Supes Vote 10-1 To Make Lee Interirm SF Mayor
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors tentatively selected City Administrator Ed Lee as interim mayor Friday.
Lee appears poised to replace outgoing Mayor Gavin Newsom following a 10-1 vote during Friday's board meeting.
Newsom, who will be sworn in as the state's lieutenant governor sometime before Monday, has said Friday'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.
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