital’s founding during the Gold Rush in 1849. Cohn’s memoir shines a light on how local politics was played, for better or worse, during some of the Capital’s most controversial battles over the last 25 years, including the saga of the Sacramento Kings NBA basketball team and the building of a new Downtown arena. Cohn’s memoir also tells the inside story of some of the Council’s toughest decisions to change the City’s development pattern from its post-war suburban, automobile-oriented past to a more sustainable vision of Sacramento as “America’s Most Livable City.”
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About the Author
Steve Cohn grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, and graduated from Yale University and the University of San Diego Law School. He also has a diploma from the Université d’Aix-Marseilles, France. Cohn met his wife Catherine while studying in Provence. They have lived in Sacramento since 1979, where they raised two children. Cohn started his legal career as an attorney for the California Energy Commission from 1979 to 1992, then served as Chief Assistant General Counsel for the Sacramento Municipal Utility District until he retired in 2011. Cohn served on the Sacramento City Council from 1994 to 2014.
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Citizen Cohn: Memoir of Sacramento City Councilman Steve Cohn
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Sacramento, California: I Street Press, 2016
ISBN 10: 1539373479
ISBN 13: 9781539373476
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