1 / 3   San Francisco mayor Edwin Lee died Tuesday morning at San Francisco General Hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest while shopping at a grocery store near his Glen Park home. /VCG Photo

2 / 3   Born in Seattle to parents immigrated to the United States from Guangdong Province, China, Lee became a civil rights lawyer and later served as the 43rd mayor of San Francisco from 2011 until his death. Lee was the first Chinese descent as well as Asian American mayor elected in the city’s history. As a Democrat, Lee opposed President Donald Trump's policies on immigrants, calling San Francisco a sanctuary for undocumented immigrants when in office. /VCG Photo

3 / 3   Board of Supervisors president London Breed is now acting mayor of San Francisco. "Our mayor was a good man with a good heart," Breed said. "He believed above all else in building bridges and solving problems." /VCG Photo