Jimmie R. Yee
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Jimmie R. Yee is an American politician who currently serves on the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. Yee was briefly mayor of Sacramento, California after the death of Mayor Joe Serna in 1999.
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[edit] Public life
Yee was elected a Sacramento City Council member of District 4 in 1992, and re-elected to a second four-year term in 1996.
He 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. He had also served as Vice-Mayor under Serna.
[edit] 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 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.
He has been married to wife, Mary, for 50 years. They have six children and seventeen grandchildren.
[edit] Current civic career
In 2006, Yee announced his candidacy for the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. He won the nonpartisan primary in June of that year. Yee serves as Vice-Chair for the Board of Supervisors.
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| Preceded by Joe Serna, Jr. |
Mayor of Sacramento, California 1999–2001 |
Succeeded by Heather Fargo |
