Amid all the accusations, emotions, shouting and general consternation that has greeted Mayor Ed Lee’s decision to continue on as mayor, some things are worth noting.
We now have a real mayoral race in San Francisco, something that didn’t exist until this week as the nine main hopefuls for the job waited in the wings for someone to breathe life into the campaign. With Lee’s official announcement Monday, that gust blew in like a hurricane.
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As Ed Lee finishes his second month as San Francisco’s interim mayor, it is clear that the non-politician with in-depth understanding of how San Francisco government works has the potential to leave a significant mark on The City.
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Ten days after being sworn in as interim mayor, Ed Lee said he will push to draw down pension costs “to stop the bleeding.”Last week, The City learned pension costs were increasing next fiscal year by $20 million more than anticipated, for a total of $375 million — a $100 million increase from San Francisco’s pension contribution this fiscal year.
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My Nonsense File has been pretty empty since the kids’ meal toy ban, so I have been wondering what the militantly hypersensitive types have been up to. Something came across my desk that is so perfect in its absurdity that I cannot believe it is true. I am both sad and giddy to report this is real.
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When City Administrator Ed Lee is sworn in as interim mayor later this week, he will make history as the first Chinese-American mayor of San Francisco.
The moment has long been in the making by Chinatown political powerhouses, who for years played a key role on backroom politics, but are now center stage.
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Within days, he is expected to assume a job where he will manage a $6.6 billion budget, more than 50 departments and 26,000 employees. But despite being the front-runner to become The City’s interim mayor, many people are probably wondering: Who is Ed Lee?
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What a long, strange week it has been — and because it involves San Francisco politics, it is about to become weirder.
Or, to put it in clearer terms, the reality show we know as the San Francisco Board of Supervisors is about to film a new episode titled “Two and a Half Mayors.”
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When the Board of Supervisors meets Tuesday at 2 p.m., it could vote on an interim mayor, the person who will serve out the remainder of Mayor Gavin Newsom’s term in office.It takes six votes to appoint an interim mayor, and a vote is legally binding only if there is a vacancy.
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Call it political games or the first big mystery of 2011, Mayor Gavin Newsom’s swearing in date for his post as the state’s lieutenant governor remains elusive. It won’t be Monday though, when he was in line to be sworn in with the other state elected officials as Newsom continues to try to impact the outcome of the Board of Supervisors selection of interim mayor.
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Mayor Gavin Newsom has been holding close to his vest whether he will delay assuming his statewide post — if he is legally allowed to — to ensure the decision of who should serve as interim mayor for a year falls to the new Board of Supervisors.That would take the decision out of the hands of the current board and away from the direct influence of Supervisor Chris Daly, Newsom’s most outspoken critic and progressive stalwart.
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