Late San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee Service Set for Sunday

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San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, left, and City Attorney Dennis Herrera, right, answer questions about a lawsuit against President Donald Trump during a news conference at City Hall Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in San Francisco. San Francisco sued President Donald Trump on Tuesday, claiming an executive order that cuts funding from immigrant-protecting "sanctuary cities" is unconstitutional and a "severe invasion of San Francisco's sovereignty." The federal government cannot "put a gun to the head of localities," City Attorney Dennis Herrera said, arguing that the order violates states' rights and the law. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

  San Francisco City Hall is preparing for the lying in state of Mayor Ed Lee today and a memorial service Sunday. The body of Lee, who died Tuesday of a heart attack, will be brought up the Polk Street steps and into the City Hall rotunda at seven o’clock this morning, and will lie in state from eight to seven o’clock. On Sunday afternoon, the building will open at two o’clock, an hour before the memorial service is scheduled to begin. Little information about the event has been made available, other than Lee’s predecessors in the mayor’s office are being invited to speak, and former Mayor Willie Brown is expected to be among them.