Ms. HARRIS. Mr. President, Californians and San Franciscans have lost
a tireless champion for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Mayor Edwin
M. Lee was the son of Chinese immigrants and the city's first Asian-
American mayor. Mayor Lee grew up in public housing and moved from
Seattle to the Bay Area to attend law school at UC Berkeley in the mid-
1970s. As a former civil rights attorney, Mayor Lee began his career in
public service fighting for fair housing and went on to serve in five
different city departments under four mayors before becoming mayor
himself. As mayor of one of America's largest cities, Mayor Lee worked
hard to transform San Francisco into a hub for innovation and
technology while still upholding the city's longstanding values of
equity and justice.
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