Jimmie R. Yee
Jimmie R. Yee | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors from the 2nd district | |
| In office 2007–2015 | |
| Preceded by | Illa Collin |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Kennedy |
| 53rd Mayor of Sacramento | |
| In office December 14, 1999 – November 27, 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Joe Serna, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Heather Fargo |
| Member of the Sacramento City Council from the 4th district | |
| In office 1992–1999 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Chinn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1934 Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Yee |
| Children | 6 |
| Profession | Politician |
Jimmie R. Yee (born 1934 in Sacramento, California[1]) is an American politician who formerly served on the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. Yee was briefly mayor of Sacramento, California after the death of Mayor Joe Serna in 1999. Yee is a Democrat.
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.
Private life[]
Additionally, Yee has over 44 years professional experience as a structural engineer and a civil engineer in Northern California. He founded one of the Sacramento Valley's largest consulting engineering firms, Cole/Yee/Schubert and Associates, and provided design services for many Sacramento trademark buildings.
Yee has over 35 years of commitment to public and community service activities and has been appointed to serve on more than 25 governing and advisory bodies.
Yee is an alumnus of University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1956 with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.[1]
After attending college, Jimmie Yee entered the Army Reserves. Approximately ten years later, he was discharged. [2]
He has been married to his wife, Mary, for 50 years. They have six children and seventeen grandchildren.
Yee has Chinese American family background, and his Chinese name is 余福慶.
Civic career[]
In 2006, Yee announced his candidacy for the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors after longtime supervisor Illa Collin announced that she was retiring. Since Yee won over fifty percent of the vote in the nonpartisan primary in June of that year, Yee did not have to run in the November general election. Yee served as Vice-Chair for the Board of Supervisors in 2007 and for Chair in 2008. He left the Board of Supervisors in 2015.
References[]
- ^ a b Full Biography for Jimmie R. Yee
- ^ "Collection: Yee (Jimmie R.) collection | ArchivesSpace Public Interface". archives.lib.csus.edu. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
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- 1934 births
- Living people
- American civil engineers
- Mayors of Sacramento, California
- Sacramento County Supervisors
- Sacramento City Council members
- American mayors of Chinese descent
- California politicians of Chinese descent
- California Democrats
- UC Berkeley College of Engineering alumni
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