Ed Lee, San Francisco mayor and 'sanctuary city' proponent, dead at 65

Ed Lee, San Francisco’s 43rd mayor, died early Tuesday at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, his office confirmed. He was 65. Appointed mayor by the Board of Supervisors in 2011 to replace Mayor Gavin Newsom, Lee won reelection in 2015. Lee was known as a major supporter of San Francisco's controversial "sanctuary city" policy, which became a major news and political story in particular during the last two years of Lee's tenure after the death of Kate Steinle at the hands of a five-time deportee.-- More...