Tag: Leland Yee
Tom’s Town: Support for sex workers and ending the War on Drugs
By Tom Temprano
This week SF Weekly ran a cover story on now defunct sex-worker serving organization Solace SF. The gist of the story is that a well-intentioned woman used...
The Leland Yee arrest – and fallout
By Tim Redmond
MARCH 26, 2014 -- The astonishing arrest of State Sen. Leland Yee on charges that include not just campaign-money corruption but conspiring to deal illegal weapons shakes...
The SF Assembly race and affirmative action
By Tim Redmond
MARCH 20, 2014 –A measure in the state Legislature that could end the ban on affirmative action at California public colleges and universities is now in limbo....
City Beat: Police – and political — guilt and innocence
By Tim Redmond
Oh, what fun to see the Police Officers Association sending out a solicitation that ends with the phrase: "Innocent until proven guilty."
I'm a big fan of that...
SF Democratic Party sides with developers on waterfront

Politics on Tuesday: Yee cancels fundraiser at Ellis-eviction law office
By Tim Redmond
MARCH 4, 2014 -- With little fanfare, State Sen. Leland Yee, who is running for Secretary of State, has apparently cancelled a fundraising event at the office...
Eviction lawyer, Ellis Act supporters hold fundraiser for Leland Yee
By Tim Redmond
State Sen. Leland Yee, who was conspicuously absent from the tenant rally in Sacramento, is raising campaign money from some of the most radical pro-eviction forces in...
Tom’s Town: A visit to River City (and what’s up with the David Chiu landlord-lawyer fundraiser?)
By Tom Temprano
My last visit to Sacramento happened when I was ten years old on a road trip to Gold Country with my dad. The memories I have from...
Statewide tenant movement comes alive in Sacramento. Where was Leland?
Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (center) addresses the tenant rally, with State Sen. Mark Leno (left) and Supervisors David Campos and John Avalos (behind Ammiano) looking on.
By Tim Redmond
Last year, when...
Why is the SF DA trying a 14-year-old as an adult?
By Tim Redmond
On June 24, 2103, an SUV pulled up near a Muni shelter at West Point Road and Middle Point Road in Hunters Point. According to video images...