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Some of my favorite stories of 2014
As 2014 draws to a close, I’ve been ruminating on my favorite political moments of this year – not the most important or impactful ones, perhaps, but the ones that either made me shake my head in...
View ArticleLeland Yee placed 3rd for Sec’y of State. Really.
Leland Yee, the Democratic state Senator from San Francisco indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly taking bribes and conspiring to broker an international arms deal, finished third in a field...
View ArticleState Senate’s ethics review is tomorrow
The state Senate will hold its special ethics review and self-flagellation session Wednesday, following the conviction of one senator and the indictment of two others. State Senate President Pro Tem...
View ArticleSpotlighting suspended senators’ money & votes
You might have a harder time finding their legislative histories now, but three state senators who are in trouble with the law are being spotlighted by a Berkeley-based nonprofit that tracks money in...
View ArticleLegal scandals lead Dems to cancel golf fundraiser
Chalk up one immediate victim of the ethical and legal scandals sullying the state Senate: Golf. State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, and Sen. Kevin de Leon, who’ll succeed...
View ArticleGun-rights backers decry Leland Yee’s hypocrisy
Gun-rights advocates are up in arms about state Sen. Leland Yee’s alleged double life – an ardent gun-control advocate in public, while secretly negotiating with purported mobsters to set up...
View ArticleTransit strike ban bill dies on party-line vote
A bill to ban all California public transit workers from going on strike died on a party-line committee vote Monday. SB 423 by state Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff, R-Brea, had gone first to the...
View ArticleMan who threatened senator pleads to 10 crimes
The Santa Clara man who threatened a state senator’s life early this year over that lawmaker’s gun-control efforts pleaded guilty Monday to 10 crimes that could put him behind bars for up to a decade....
View ArticleBrown signs, vetoes political reform bills
Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed one political-reform bill but signed several others Tuesday. SB 3 by state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, would have required the Fair Political Practices Commission to...
View ArticleLeland Yee: Personal domestic attendant
Leland Yee: Child psychologist, county supervisor, school board member, state lawmaker – and now, personal domestic attendant. For a day, at least. Yee, D-San Francisco, will work Wednesday as an...
View ArticlePoliticians react to same-sex marriage rulings
EVERYBODY has something to say about today’s U.S. Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage. Here’s the latest from your Bay Area elected officials. From U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.: “As...
View ArticleDid Steinberg bawl out Yee in public-records flap?
Did state Senate Democratic leaders call Sen. Leland Yee on the carpet behind closed doors last week after Yee spoke out against their proposal to water down the California Public Records Act? State...
View ArticleCalifornia politicos on the Voting Rights Act ruling
Here’s how some California politicos are reacting to today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that voids key provisions of the Voting Rights Act: From U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.: “I strongly...
View ArticleReactions to Jerry Brown’s May budget revision
From Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles: “The Governor’s May Budget Revision is another key milestone in our effort to pass a balanced on-time budget by June 15th. We appreciate the Governor’s...
View ArticleYee will offer bill to ban 3-D printable guns
Though a federal bill to criminalize the 3-D printing of guns or certain gun components is pending in Congress, at least one California lawmaker wants to get in on the action, too. State Sen. Leland...
View ArticleBay Area-based gun control bills advance
As a bipartisan deal on increased background checks for gun sales appears to be headed for defeat in the U.S. Senate, some state lawmakers from the Bay Area are celebrating their own progress on...
View ArticleState Sen. Leland Yee responds to death threat
State Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, today issued a statement regarding the arrest of a Santa Clara man who allegedly made a threat against Yee’s life in response to the lawmaker’s gun-control...
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