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Home Value: Grocery Shopping and Grumpy Residents

home value: He leaves behind a rapidly transforming city where the median home value is more than 1.2 million U.S. and grumpy residents are unhappy with homelessness, clogged traffic and frequent auto break-ins, according to Toronto Star. Supporters touted his dedication to building new housing and sending out workers to clean up dirty streets in a city known for its entrenched homelessness. Lee died Tuesday at 65 after collapsing while grocery shopping. Critics said Lee, a Democrat, catered too much to tech companies, citing a 2011 tax break he brokered for Twitter as part of a remake of the city's dilapidated downtown. No cause was given for his death but an autopsy was planned. react-empty 159 He believed in a city where a poor kid from public housing could become mayor, acting San Francisco Mayor London Breed told reporters at a briefing attended by hundreds of city workers and civic leaders. Read more U.S. mayors of sanctuary cities' say they'll fight Trump's immigration plans Article Continued Below U.S. District Court Judge permanently blocks Trump's order to cut funding for sanctuary cities San Francisco claims victory after right-wing group shut out Still, many on Tuesday mourned the city's first Asian-American mayor as a reluctant politician dedicated to civil service who was more comfortable working on details than on delivering the perfect political sound bite. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.