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Haute Living San Francisco Jan/Feb 2012

A Celebration For All As Mayor Ed Lee is Inaugurated

by Angella Sprauve

Mayor Ed Lee alongside Representative Nancy Pelosi and Senator Dianne Feinstein

Photographer: Drew Altizer

Thousands witnessed San Francisco history on the morning of January 8, 2012 when Ed Lee became the city’s first elected Asian-American Mayor. The fun-filled festivities began at 10 a.m. with live music from the San Francisco Symphony and ethnic dance performances. The inauguration ceremony then began at 11 a.m., as Former Mayor Willie Brown introduced San Francisco’s 43rd Mayor. The swearing-in was conducted by former San Francisco Mayor and now United States Senator Dianne Feinstein, and the city’s five surviving former mayors were all present to witness the occasion. Mayor Ed Lee was joined by his wife, Anita, and two daughters, Brianna and Tania.

: Mayor Ed Lee alongside Representative Nancy Pelosi and Senator Dianne Feinstein

: Anita Lee, Mayor Ed Lee, and Guests

: Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Mayor Ed Lee

: Charlotte Shultz and Anita Lee

: Gina Moscone

: Mayor Ed Lee and Ron Conway

: Kathleen Sullivan Alioto

: Jesus Cisneros and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa

: Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and George Shultz

: Kathleen Sullivan Alioto, Wendy Paskin, Anita Lee and Gina Moscone

: Jesus Cisneros and Mayor Ed Lee

: Representative Nancy Pelosi and Senator Dianne Feinstein

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