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mark leno state senator we will be voting on the floor tomorrow to suspend him. so, floor of the senate ever again. yee will never hold public office again either. the disgraced senator had ambitions of becoming california's next secretary of state but the scandal has been too much and yee withdrew his candicy for that office on thursday. his lawyer read the letter to the current secretary of state to reporters. dear debra, i hearby withdraw my candicy for secretary of state effective immediately. with best regards, signed leland yee, state senator. continuing our team coverage. kron 4's justine waldman has been digging into the criminal complaint. she has more on the players in the biggest corruption case to hit the bay area. a former colleague of senator yee and keith jackson is talking about the scandal. mary hernandez is a former school board member who served on the board with jackson. and was closely affiliated with yee politically. she calls the charges - appalling. "absolute shocki started to read the news about keith and lealand and i was shocked. the ke

ron cop way >> thank you it's a pleasure to be here as mark leno said i'm ron conway i'm the chairman and founder of sf city that represents almost 1 thousand tech companies in the city of san francisco. our thousand members represents 10 of thousands of tech workers in san francisco. let me say loudly and proudly and clearly a vast majority of the tech community wants to stand shoulder to shoulder with you in supporting steps to stop the speculative evictions that are putting long time residents at risk including the receipt of this building one of whom is a tech worker. entry-level tech workers are impacted by rising housing costs just like everyone else (clapping) i'm proud to be joined by sales force.com and mark and the board of directors of sf city who are going to be fearless and relentless in getting this legislation passed. we will broadcast our support in sacramento and are thankful to mark leno for supporting in legislation we also want to address common challenges shoulder to shoulder on san francisco transportation and education and especially affordability. we shouldn't

mark leno/senador estatal 5:15:04 he will not be on the floor of the senate, ever again.r mark leno de san francisco, dijo hoy que lee no volver a pisar el pleno del senado nunca jams... el liderazgo demcrata dijo lo mismo ayer. la noticia se da el mismo dia en que el abogado de lee anunciara que su cliente, citando razones personales, renunci pero a la contienda por el cargo de secretario de estado de california... s.o.t. paul demeester/abogado de leeland yee :31:03 i hereby withdraw my candidacy for election of secretary of state effective immediately. lee, de 65 aÑos, y quien representa la mitad de san francisco y la mayoria de san mateo en el senado estatal, fue arrestado ayer en su casa en san francisco y fue acusado de trfico de armas y corrupcin pblica.. sus oficinas en sacramento fueron allanadas, y hoy agentes volvieron a retirar evidencia. otras 24 personas fueron implicadas, incluyendo raymond chow, a quien el fbi describe como un mafioso en una posicin de autoridad dentro del triad, una organizacin criminal internacional. segn una declaracin federal, yee le di

state senator mark leno - along with some daredevils - took a leap of faith yesterday. by rapelling off the regency hotel. the goal was to help raise 250-thousand dollars. wasstate senator leland yee. the target of a federal sting. has withdrawn his candidacy for secretary of state. he's charged with wire fraud and arms smuggling. and some fellow lawmake4rs want him to resign. also arrested-- well known political consultant keith jackson. and a notorious chinese gang member, known as shrimp boy. yee's alleged connection to illegal firearms came as a shock to people who knew him as a crusader for tighter gun control. kit harmed when and that clause a former colleague of senator yee and keith jackson is talking about the scandal. mary hernandez is a former school board member who served on the board with jackson. and was closely affiliated with yee politically. "absolute shocki started to read the news about keith and lealand and i was shocked. the keith i knew on the school board cared deeply about the city's most disadvantaged kids. i remember speaking with him about ed

if he is suspended, state senator mark leno said that yee would not be on the senate floor again. these proceedings start at 9:00 this morning and we will be there. reporting live in sacramento, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you. stay with nbc bay area for continuing coverage of this story. any time we're not on air find the latest on our website nbcbayarea.com. >> it's 5:03. a former bay area principal accused of selling drugs will be in court today. investigators say they found methamphetamine and weighing scales in the san francisco home of eric lewis in 2012. the one-time principal of montague elementary in santa clara was arrested at a caltrains station after he reportedly tried to sell drugs to an undercover officer. investigators say lewis met the officer on a dating website. >> livermore police asking for your help finding a man they say robbed a woman with an -- at an atm. he had a baseball bat. images released show the man running across the parking lot toward the woman late wednesday night. he comes up to her holding that bat in the hand. demanding money,

state senator mark leno's office, walk san francisco, the police department, sfmta, senior disability actions. these flyers will be available at any point during the break or the closing moment of this session for me to hand out to anyone. >> thank you, mr. lowell. >> the final note is the senior who was in the collision yesterday passed away. she is 91 years old. she was at the intersection of fillmore and california. i >> i have no other public comment cards. anyone else? >> good afternoon, my name is mark background and i want to comment favorably on the new 8,000 series munis buses made available and have two wheelchair platforms inside of the bus and these are being used on many of the diesel buses. is there any way that we can work with in the future with the buses munis to make electric buses available with wheelchair access on them. my second comment is i want to thank the commission and the public works for making all the city offices and federal offices in the area disabled accessible with curb ramps. they have put quite a bit of effort in the last months and i certainly app

the three correspondence items came from the transit council and they were sent to senator yee, mark leno and assembly member tom. there is a news article that appeared in the chronicle. i don't know if people saw this or not. but the suggest matter is the loss of accessible ramp taxi and the shift to transportation network company like uber, lift and sidecar. the issue that ramp taxi is a vital component of our accessible transportation system and they are part of the para transit network of accessible vehicles. they are regulated by the sf mta and there is a very long history of the mta working with the disability community around issues like making sure that we have an adequate number of ramp taxis by percentage of fleet, customer service and disability sensitivity training. and the new t and c , which stand for transportation network company are regulated by the california public utilities commission. the puc hasn't gone far enough in the process to develop a robust set of rules or oversight to make sure the ride share companies are able to meet an equivalent level of accessibility as

mark leno repelled down for charity when he was surrounded by media asking about leland yee. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> i am disappointed. i am frustrated and angry. i want justice served. there is no understanding this. no rational to what he has been charged with. just not a sane situation. >> our coverage of the arrest of leland yee continues on www.ktvu.com. you can read the entire criminal complaint against him and learn more about the major suspects in the corruption case. >>> pg&e says it is putting a plan to cut down trees in the east bay so it could address the concerns of city leaders. they say the tree removal is necessary because roots are interfering with gas lines on public and private land. 700 trees would be eliminated in walnut creek alone. pg&e says they won't cut down trees till they meet with leaders. the mayor started a petition demanding pg&e meet with residents. >>> new at 6:00 p.m. finding a parking spot could be a challenge, especially in some places around the bay area. two california cities rank among the nation's top 10 worse cities. ktvu's tom vac

the legislation introduced by mark leno in sacramento the tenants asked him to do it and the lgb's in san francisco and what it says you have to own the property for at least 5 years but you, you can do did ellis act because the ellis act is done years the vast bulk of them 80 percent are done within the first 2 years and the bulk s are done within the first year colored to the day of purchase and were done in the first 67 months. this is done by reaming developers and this is not by the alongside they make millions. the amount we're talking about for relocation is really chump change to the great profits that they make so we definitely urge this be passed unamended >> thank you, mr. collier. >> thank you, steve collier tenderloin housing clinic. regarding what constitutes a hardship it's important to understand the rent board has as a backstop the constitutional fair rate in issuing a landlord can make a fair rent of return. with regards to the controllers factor for determining what the market rate will be for the unit it's important to understand it wasn't super clear to me, howeve

. >> i understand that our state senator mark leno offered sb 746 to offer lower drug prices. unfortunately that was a bill vetoed by the governor. we are all here trying to figure out what to do in san francisco to move things forward. this you for your work. colleagues, at this time unless you have any other questions, i would like to open it up to public comment. i know we have a fair number of public comment cards. let me call up the following individuals who submitted cards. jessie brooks, daniel ramos, bates, michael lion, duke, kelly and those are the cards that i have at the moment. if you want to step up, you have two minutes.2 minutes. thank you for your leadership on this. >> thank you for having this conversation. my name is dale glutsdz and bay area regional foundation and we were the major funder for prop b and dealing with the hiv epidemic and i'm very aware of life savings medication. i met a lot of people with other health conditions such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes who also struggle to afford medication. these people are all races and financial mean

and that's why i'm supporting senator mark leno's bill which will permit san francisco to close the loophole in the ellis act to protect our city's tenants from losing their homes to real estate speculators. my recent executive directive also encourages building and protecting housing by requiring our city's departments to prioritize the construction of new affordable housing while taking concrete steps to further preserve our existing rental housing stock. the directive incentivizes market rate developers to exceed the city's existing affordable housing requirements by offering a faster review process. this expedited review will move projects through city processes by 3 to 5 months faster from market rate developers that commit to building more than the minimum amount of housing for low and moderate income residents. encouraging more housing production is also why i set out a goal to build or rehabilitate 30,000 home in the next sick years. we must build and stabilize our housing ~. for these reasons, i am willing to support a pathway to legalizing existing in-law units. it's time to take t

redevelopment dissolution, saving $20 million, $19 million from governor brown in the word of senator mark leno, saving that from the governor balancing his budget. the item before you is really quite narrow. as you'll hear from staff, these are technical clarifications that happen as we approach project closing that tax credit investors and others have brought forth. so, we're pleased to bring this item for your consideration. so, with that i'd like to ask pam simms, development specialist to present this item. thanks. >> thank you, director bohe. good afternoon, acting chair ellington. >> thank you. >> commissioners. again, i am pam simms. i am a development specialist in the ocii office and i'm here today to present on item d, which are minor revisions or technical clarifications to the loan agreement for the project located at 17 51 carroll avenue. ~ as you remember or might remember, the project consists of 121 affordable senior units and a 13,000 square foot senior center. as you may remember, you last considered this development in september where the commission authorized executive dire

. >> state senator mark leno had just repelled down the high regency court charity when he was mobbed by the media asking about his colleague leland yee. >> everyone small something goes crazy there's no understanding and no rationale to what he is been charged with. it is just not a same situation. >> yee federal charges of corruption and gun trafficking hit hard because of his time on the board of supervisors and then in the legislature. >> i'm disappointed, frustrated and i'm angry. i want justice served. >> current president of the board of supervisors alerted to the situation where he was threatened by yee's alleged co- conspirator raymond chow. >> i have had some run-ins that were not pleasant, and the news yesterday was not surprising. >> vice chair of the state republican party says yee was a hypocritical gun control advocate. >> what it appears he was doing was suppressing the legitimate flow of guns and california to create the market for the illegitimate ones he was selling. and that is so cynical on summary letters comic levels. >> i can't really say i was shocked, i just

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convo ---mark leno, representant e democrata, describio la situacion como frustrante y dijo que en representacionde sus electores, se siente ofendido por el hecho. blanca ---y aqui tenemos un resumen de la vida de "leland yee". take vo ---se graduo con un doctorado en sicologa infantil de la universidad de california. ---comenzo su carrera politica en 1988, cuando fue electo al consejo escolar de san francisco. ---en 1992 fue arrestado en hawaii, bajo sospecha de robarse un producto de uso personal. take gfx 1 ---en 1996, fue electo al concejo de supervisores de san francisco, luego fue detenido bajo sospecha de solicitar servicios de prostitutas, a lo que el aseguro que solo conducia hacia su casa. ---en 2002, fue elegido a la asamblea estatal de california. take gfx2 ---en 2006 fue nombrado senador estatal y recibio amenazas de muerte por su propuesta de control de armas. ---en 2014 se lanza como candidato a secretario del estado de california. cesar --es una carrera hacia el congreso llena de obstaculos la que libran el actual titular "mike honda" y su rival "ro khana" a quien acusan de no jug

others like senator mark leno are calling for his resignation. >> if he does not, the president pro tem announced that we'll be voting ot floor tomorrow to suspend him. so leland yee will not be on the floor of the senate again. >> two others have been suspended ron calderon and rod wright. both are on paid leave meaning each receives a salary, if yee goes on paid leave the total amount picked up by taxpayers for the senators is $285,000. since his arrest, the issue of how special interest groups influenced lawmakers in sacramento has resurfaced it seems yee is no different from other politicians map light is a web site collecting and reports data on campaign contributions. most of the heavy donors are unions. >> solution is not just kicking out the people who actually broke the law, the solution is for all of the current lawmakers to get behind money and politics reforms. >> don is a political consultant working in the senate 40 years ago, talking about how lawmakers are tempted to take money from special interest groups because many are left owing a lot of money following a race >> we

others like senator mark leno are calling for his resignation. >> if he does not, the president pro tem announced that we'll be voting ot floor tomorrow to suspend him. so leland yee will not be on the floor of the senate again. >> two others have been suspended ron calderon and rod wright. both are on paid leave meaning each receives a salary, if yee goes on paid leave the total amount picked up by taxpayers for the senators is $285,000. since his arrest, the issue of how special interest groups influenced lawmakers in sacramento has resurfaced it seems yee is no different from other politicians map light is a web site collecting and reports data on campaign contributions. most of the heavy donors are unions. >> solution is not just kicking out the people who actually broke the law, the solution is for all of the current lawmakers to get behind money and politics reforms. >> don is a political consultant working in the senate 40 years ago, talking about how lawmakers are tempted to take money from special interest groups because many are left owing a lot of money following a race >> we

. >> senator mark leno along with some of their doubles to a leap of faith literally.undraiser for the bay area based organization out were bound california. they provide low-income students outdoor learning opportunities and programming. those events include rock climbing and hiking. the goal was to raise $250,000. >> coming up on the kron 4 news we have arriana ♪ to start ♪ ♪ i gotta have that bag. italian leather? for an amazing deal, and i love that designer. [ shopper ] you paid how much for that? [ female announcer ] two stores. two amazing ways to score. t.j.maxx and marshalls. >> two days after his arrest. the senator's political career is fall apart. i will tell you how they are planning to boot him out of office. >> there are charges of four pg&e that is now want to make this a criminal act. >> a plane has not spotted objects after malaysia plan 370 disappeared >> we will help more on the top story in a moment. >> there is another storm on the way. >> this is the first of several that will impact the next week. here is a live look outside at the toll plaza. t

. >> reporter: state senator mark leno did not waste words. and his colleagues haven't wasted time either. already removing yee from committees. >> we've already asked that he step down. and if he does not, the president pro tem of the senate has already announced that we will be voting on the floor tomorrow to suspend him. so leland yee will not be on the floor of the senate ever again. >> reporter: but when we asked yee's attorney if he would resign from state senate -- >> no comment at this time. >> reporter: this followed by a statement announcing that he was dropping out of the race for secretary of state. >> this was a very personal decision on the part of the senator. this is what he wanted to do to that election for office, given the circumstances of the federal case. >> reporter: a case which yee himself has yet to comment on and which will effectively end his political career in a matter of hours. regardless of what happens, it is just too late to hold a special election to replace yee. so it appears that eighth senate district in sa

senator mark leno had toth to say. he mentioned that fellow lawmakers are offended by this. >> indictment, every arraignment, every arrest reflects very poorly on a proud institution. >> reporter: the attorney said earlier they would offer a not guilty plea in all of this. i think you mentioned earlier there w there was a camera but he has -- senator lee, has been out of the public eye since this happened. president wanted to mention that feinstein and boxerer calling for him to resign. stick with us, we'll have more later today. reporting live in sacramento, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> some of the men arrested in that fbi operation are expected to appear in court. among them raymond chow. the former gangster is accused of money laundering and other charges. also possibly in court keith jackson accused of taking part in a murder-for-hire conspiracy as well as gun and drug trafficking. >> our extensive coverage of the story continues on line. you can find our exclusive video of yee's arrest and his political

barbara boxer and dianne feinstein, state senator leader darryl steinberg and state senator and mark lenor tol to publithe state senl talk things over a 9:00 a.m., then vote on whether to suspend him. he will never hold public office again either. he had ambitions of becoming california's next secretary of state, but withdrew his candidacy yesterday. >> kron4 justine waldman has been digging into the criminal complaint and she continues our team coverage of the biggest corruption case in the bay area history. >> we says 4 to january, and agents meet at a coffee shop in san francisco. the agent told jackson that he gave $5,000 to him for the purpose of meeting the arms dealer. he allegedly told the a's at the opportunity to purchase the weapons were real deal. he stated that he has seen what he has done in the past. >> according to yee the arms dealer had contacts in other areas. he stated that he think that he can make money and that they can. that agent then wanted to see missiles and automatic weapons worth $5,000 to do- stashed he ended the conversation by stating that he wanted the as

state senator mark leno of san francisco introduce add bill to raise it even higher. minimum wage may tleed job cuts. lead to job cuts. >>> an update and more of a wonderful video, runners greeting a world war ii veteran sunday. this has gone viral. there's more to this now. joe bell decides to cheer on the runners as they pass his house sunday. the 408 run was a benefit for the pat tillman foundation. runners passed by as bell was dressed in his world war ii uniform. captured by a news reporter on her iphone. he served as a corporal in the army. every now and then he said he likes putting on his uniform saying it would inspire the runners. >> sometimes they catch me, yeah, yeah. >> it was just this amazing tribute. he told me today that he's never really received recognition for anything. [ applause ] >> and if you would like to check ow joe's story on our facebook page or share it on your own page go to facebook.com, or facebook/abcnews. >>> two things stick out for me there bp one, 70 years later, that uniform still fits. and -- >> let me give you the correct addre

. >> we heard earlier from mark leno and others calling for his resignation. >> he is the third of thehree democrats in the senate who have faced serious scandals in the last two years. it's amazing. here's what's interesting, though. the senator robert wright, he gets found guilty of eight felonies related to lying about where he lived because he doesn't actually live in the district. and then state senator ron calderon gets arrested for 24 counts of bribery an misuse of public office stuff that is kind of similar to what leland yee is being arrested for and both wright and calderon were allowed to stay on a little longer in the senate than leland yee seems to be getting. they are now both again senators wright and calderon on paid leave of absence and senator yee does not appear to be getting extended that offer, as well. right now, state senator darrell steinberg who is the leader of the senate has said leland has to resign or be suspended. so they are definitely not friendly with him right now and he seems to be on his own. >> i would imagine. you get the indictment here. it's pret

to find out the fire department-- retardant chemicals and furniture that to purchase threesenator mark leno is expected to announce today a bill that would require manufacturers to disclose to consumers whether the furniture contains fire- retardant chemicals. the current regulation allows manufacturers to more readily comply with safety standards without resorting to chemicals, which have been linked to reproductive and neurological problems. doctors who treat medicare patients would get a last- minute reprieve from a scheduled 24 percent cut in their reimbursements from the government under a bill that's on track to pass the house. it would be the 17th time congress has stepped in with a temporary fix to a poorly designed medicare fee formula that dates to a 1997 budget law. if the monday night deadline is not met, medicare would stop processing payments to doctors until the payment fix is enacted. the lawyer hired by govenor chris christie to review the scandal over the george jams will release his findings today the review clears christie of involvement in the plot to block traffic in f

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