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'''Leland Yee''' was the [[Democrat|Democratic]] Assistant [[President pro tempore]] of the [[California State Senate]], and previously served in the [[California State Assembly]] until his March 26, 2014 arrest for gun trafficking and [[corruption]].

'''Leland Yee''' was the [[Democrat|Democratic]] Assistant [[President pro tempore]] of the [[California State Senate]], and previously served in the [[California State Assembly]] until his March 26, 2014 arrest for gun trafficking and [[corruption]].

On March 28, 2014, the California State Senate suspended Yee as a Senator In response to the gun running and other criminal charges against him<ref name="McGreevyLATimes03282014">McGreevy, Patrick. [http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-yee-capitol-20140329,0,2287785.story#axzz2xJpY8H19 In unprecedented move, state Senate votes to suspend three lawmakers],''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', March 28, 2014.</ref>

Anti-[[Second Amendment]] [[Gun control|gun-grabbing]] (authored a state-wide measure in 2013 that passed both the Senate and the Assembly and was finally vetoed by Governor [[Jerry Brown]] to ban all [[semi-automatic]] [[rifles]] especially the [[AR-15]] and even the diminutive [[Ruger 10/22]]) "State [[Senator]] [[Leland Yee]] was arraigned on seven charges of corruption and firearms trafficking<ref>[http://hotair.com/archives/2014/03/27/we-hardly-knew-yee We hardly knew Yee], Accessed January 14, 2015</ref> Wednesday, swept up in a broad FBI sting involving more than two dozen people across the Bay Area suspected of selling [[drugs]], [[smuggling]] guns<ref>http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_25428957/state-sen-leland-yee-indicted-arms-trafficking-corruption?source=pkg Accessed March 28, 2014 </ref> and arranging [[murder]] for hire<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Keith-Jackson-former-S-F-education-official-5352182.php Accessed March 28, 2014</ref>." "The allegations against Yee reach back to his losing run for [[San Francisco values|San Francisco]] mayor in 2011, when he worked with a political consultant named Keith Jackson who at one time served on the San Francisco Unified School District board. Jackson was also arraigned Monday on charges that include involvement in a murder-for-hire scheme and narcotics trafficking." [[FBI]] Affidavits<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/file/757/757-complaint_affidavit_14-70421-nc.pdf Accessed March 28, 2014 </ref> "say Lee also introduced another FBI agent posing as a [[medical marijuana]] businessman to two state legislators working on the issue in exchange for two contributions totaling $21,000."<ref>http://www.sacbee.com/2014/03/26/6271916/fbi-california-sen-leland-yee.html and http://www.redstate.com/2014/03/27/leland-yee-gun-control-gun-running-california/</ref>

 

On July 1, 2015, Yee pled guilty to a felony racketeering count in relation to money laundering, public corruption and bribery in an organized crime case.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Ex-Calif-Sen-Leland-Yee-Pleads-Guilty-Racketeering-in-Chinatown-Corruption-Case-311242141.html  |title=Ex-Calif. Sen. Leland Yee Pleads Guilty in Chinatown Corruption Case  |publisher=nbcbayarea.com |date= |accessdate=2015-07-01}}</ref> On February 24, 2016, Yee was sentenced to 5 years in federal prison.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Former state Sen. Leland Yee sentenced to prison|url = http://www.insidebayarea.com/california/ci_29556899/former-state-sen-leland-yee-sentenced-prison?source=rss|website = InsideBayArea.com|access-date = 2016-02-24}}</ref>

He is the author of [[video game]] legislation restricting the sale and distribution of the increasingly [[violence|violent]] and graphic video games to [[child|children]].  As a result, he is vilified by the video game addicts on the [[internet]].  Senator Yee filed an [[amicus brief]] in the case on his [[California]] video game legislation pending before the [[U.S. Supreme Court]].<ref>http://dist08.casen.govoffice.com/vertical/Sites/%7BBF15804D-042F-4DCF-8803-86441E95CD9F%7D/uploads/%7BF338F527-8D2E-4B9B-8A2F-B6D865D54A31%7D.PDF</ref>

He is the author of [[video game]] legislation restricting the sale and distribution of the increasingly [[violence|violent]] and graphic video games to [[child|children]].  As a result, he is vilified by the video game addicts on the [[internet]].  Senator Yee filed an [[amicus brief]] in the case on his [[California]] video game legislation pending before the [[U.S. Supreme Court]].<ref>http://dist08.casen.govoffice.com/vertical/Sites/%7BBF15804D-042F-4DCF-8803-86441E95CD9F%7D/uploads/%7BF338F527-8D2E-4B9B-8A2F-B6D865D54A31%7D.PDF</ref>

Senator Yee holds a [[Ph.D.|doctorate degree]] in [[Psychology|Developmental Psychology]] from the [[University of Hawaii]].  Dr. Yee previously served for eight years on the [[San Francisco]] Unified School District Board of Education, where he advocated for the improvement of the [[education]] system.   

Senator Yee holds a [[Ph.D.|doctorate degree]] in [[Psychology|Developmental Psychology]] from the [[University of Hawaii]].  Dr. Yee previously served for eight years on the [[San Francisco]] Unified School District Board of Education, where he advocated for the improvement of the [[education]] system.   

Senator Yee is also an advocate of free speech, authoring legislation to protect teachers from retaliation by administrators as a result of student speech.  He has further been praised by increasing access by the public to [[government]] documents, earning him the nickname "Senator Sunshine."

Like many [[liberals]], while being vehemently opposed to the [[Second Amendment]], Senator Yee is an advocate of the [[First Amendment]] [[United States Constitution|constitutional]] right of [[free speech]], authoring legislation to protect teachers from retaliation by administrators as a result of student speech.  He has further been praised by increasing access by the public to [[government]] documents, earning him the nickname "Senator Sunshine."

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