In Memory: “California… maybe a person of a different ethnic background could be welcomed and succeed.”

“California,

particularly, San Francisco, has always been an opening, welcoming atmosphere. That’s kind of what drew me here. But the main attraction was a kind of feeling that freedom of expression and

maybe a person of a different ethnic background could be welcomed and succeed.”

Ed Lee, 1952-2017, First Chinese-American mayor of San Francisco

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