San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee Dies Suddenly at 65
Ed Lee, San Francisco’s the city's first Asian-American mayor, died suddenly early Tuesday at age 65.
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San Francisco (AP) -- Under Mayor Ed Lee's seven-year watch, San Francisco went from a city mired in recession to a technology-fueled economic powerhouse where housing costs skyrocketed and the chasm between the wealthy and everyone else grew. Lee died Tuesday at 65 after collapsing while grocery shopping.
He leaves behind a rapidly transforming city where the median home value is more than $1.2 million and grumpy residents are unhappy with homelessness, clogged traffic and frequent auto break-ins.