Ed Lee
Ed Lee
Edwin Mah "Ed" Lee is the 43rd and current Mayor of San Francisco, California. He was appointed by the Board of Supervisors on January 11, 2011 to serve out the remainder of former mayor Gavin Newsom's term, after Newsom resigned to take office as Lieutenant Governor of California. Lee won the election on November 8, 2011 to serve a full term as Mayor. He was re-elected in 2015...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 May 1952
CountryUnited States of America
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Tony Bennett, you've helped us share the magic of San Francisco around the world.
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At the end of the day, tech workers are not robots: they feel, they think, they have values.
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I have made start, grow and stay a big part of my administration.
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What I learned with tech companies is I gotta give people room to experiment, and also to make what might later on be a mistake. This is the attitude I want to build within San Francisco - give some time to the tech community.
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I used to brag that I can hold up any eviction - even if the landlord had legal rights, I could hold it up for a year.
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I think it is pretty cool. It's a nice vision of the future. It takes images beyond ? to take advantage of the bits and bytes.