Public Life
Yee, a Sacramento City Planning Commissioner was elected to the 4th district city council seat in 1992 after Tom Chinn announced that he was retiring after 10 years on the council. Yee was re-elected to a second four-year term in 1996 and to a third term in 2000.
Shortly after winning his third term, Vice Mayor Yee was appointed mayor by the City Council to fill the unexpired term of Joe Serna, Jr., one week after Serna's death on December 14, 1999 until November 27, 2000 when new mayor Heather Fargo was sworn in.
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