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California: Leland Yee

January 28, 2009 - 05:55 pm
NEWS FEED: Capitol Weekly

The Skinny

By Capitol Weekly Staff

It’s not just the Assemblymembers and Senators that get caught in the term-limits shuffle. Increasingly, staff is on the move both inside and outside the Building. Former Leland Yee chief of staff Janelle Beland has taken over as Senate Democratic Caucus Director, replacing Suzanne Wierbinski, who held the job under pro tem Don Perata. Rabinsky has moved to the pro tem’s policy shop. Meanwhile, Perata’s policy hatchet man Michael Miiller is working at the Banking, Finance and Insurance Committee. And longtime Senate Judiciary Committee consultant Gene Wong has also been swallowed into the pro tem vortex. Wong is now chief counsel to the pro tem. Filling his seat at Judish is Saskia Kim, former deputy director of the Senate Office of Research.

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Mon, 10/20/2008 - 17:09

Yee spokesman denies Jew's allegations in Chronicle column; Calls smears a desperate gambit to reduce jail time

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

Ed Jew, the former San Francisco supervisor who earlier this month pleaded guilty to federal political corruption charges, apparently told FBI investigators that state Sen. Leland Yee taught him how to be on the take within the tight-knit Chinese-American community in the city.

The charge was published Monday in this San Francisco Chronicle column.

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Fri, 09/05/2008 - 19:39

Yee notches unusual political win on LPGA English language requirement

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

SAN FRANCISCO - State Sen. Leland Yee notched an unusual political win this week after convincing the nation's female professional golf association to rescind a rule requiring its players to be able to speak English.

Yee (D-San Francisco) was able to marshal the forces of some 50 organizations to oppose a policy by the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) to suspend players who could not efficiently speak the language.

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Wed, 07/23/2008 - 14:14

Governor signs bill that will legally enforce the pet care instructions of deceased owners

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

Often, no matter how carefully deceased Californians may have planned for the future care of their pets, those plans are often dishonored or ignored, resulting in the animals being abandoned or turned over to public shelters for care.

But a bill signed into law this week by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will stop all of that.

Authored by state Sen. Leland Yee, (D-San Francisco), SB 685 will guarantee that the instructions found in people's wills as to the future care of their pets will be carried out.

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Mon, 07/14/2008 - 14:21

Yee hits streets to show solidarity with striking University of California workers

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

[img_assist|nid=1474|title=State Sen. Leland Yee speaks to striking medical workers|desc=Photo courtesy of Sen. Yee|link=none|align=none|width=420|height=315]Despite a judge's order saying that a strike could potentially place patient safety in jeopardy, state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, joined striking UC San Francisco Medical Center workers Monday in a show of political solidarity.

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Thu, 07/03/2008 - 14:28

Yee bill on better public disclosure of state contracts, audits gets governor's signature

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday announced that he has signed into law a bill that will shed greater light on state government contracts.

Senate Bill 1696 will now also open up the results of governmental audits and reviews of public agencies. Authored by state Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) the bill would prohibit a state or local agency from allowing an outside entity to control the disclosure of information that is otherwise subject to the California Public Records Act.

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Tue, 07/01/2008 - 17:54

Bill shielding domestic violence victims from providing testimony signed by governor

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

[img_assist|nid=1366|title=State Sen. Leland Yee|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=180|height=244]Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday signed a bill into law that will prohibit prosecutors and judges from threatening victims of domestic violence with contempt of court and jail time if they refuse to testify against their attackers.

The legislation, SB 1356, was authored by state Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) and mirrors an existing statute for sexual assault victims.

Yee praised the governor's decision:

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Wed, 06/25/2008 - 13:32

Yee bill that would open up public contracts, audits on governor's desk

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

A bill that will shed greater light on government contracts was passed out of the state Assembly this week and now awaits Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's signature or veto.

Senate Bill 1696 will also open up the results of governmental audits and reviews of public agencies.

Authored by state Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) the bill would prohibit a state or local agency from allowing an outside entity to control the disclosure of information that is otherwise subject to the California Public Records Act.

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Wed, 06/18/2008 - 16:52

Schwarzenegger and McCain go separate ways on offshore oil drilling issue

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

[img_assist|nid=1240|title=|desc=Getty Images Photo|link=none|align=left|width=420|height=240]Although California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and presumptive GOP nominee John McCain are all but politically attached at the hip, Schwarzenegger said Wednesday that McCain's endorsement of President Bush's call to lift the moratorium on offshore oil drilling had no chance of getting a "green light" in Hollywood parlance.

"California's coastline is an international treasure.

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Mon, 06/16/2008 - 19:55

Bill that would block domestic abuse victims from testifying against their abuser goes to governor

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

A controversial bill that would prevent victims of domestic abuse from being compelled by prosecutors to testify against their abusers was passed by the state Assembly Monday.

State Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) said SB 1356 now goes before Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for signature or veto. Unlike sexual assault victims, victims of domestic abuse in California have been on occasion sent to jail on contempt of court charges for not testifying against their assailants.

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