Leland Yee
FameRank: 4

"Leland Yin Yee" is a former California State Senate/Democratic California State Senator for California's 8th State Senate district/District 8, which when he was elected covered parts of San Francisco and the San Francisco Peninsula/Peninsula. Yee was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation/FBI on March 26, 2014 on charges related to Corruption/public corruption and Arms trafficking/gun trafficking — specifically buying automatic firearms and shoulder-launched missiles from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, an Islamist extremist group located in the southern Philippines and attempting to re-sell those weapons to an undercover FBI agent, as well as accepting a $10,000 bribe from an undercover agent in exchange for placing a call to the California Department of Public Health regarding a contract at the organization.

Prior to becoming state senator, Yee was a California State Assemblyman, Supervisor of San Francisco's Sunset District, and was a member and President of the San Francisco School Board. In 2004 Yee became the first Asian American to be appointed Speaker pro Tempore, making him the second highest ranking Democratic Party (United States)/Democrat of the California State Assembly. He was an award-winning gun control advocate.

More Leland Yee on Wikipedia.

AB 1263 will significantly cut down on the number of infections, but more importantly this bill should give consumers reasonable protection.

Relief is finally coming for San Francisco pedestrians and bicyclists, ... The loss of human life and suffering caused by the staggering number of accidents along 19th Avenue clearly warrants this legislation.

The bill I was able to pass limits the sale of ultra-violent games to children. It does not prevent the sale of violent games. Ultra-violent games are a subset, where an individual performs acts that in real life would be a crime... We believe that this law stands the test of First Amendment exceptions.

Unlike movies, where you passively watch violence, in a video game you are the active participant and making decisions on who to stab, maim, burn or kill, ... As a result, these games serve as learning tools that have a dramatic impact on our children.

I think last year the industry said, 'Trust us, we're going to do the right thing,' ... But it became pretty apparent that, in fact, the industry was not honest.

I think the Cal community has a sense of social consciousness and caring of humanity. When I heard he was an alumni, I felt that it fit in the school's tradition.