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Reports: State Sen. Yee indicted on public corruption charges


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March 26, 2014


NBC Bay Area reports Sen. Yee arrested in FBI sting

NBC Bay Area reported this morning that state Sen. Leland Yee had been arrested as the result of an FBI sting investigation that included other people but had no more details.

Leland is a San Francisco Democrat who was to leave the Legislature this year due to term limits and is a candidate for secretary of state. He is also a child psychologist.

The story is here.
Two other Democratic state senators, Rod Wright and Ron Calderon, are already on leaves of absence due to criminal charges against them, and their departure erased the Senate's Democratic supermajority at least temporarily. Were Yee also to depart before his term expires, it would drop Democrats to 25 seats in the Senate and give Republicans a larger role in legislation that requires two-thirds votes, such as tax increases and constitutional amendments.

Updated at 8:42 a.m. with more background

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