Congratulations SF Mayor Edwin Lee!

Photo Brant Ward / SF Chronicle

San Francisco welcomed its first Asian-American mayor Tuesday afternoon, as City Administrator Edwin Lee was sworn in as interim mayor.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to appoint Lee to fill the remainder of Mayor Gavin Newsom’s term. Newsom was sworn in Monday as California’s lieutenant governor.

For more info, see SFGate: SF Mayor Ed Lee pledges new political era