Mayor Ed Lee

Today, San Francisco began construction on a housing development in Mission Bay, a complex that will house 62 homeless veterans and 59 low-income…

Around San Francisco, residents and community members took a moment to remember their mayor. The last place the mayor spent time, yesterday, was at a…

San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim took office the same day Ed Lee became mayor back in 2011 and served as a supervisor for the entirety of his time as…

LISTEN: With the sudden death of San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee in the early hours of the morning, KALW News Director Ben Trefny reprises the story and…

Mayor Edwin Lee was not known to be ill; he reportedly died at a San Francisco hospital in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Lee had been in office since 2012.

The first elected Asian-American mayor of the city was not known to be ill; he collapsed while shopping Monday night and died at a San Francisco hospital in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

On June 20, 2016: San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has proposed a budget for the new fiscal year, which starts on July 1. At a staggering $9.6 billion, it is…

On the February 3rd edition of Your Call, we’ll discuss the unfolding San Francisco political corruption scandal.FBI investigation of a Bay Area organized…

KALW’s Ben Trefny talks one-on-one with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee about his candidacy for re-election. Click the audio player above to listen to the…

Since Ed Lee was elected mayor of San Francisco four years ago, the city’s economy has seen a radical turnaround. Unemployment has dropped from over eight…