{"id":7111,"date":"2017-12-12T19:36:27","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T03:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=7111"},"modified":"2017-12-12T19:36:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T03:36:27","slug":"san-francisco-mayor-ed-lee-dies-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2017\/12\/12\/san-francisco-mayor-ed-lee-dies-65\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee Dies At 65"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lee was the city\u2019s first Asian-American mayor<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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By Alana Horowitz Satlin<\/span><\/a> and Lydia O\u2019Connor<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee died early Tuesday,\u00a0ending a decades-long career in city politics and activism and sending shockwaves across the city.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lee, 65, was the city\u2019s first Asian-American mayor. His cause of death was not immediately released, but former San Francisco Mayor\u00a0Willie Brown told<\/a>\u00a0local media<\/a>\u00a0that Lee had suffered a cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIt is with profound sadness and terrible grief that we confirm that Mayor Edwin M. Lee passed away on Tuesday, December 12 at 1:11 a.m. at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital,\u201d city officials said in a statement.\u00a0\u201cFamily, friends and colleagues were at his side.\u00a0Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Anita, his two daughters, Brianna and Tania, and his family.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Board of Supervisors President London Breed will become acting mayor, effective immediately, but the board may vote to replace her at any time.\u00a0The city will hold an election on June 5 to name a mayor to finish out Lee\u2019s term.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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BLOOMBERG VIA GETTY IMAGES<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee\u00a0stands for a photograph on Aug. 17, 2016. Lee died Tuesday.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cEd was a true champion for working people and epitomized the California spirit,\u201d California Gov. Jerry Brown said in a statement. \u201cHe\u2019ll truly be missed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lee, the child of Chinese immigrants,\u00a0was born and raised<\/a>\u00a0in Seattle and moved to the Bay Area to attend law school at the University of California, Berkeley.\u00a0As a student, he became involved in advocacy by working for the civil rights group the Asian Law Caucus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cAs the son of immigrants who became mayor of one of America\u2019s largest cities, Ed broke down barriers and blazed a trail for future generations to follow,\u201d Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.),\u00a0former district attorney of San Francisco, said Tuesday. \u201cAnd at this inflection moment in our country when some have promoted hatred and division, Mayor Lee has been an outspoken advocate for diversity and inclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lee began working for San Francisco in 1989 as an adviser to then-Mayor Art Agnos.\u00a0He held various positions within the city government until he was appointed\u00a0city administrator in 2005<\/a>. When then-Mayor Gavin Newsom was elected California\u2019s lieutenant governor in 2011, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors\u00a0appointed Lee as the city\u2019s new leader<\/a>.\u00a0He won re-election\u00a0in 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cHis intellect, unshakable integrity, boundless optimism and contagious love for San Francisco elevated the City to greater heights,\u201d Newsom said in a statement Tuesday. \u201cHe steered San Francisco with an unshakable hand, an indomitable spirit, and a great sense of humor.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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San Francisco interim Mayor Ed Lee files paperwork to officially run for mayor on August 8, 2011 in San Francisco, California.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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