Ed Lee was appointed to the board of supervisors before Jeff Sheehy.
 He was appointed to the Board in January 2017 by Mayor Ed Lee to succeed Supervisor Scott Wiener, who resigned his seat to take office as a member of the California State Senate. 
 He was appointed by the Board of Supervisors on January 11, 2011 to serve out the remainder of former mayor Gavin Newsom's term, after Newsom resigned to take office as Lieutenant Governor of California. 
