Lee tentatively named interim SF mayor
Story posted 2011.01.07 at 04:39 PM PSTThe San Francisco Board of Supervisors has tentatively selected City Administrator Ed Lee as interim mayor.
Lee appears poised to replace outgoing Mayor Gavin Newsom following a 10-1 vote during today's board meeting.
Newsom, who will be sworn in as the state's lieutenant governor sometime before Monday, has said today's vote will be merely "symbolic" since the nomination won't be official until he leaves office.
Newsom has pushed back the Jan. 3 date of his swearing-in as lieutenant governor, saying he has more to accomplish while in office.
Progressives have argued that he simply wanted to prevent the current 11-member board from appointing an interim mayor with a far-left political agenda.
Four new board members will take office on Saturday, and the board is expected to officially select the interim mayor on Tuesday.
Lee has served as city administrator since 2005 and has also served as director of the city's Department of Public Works and the Human Rights Commission.
Story posted 2011.01.07 at 04:39 PM PST
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