SAN FRANCISCO—“A social worker turned mayor is the best mayor ever!” said Ellen Lee Zhou, an unassuming 48-year-old mother of two college-age children, and a longtime public services employee of the city and county of San Francisco.
Zhou is one of the eight candidates, and the only candidate with a Chinese background, in the San Francisco mayoral race. As the June 5 special election quickly approaches, uncertainty and anticipation have been brewing silently but surely in the communities across San Francisco.
