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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_130703\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/F180097365.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/F180097365-640x453.jpg\" alt=\"California's Department of Public Health has been under scrutiny for overlooking obvious cases of abuse at the state's five developmental centers. (Adithya Sambamurthy/The Center for Investigative Reporting)\" width=\"640\" height=\"453\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-130703\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California's Department of Public Health has been under scrutiny for overlooking obvious cases of abuse at the state's five developmental centers. (Adithya Sambamurthy/The Center for Investigative Reporting)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Rachael Bale\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She is known in public records as Client 98, a disabled woman living at the Lanterman Developmental Center, a state-run board-and-care facility in Los Angeles County that houses roughly 100 men and women with disorders such as cerebral palsy and severe autism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the morning of Nov. 6, 2012, an aide was helping Client 98 from the shower to the bed when the aide noticed drops of blood on the floor. A health services specialist found that the woman had a tear in her genital area. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An on-site physician examined Client 98, whose age was not included in public records, and concluded that someone might have sexually assaulted her. She was taken to the hospital for a full examination. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was some type of blunt force trauma, but I cannot tell what,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068159-lanterman-developmental-center-survey-1of-2.html#document/p121/a150083\">said a nurse\u003c/a> who examined her, according to public records. The nurse confirmed an assault had occurred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unsolved case of Client 98 was in \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/LnC/Pages/DevelopmentalCenterActions.aspx\">reports\u003c/a> by the California Department of Public Health documenting life inside Lanterman Developmental Center and another state board-and-care facility, the Fairview Developmental Center in Orange County. Totaling more than 500 pages, these reports offer a dispiriting glimpse into alleged violence and other misconduct harming severely developmentally disabled residents in these two facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">The facility’s emergency notification system went off: code blue -- patient in need of resuscitation.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The violations include suspicious deaths, poor treatment and improper supervision. Inspectors visiting Lanterman in September, for example, recorded incidents of staff giving \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068159-lanterman-developmental-center-survey-1of-2.html#document/p86/a9\">unnecessary drugs\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068159-lanterman-developmental-center-survey-1of-2.html#document/p93/a5\">providing incontinence care in view of others\u003c/a> and inadequately supervising residents, during which times one person \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068159-lanterman-developmental-center-survey-1of-2.html#document/p111/a8\">assaulted another with a wooden stick\u003c/a> and another was suspected of \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068159-lanterman-developmental-center-survey-1of-2.html#document/p109/a7\">ingesting foreign objects\u003c/a>, among other incidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state inspectors, who complete the compliance surveys on behalf of the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, focused on about 30 residents at the facilities, which together house more than 400 residents. Although the reports are public, the names and other identifying information about patients were kept confidential for privacy reasons. The surveys occur no more than 15.9 months apart, according to federal guidelines. On average, they occur 12 months apart, according to a state Department of Public Health spokesman. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both the Department of Public Health, which inspects the state’s five developmental centers, and the state Department of Developmental Services, which runs them, have been under intense scrutiny for overlooking obvious cases of abuse at the facilities, which collectively house more than 1,300 men and women. A \u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/broken-shield\">series of reports\u003c/a> from The Center for Investigative Reporting found the developmental centers’ on-site police force, the Office of Protective Services, has failed to conduct thorough investigations into claims of abuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that they're finding all of these problems at all of these facilities now really suggests they have not been doing thorough survey investigations over a number of years at these facilities,” said Leslie Morrison, director of the investigations unit at Disability Rights California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response, a spokesman for the health department said all surveys are conducted according to a process laid out by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. “Each survey is dynamic, and findings from surveys stand independently,” Corey Egel said in a written statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since December 2012, federal regulators have penalized all four of California's large developmental centers, located in Sonoma, Orange, Los Angeles and Tulare counties. A fifth, smaller developmental center in Riverside County was found to have compliance violations in 2012, but it faced no state or federal penalties. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January, the health department began removing Medicaid funding for Fairview, Lanterman and the Porterville Developmental Center in the Central Valley for failing the compliance surveys, but recent agreements between the Department of Developmental Services and the California Department of Public Health to improve conditions halted the decertification process. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nancy Lungren, a spokeswoman for the Department of Developmental Services, said in a written statement that the facilities “responded to each incident noted and developed plans of correction immediately to provide the necessary care and services, and to address any system issues.” In addition, Lungren said independent reviewers are expected to start visiting the facilities in April to “examine the root cause of the deficiencies” and offer an improvement plan. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Client 12 'refused to move her legs' for two days. It turned out that she had a broken neck.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The state has eight enforcement actions pending against Lanterman and Fairview, but neither facility paid any fines in 2013. And after agreeing to the plans of correction, neither faced sanctions for failing the surveys. Had the Medicare decertification actions for Lanterman, Fairview and Porterville gone through, California taxpayers would have been on the hook for about $4.1 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the case of Client 98, the investigation was handed over the day after the assault to the California Highway Patrol, which has jurisdiction over potentially criminal cases that occur at Lanterman. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A CHP investigator interviewed all four staff members who had contact with the client the night of the incident. But after DNA tests returned negative, the highway patrol concluded the investigation nine months after the assault occurred. The primary suspect, an aide who was in charge of the shift on the night the client was injured, died of an unspecified medical condition during the course of the investigation. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inspectors also found little evidence that the Office of Protective Services had followed up with its own internal investigation as required. It was unclear whether it had tracked down other clients with whom the suspected aide had contact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The OPS Commander was unable to provide a clear and concise answer, stating that it might have been documented in the report,” the inspectors \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068159-lanterman-developmental-center-survey-1of-2.html#document/p149/a4\">wrote\u003c/a>. The commander \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068159-lanterman-developmental-center-survey-1of-2.html#document/p148/a3\">suggested\u003c/a> at one point that the injury could have been a result of a loose arm on a chair, according to the compliance survey. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to failing to protect a client from sexual assault, Lanterman was \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068159-lanterman-developmental-center-survey-1of-2.html#document/p58/a150079\">cited\u003c/a> for neglect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around 4:30 p.m. Jan. 5, 2013 – about two months after the suspected sexual assault – another Lanterman resident, known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068159-lanterman-developmental-center-survey-1of-2.html#document/p58/a4\">Client 97\u003c/a>, lay down for a nap. The afternoon nap was out of character, but the aide assigned to monitor this resident at all times nonetheless left the room after a few minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 10 minutes later, the facility’s emergency notification system went off: code blue – patient in need of resuscitation. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The aide returned to the room and began CPR. More staff arrived to help. Paramedics came soon after. But by 5:15 p.m., the code was canceled. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Client 97 was dead. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coincidentally, a surveyor from the Department of Public Health was on-site that day to conduct a compliance inspection. The surveyor noticed that Client 97 was supposed to be on enhanced supervision, so the surveyor and another employee went to check on him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We found Client 97 in his bed, laying on his side,” the surveyor \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068159-lanterman-developmental-center-survey-1of-2.html#document/p59/a150080\">wrote\u003c/a> in the inspection report. He had no pulse. “I called a code and 911.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eight months later, the health department found that this incident – and several others relating to lack of supervision – put the Lanterman Developmental Center \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068159-lanterman-developmental-center-survey-1of-2.html#document/p58/a5\">on track\u003c/a> to lose its Medicaid funding. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inspectors also found serious problems at the Fairview Developmental Center in Costa Mesa. In fact, they noted Fairview had accumulated more violations between surveys in May and August of 2013, ranging from \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068161-fairview-developmental-center-survey-2-of-3.html#document/p6/a2\">verbal abuse\u003c/a> to restricting \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068163-fairview-developmental-center-survey-1-of-3.html#document/p38/a3\">access to the telephone\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068163-fairview-developmental-center-survey-1-of-3.html#document/p39/a4\">recreational activities\u003c/a> to not being alert about \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068161-fairview-developmental-center-survey-2-of-3.html#document/p8/a150147\">unexplained injuries\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one illustrative case, Client 12 “refused to move her legs” for two days. It turned out that she had a broken neck and needed surgery. Doctors also \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068163-fairview-developmental-center-survey-1-of-3.html#document/p96/a9\">found\u003c/a> a broken rib, a bruise on her neck and a blood clot under her scalp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The surgery was the culmination of about a month of unexplained bruises and a hard fall after a seizure. It is unclear or unknown exactly what caused the neck fracture, but inspectors noted her \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068163-fairview-developmental-center-survey-1-of-3.html#document/p91/a150138\">worn-out\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068163-fairview-developmental-center-survey-1-of-3.html#document/p92/a150139\">cracked\u003c/a> helmet and heard from staff members who \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068163-fairview-developmental-center-survey-1-of-3.html#document/p96/a150116\">said\u003c/a> she had complained of back pain at least a week before the paralysis began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the resident first “refused to move,” several sets of X-rays failed to reveal any injuries. 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Inspectors visiting Lanterman in September, for example, recorded incidents of staff giving \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068159-lanterman-developmental-center-survey-1of-2.html#document/p86/a9\">unnecessary drugs\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068159-lanterman-developmental-center-survey-1of-2.html#document/p93/a5\">providing incontinence care in view of others\u003c/a> and inadequately supervising residents, during which times one person \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068159-lanterman-developmental-center-survey-1of-2.html#document/p111/a8\">assaulted another with a wooden stick\u003c/a> and another was suspected of \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068159-lanterman-developmental-center-survey-1of-2.html#document/p109/a7\">ingesting foreign objects\u003c/a>, among other incidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state inspectors, who complete the compliance surveys on behalf of the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, focused on about 30 residents at the facilities, which together house more than 400 residents. Although the reports are public, the names and other identifying information about patients were kept confidential for privacy reasons. The surveys occur no more than 15.9 months apart, according to federal guidelines. On average, they occur 12 months apart, according to a state Department of Public Health spokesman. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both the Department of Public Health, which inspects the state’s five developmental centers, and the state Department of Developmental Services, which runs them, have been under intense scrutiny for overlooking obvious cases of abuse at the facilities, which collectively house more than 1,300 men and women. A \u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/broken-shield\">series of reports\u003c/a> from The Center for Investigative Reporting found the developmental centers’ on-site police force, the Office of Protective Services, has failed to conduct thorough investigations into claims of abuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that they're finding all of these problems at all of these facilities now really suggests they have not been doing thorough survey investigations over a number of years at these facilities,” said Leslie Morrison, director of the investigations unit at Disability Rights California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response, a spokesman for the health department said all surveys are conducted according to a process laid out by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. “Each survey is dynamic, and findings from surveys stand independently,” Corey Egel said in a written statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since December 2012, federal regulators have penalized all four of California's large developmental centers, located in Sonoma, Orange, Los Angeles and Tulare counties. A fifth, smaller developmental center in Riverside County was found to have compliance violations in 2012, but it faced no state or federal penalties. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January, the health department began removing Medicaid funding for Fairview, Lanterman and the Porterville Developmental Center in the Central Valley for failing the compliance surveys, but recent agreements between the Department of Developmental Services and the California Department of Public Health to improve conditions halted the decertification process. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nancy Lungren, a spokeswoman for the Department of Developmental Services, said in a written statement that the facilities “responded to each incident noted and developed plans of correction immediately to provide the necessary care and services, and to address any system issues.” In addition, Lungren said independent reviewers are expected to start visiting the facilities in April to “examine the root cause of the deficiencies” and offer an improvement plan. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Client 12 'refused to move her legs' for two days. It turned out that she had a broken neck.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The state has eight enforcement actions pending against Lanterman and Fairview, but neither facility paid any fines in 2013. And after agreeing to the plans of correction, neither faced sanctions for failing the surveys. Had the Medicare decertification actions for Lanterman, Fairview and Porterville gone through, California taxpayers would have been on the hook for about $4.1 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the case of Client 98, the investigation was handed over the day after the assault to the California Highway Patrol, which has jurisdiction over potentially criminal cases that occur at Lanterman. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A CHP investigator interviewed all four staff members who had contact with the client the night of the incident. But after DNA tests returned negative, the highway patrol concluded the investigation nine months after the assault occurred. The primary suspect, an aide who was in charge of the shift on the night the client was injured, died of an unspecified medical condition during the course of the investigation. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inspectors also found little evidence that the Office of Protective Services had followed up with its own internal investigation as required. It was unclear whether it had tracked down other clients with whom the suspected aide had contact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The OPS Commander was unable to provide a clear and concise answer, stating that it might have been documented in the report,” the inspectors \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068159-lanterman-developmental-center-survey-1of-2.html#document/p149/a4\">wrote\u003c/a>. The commander \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068159-lanterman-developmental-center-survey-1of-2.html#document/p148/a3\">suggested\u003c/a> at one point that the injury could have been a result of a loose arm on a chair, according to the compliance survey. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to failing to protect a client from sexual assault, Lanterman was \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068159-lanterman-developmental-center-survey-1of-2.html#document/p58/a150079\">cited\u003c/a> for neglect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around 4:30 p.m. Jan. 5, 2013 – about two months after the suspected sexual assault – another Lanterman resident, known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068159-lanterman-developmental-center-survey-1of-2.html#document/p58/a4\">Client 97\u003c/a>, lay down for a nap. The afternoon nap was out of character, but the aide assigned to monitor this resident at all times nonetheless left the room after a few minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 10 minutes later, the facility’s emergency notification system went off: code blue – patient in need of resuscitation. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The aide returned to the room and began CPR. More staff arrived to help. Paramedics came soon after. But by 5:15 p.m., the code was canceled. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Client 97 was dead. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coincidentally, a surveyor from the Department of Public Health was on-site that day to conduct a compliance inspection. The surveyor noticed that Client 97 was supposed to be on enhanced supervision, so the surveyor and another employee went to check on him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We found Client 97 in his bed, laying on his side,” the surveyor \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068159-lanterman-developmental-center-survey-1of-2.html#document/p59/a150080\">wrote\u003c/a> in the inspection report. He had no pulse. “I called a code and 911.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eight months later, the health department found that this incident – and several others relating to lack of supervision – put the Lanterman Developmental Center \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068159-lanterman-developmental-center-survey-1of-2.html#document/p58/a5\">on track\u003c/a> to lose its Medicaid funding. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inspectors also found serious problems at the Fairview Developmental Center in Costa Mesa. 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Doctors also \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068163-fairview-developmental-center-survey-1-of-3.html#document/p96/a9\">found\u003c/a> a broken rib, a bruise on her neck and a blood clot under her scalp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The surgery was the culmination of about a month of unexplained bruises and a hard fall after a seizure. It is unclear or unknown exactly what caused the neck fracture, but inspectors noted her \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068163-fairview-developmental-center-survey-1-of-3.html#document/p91/a150138\">worn-out\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068163-fairview-developmental-center-survey-1-of-3.html#document/p92/a150139\">cracked\u003c/a> helmet and heard from staff members who \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1068163-fairview-developmental-center-survey-1-of-3.html#document/p96/a150116\">said\u003c/a> she had complained of back pain at least a week before the paralysis began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the resident first “refused to move,” several sets of X-rays failed to reveal any injuries. 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"disqusTitle": "In Wake of Arrest, Sen. Leland Yee Quits Secretary of State's Race",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_130508\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-130508\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/LelandYee640.jpg\" alt=\"State Sen. Leland Yee (Adithya Sambamurthy/ The Center for Investigative Reporting)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Leland Yee (Adithya Sambamurthy/ The Center for Investigative Reporting)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Dan Brekke and David Marks\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:15 p.m. Thursday (AP\u003c/strong>): Gun-control groups said Thursday they were trying to find a new legislative leader to champion firearms restrictions after one of their most outspoken supporters was charged in a federal gun-trafficking case. People on both sides of the gun control issue said the charges against state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, may slow consideration of gun legislation this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Ironically, while he's being charged with gun trafficking, next to (U.S. Sen.) Dianne Feinstein he was probably the second most outspoken gun control advocate. This really leaves us scrambling for someone to pick up that mantle,'' said Paul Song, executive chairman of CourageCampaign.org. \"If it wasn't so sad it would be comical. But what we're really worried about is that this will further destroy the momentum for gun control here in California.''\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:30 p.m. Thursday: \u003c/strong>U.S.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) released the following statement on California State Senator Leland Yee:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>The allegations against Senator Yee are shocking. It has become clear he has lost the confidence of his colleagues and for the good of his constituents should step down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1:00 p.m. Thursday: \u003c/strong>U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today released the following statement on the indictment of California State Senator Leland Yee on public corruption and other charges:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I agree with State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg that Leland Yee should immediately step down. If these allegations are true, they are beyond outrageous. I support the Justice Department’s crackdown on corruption, which sends an unequivocal message that there is absolutely no place in public life for criminals who violate the public trust and demean public service.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:10 p.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> Sen. Leland Yee's defense attorney, Paul DeMeester, announced at a press conference in San Francisco that Yee has \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1098056-leland-yee-letter-of-withdrawal-from-california.html\" target=\"_blank\">withdrawn from the Democratic race for Secretary of State\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A day after he was charged with five counts related to alleged influence peddling and one count of arms trafficking, Yee notified the outgoing Secretary of State Debra Bowen that he was quitting the race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeMeester declined to discuss whether Yee intends to comply with a resignation demand from state Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee is due back in court at 9:30 a.m. Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 6:00 pm Wednesday: \u003c/strong>California state Sen. Leland Yee was formally charged in federal court in San Francisco Wednesday with six counts of depriving the public of honest services and one count of conspiracy to traffic in guns without a license. Each of the six counts of depriving the public of honest services carries a potential 20-year prison term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED's Peter Jon Shuler reports that Yee has been released on a $500,000 unsecured bond after being forced to give up his passport and ordered not to leave California. Yee is next expected in court for a 9:30 am hearing on Monday, March 31.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 5:00 p.m. Wednesday\u003c/strong>: State Senate leader Darrell Steinberg \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-steinberg-yee-resign-20140326,0,3217104.story#ixzz2x7SgavTz\">called\u003c/a> for Sen. Leland Yee to resign from the Senate or face swift suspension by his colleagues, after the San Francisco senator was indicted on arms trafficking and public corruption charges\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 3:20 p.m. Wednesday: \u003c/strong>KQED reporter Peter Jon Shuler is in the courtroom for today's arraignment proceedings. He says state Sen. Leland Yee has yet to be charged, but that of the 12 defendants charged so far, five have been released on bail. Suspected Chinatown gang leader Raymond Chow has been charged -- but the presiding judge has ordered him detained at least until a bail hearing scheduled for April 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/141618001&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/214735483/FBI-s-Criminal-Complaint-Against-Laland-Yee\">affidavit of FBI Special Agent Emmanuel Pascua has been unsealed\u003c/a> in support of a criminal complaint against Yee, Chow, San Francisco political consultant \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/26/130537/keith-jackson-among-laland-yees-top-political-contributors/\">Keith Jackson\u003c/a> and 23 others. Among other things, the affidavit alleges that Yee was involved in a conspiracy to \u003ca href=\"http://www.justice.gov/usao/can/news/2014/2014_03_26_ckt.charged.press.html\">traffic firearms\u003c/a> with \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/26/130537/keith-jackson-among-laland-yees-top-political-contributors/\">Jackson\u003c/a>. The legislator is known as a strong advocate of gun control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED Sacramento Bureau Chief \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/scottdetrow\">Scott Detrow has been poring over\u003c/a> the 137-page affidavit in which Jackson and Yee are reported to have agreed to introduce an undercover federal agent to a weapons dealer in exchange for cash. The affidavit also alleges Yee took payments in exchange for helping another undercover agent with proposed legislation to legalize marijuana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:45 a.m. Wednesday: \u003c/strong>The Associated Press reports the FBI has confirmed state Sen. Leland Yee's arrest:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FBI spokesman Peter Lee said State Sen. Leland Yee was arrested Wednesday morning. He declined to discuss the charges, citing an ongoing investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"35ee411999e813a3a418286999d06d03\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee said a second man, Raymond Chow, was also arrested. Chow was reportedly the head of Ghee Kung Tong, one of several fraternal organizations in San Francisco's Chinatown. Chow had returned to Chinatown after serving time in prison on gun charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Chronicle, citing unnamed sources, reports \"the predawn, multiagency raids involving hundreds of federal agents and local cops stemmed from a fatal shooting about five years ago.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal officials have told KQED that Yee, Chow and others will be arraigned in San Francisco federal court at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, 9:12 a.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> State Sen. Leland Yee of San Francisco, a veteran legislator known for his fight against violent video games and for championing the cause of domestic violence victims, has reportedly been indicted and arrested on charges of public corruption in a case that may involve Chinatown gangs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee's arrest and an apparently associated series of raids were reported early Wednesday by KNTV-NBC Bay Area, San Francisco's ABC7, Oakland's KTVU-Channel 2 and others. Federal agents reportedly are carrying out sweeps of Yee's offices and other locations with the aid of local and state law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee, trained as a child psychologist, is a longtime San Francisco official who has served on the city's school board, Board of Supervisors and in the state Assembly and Senate. He is running for secretary of state this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_130511\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-130511\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/YeeOffice300.jpg\" alt=\"A California Highway Patrol officer and other officials stand outside Sen. Leland Yee’s Sacramento office Wednesday. \" width=\"300\" height=\"244\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A California Highway Patrol officer and other officials stand outside Sen. Leland Yee’s Sacramento office Wednesday. (Scott Detrow/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Calls by KQED News on Wednesday morning to confirm the reports, including to the FBI, the U.S. Attorney's Office for Northern California and three of Yee's offices, have not yet been answered. The San Francisco police did not confirm that an operation was underway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But pictures posted online by both NBC Bay Area and KPIX-Channel 5 showed Yee being led from his home in handcuffs and driven away. ABC7 and KTVU report that Yee was taken to San Francisco's Federal Building. KQED's Scott Detrow visited Yee's Sacramento office and found police and other officials stationed in the hallway outside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's \u003ca href=\"http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/California-State-Senator-Leland-Yee-Arrested-on-Bribery-And-Corruption-Charges-252452181.html\" target=\"_blank\">KNTV's initial online four-paragraph report\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California State Senator Leland Yee has been arrested on bribery and corruption charges as part of several arrests made by the FBI Wednesday morning during a sting, sources have told NBC Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee represents District 8, which comprises of a large portion of east central California. Before redistricting in 2011, Yee represented District 8 in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>... Sources told NBC Bay Area that the FBI investigation dates back years. NBC Bay Area has learned that the FBI is making a number of arrests connected to the investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=9480515\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7 Lee reports\u003c/a> Yee's arrest is connected to a law enforcement sweep targeting gangs — though it offers no details of what the connection might be:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A series of search warrants are being executed by the FBI across the Bay Area this morning. ABC7 News has learned they are making numerous arrests in a widespread sweep involving suspected gang members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the searches is taking place at the San Francisco Chinatown office of the Ghee Kung Tong Free Masons. It is linked to the arrest this morning of Raymond \"Shrimp Boy\" Chow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sacramento's \u003ca href=\"http://www.kcra.com/news/fbi-conducting-multiple-raids-in-norcal/25172542\" target=\"_blank\">KCRA-Channel 3 shows law enforcement agents outside Yee's Sacramento office and says\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>... FBI agents were raiding Yee's office at the state Capitol, taking computers and other documents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FBI confirmed that it conducted raids at homes and businesses in the Bay Area and Sacramento Wednesday morning, where multiple search warrants were issued and arrests were made.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Highway Patrol officers and the Sergeant at Arms are currently stationed outside Yee's office at the state Capitol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Reporter's Guide: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/26/a-reporters-guide-to-affidavit-on-leland-yee/\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Detrow's take on the FBI Affidavit on State Sen. Leland Yee\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Video from KPIX:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/9987085-who-is-raymond-chow-kpix-5-report-from-2006/\" target=\"_blank\">2006 profile of Raymond 'Shrimp Boy' Chow\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>'Enter the Dragon Head': \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfweekly.com/2007-08-01/news/enter-the-dragon-head/\" target=\"_blank\">SFWeekly's 2007 profile of Raymond Chow\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Audio from KQED's 'Forum': \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"#soundcloud\">Scott Detrow on Leland Yee's arrest\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee is running for Secretary of State, one of a half-dozen Democrats competing in the race. During a candidates' forum in Southern California earlier this month, Yee talked about the challenges of succeeding as an immigrant and focused on voter legislation he's gotten passed. One bill, enacted last year, makes it possible for voters to \u003ca href=\"http://sd08.senate.ca.gov/news/2013-09-19-yee-celebrates-online-voter-registration-day\" target=\"_blank\">register online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Los Angeles Times, Yee told the forum voters should judge the Secretary of State candidates on their records. \"That's the best assessment you can make,\" Yee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://sd08.senate.ca.gov/biography\" target=\"_blank\">Yee's Senate biography \u003c/a>lists scores of bills he's passed on subjects ranging from plug-in hybrid vehicles to mental health to domestic violence. He won national recognition for his campaign to ban the sale or rental of violent videogame to those under 18 years old. One of Yee's bills was enacted but overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court as a violation of First Amendment free-speech rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the Associated Press summary of some of Lee's legislative highlights:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee, 65, is best known publicly for his efforts to strengthen open records, government transparency and whistleblower protection laws, including legislation to close a loophole in state public records laws after the CSU Stanislaus Foundation refused to release its $75,000 speaking contract with former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in 2010.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For his efforts to uphold the California Public Records Act, Yee was honored last week by the Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, which awarded him its public official citation for his efforts last year to maintain the requirements of the California Public Records Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee has at times clashed with fellow Democrats for casting votes of conscience, refusing to support the Democratic budget proposal in 2011 because of its deep cuts to education, social services and education. He also opposed legislation by a fellow Democrat, Assemblyman Paul Fong of Cupertino, that banned the sale of shark fins used for Chinese shark fin soup, saying that it unfairly targeted the Chinese-American community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Leland-Yee-reportedly-arrested-in-corruption-case-5350602.php\" target=\"_blank\">The San Francisco Chronicle notes\u003c/a> that Wednesday's arrest is not Yee's first encounter with the law:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This isn't Yee's first brush with the law. In 2000, Yee was arrested in Hawaii on suspicion of boosting an $8.09 bottle of suntan oil by putting it in the front of his shorts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A year earlier, Lee was pulled over twice by San Francisco police officer who suspected him of cruising the Mission District in search of prostitutes. In both cases, police questioned Yee at the scene of the stops on South Van Ness Avenue and let him go on his way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee, who championed putting a lid on massage parlors around the city, confirmed the stops, but said that in both cases he was the victim of mistaken identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee is the third Democratic member of the state Senate currently facing serious legal trouble. Sen. Rod Wright of Los Angeles is on leave \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-sen-wright-is-frustrated-by-conviction-defends-accepting-pay-on-leave-20140303,0,7487106.story#axzz2x5aX6Heb\" target=\"_blank\">as he appeals felony convictions\u003c/a> for perjury and voter fraud. Sen. 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Leland Yee's defense attorney, Paul DeMeester, announced at a press conference in San Francisco that Yee has \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1098056-leland-yee-letter-of-withdrawal-from-california.html\" target=\"_blank\">withdrawn from the Democratic race for Secretary of State\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A day after he was charged with five counts related to alleged influence peddling and one count of arms trafficking, Yee notified the outgoing Secretary of State Debra Bowen that he was quitting the race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeMeester declined to discuss whether Yee intends to comply with a resignation demand from state Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee is due back in court at 9:30 a.m. Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 6:00 pm Wednesday: \u003c/strong>California state Sen. Leland Yee was formally charged in federal court in San Francisco Wednesday with six counts of depriving the public of honest services and one count of conspiracy to traffic in guns without a license. Each of the six counts of depriving the public of honest services carries a potential 20-year prison term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED's Peter Jon Shuler reports that Yee has been released on a $500,000 unsecured bond after being forced to give up his passport and ordered not to leave California. Yee is next expected in court for a 9:30 am hearing on Monday, March 31.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 5:00 p.m. Wednesday\u003c/strong>: State Senate leader Darrell Steinberg \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-steinberg-yee-resign-20140326,0,3217104.story#ixzz2x7SgavTz\">called\u003c/a> for Sen. Leland Yee to resign from the Senate or face swift suspension by his colleagues, after the San Francisco senator was indicted on arms trafficking and public corruption charges\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 3:20 p.m. Wednesday: \u003c/strong>KQED reporter Peter Jon Shuler is in the courtroom for today's arraignment proceedings. He says state Sen. Leland Yee has yet to be charged, but that of the 12 defendants charged so far, five have been released on bail. Suspected Chinatown gang leader Raymond Chow has been charged -- but the presiding judge has ordered him detained at least until a bail hearing scheduled for April 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/141618001&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/214735483/FBI-s-Criminal-Complaint-Against-Laland-Yee\">affidavit of FBI Special Agent Emmanuel Pascua has been unsealed\u003c/a> in support of a criminal complaint against Yee, Chow, San Francisco political consultant \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/26/130537/keith-jackson-among-laland-yees-top-political-contributors/\">Keith Jackson\u003c/a> and 23 others. Among other things, the affidavit alleges that Yee was involved in a conspiracy to \u003ca href=\"http://www.justice.gov/usao/can/news/2014/2014_03_26_ckt.charged.press.html\">traffic firearms\u003c/a> with \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/26/130537/keith-jackson-among-laland-yees-top-political-contributors/\">Jackson\u003c/a>. The legislator is known as a strong advocate of gun control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED Sacramento Bureau Chief \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/scottdetrow\">Scott Detrow has been poring over\u003c/a> the 137-page affidavit in which Jackson and Yee are reported to have agreed to introduce an undercover federal agent to a weapons dealer in exchange for cash. The affidavit also alleges Yee took payments in exchange for helping another undercover agent with proposed legislation to legalize marijuana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:45 a.m. Wednesday: \u003c/strong>The Associated Press reports the FBI has confirmed state Sen. Leland Yee's arrest:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FBI spokesman Peter Lee said State Sen. Leland Yee was arrested Wednesday morning. He declined to discuss the charges, citing an ongoing investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee said a second man, Raymond Chow, was also arrested. Chow was reportedly the head of Ghee Kung Tong, one of several fraternal organizations in San Francisco's Chinatown. Chow had returned to Chinatown after serving time in prison on gun charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Chronicle, citing unnamed sources, reports \"the predawn, multiagency raids involving hundreds of federal agents and local cops stemmed from a fatal shooting about five years ago.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal officials have told KQED that Yee, Chow and others will be arraigned in San Francisco federal court at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, 9:12 a.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> State Sen. Leland Yee of San Francisco, a veteran legislator known for his fight against violent video games and for championing the cause of domestic violence victims, has reportedly been indicted and arrested on charges of public corruption in a case that may involve Chinatown gangs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee's arrest and an apparently associated series of raids were reported early Wednesday by KNTV-NBC Bay Area, San Francisco's ABC7, Oakland's KTVU-Channel 2 and others. Federal agents reportedly are carrying out sweeps of Yee's offices and other locations with the aid of local and state law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee, trained as a child psychologist, is a longtime San Francisco official who has served on the city's school board, Board of Supervisors and in the state Assembly and Senate. He is running for secretary of state this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_130511\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-130511\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/YeeOffice300.jpg\" alt=\"A California Highway Patrol officer and other officials stand outside Sen. Leland Yee’s Sacramento office Wednesday. \" width=\"300\" height=\"244\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A California Highway Patrol officer and other officials stand outside Sen. Leland Yee’s Sacramento office Wednesday. (Scott Detrow/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Calls by KQED News on Wednesday morning to confirm the reports, including to the FBI, the U.S. Attorney's Office for Northern California and three of Yee's offices, have not yet been answered. The San Francisco police did not confirm that an operation was underway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But pictures posted online by both NBC Bay Area and KPIX-Channel 5 showed Yee being led from his home in handcuffs and driven away. ABC7 and KTVU report that Yee was taken to San Francisco's Federal Building. KQED's Scott Detrow visited Yee's Sacramento office and found police and other officials stationed in the hallway outside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's \u003ca href=\"http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/California-State-Senator-Leland-Yee-Arrested-on-Bribery-And-Corruption-Charges-252452181.html\" target=\"_blank\">KNTV's initial online four-paragraph report\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California State Senator Leland Yee has been arrested on bribery and corruption charges as part of several arrests made by the FBI Wednesday morning during a sting, sources have told NBC Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee represents District 8, which comprises of a large portion of east central California. Before redistricting in 2011, Yee represented District 8 in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>... Sources told NBC Bay Area that the FBI investigation dates back years. NBC Bay Area has learned that the FBI is making a number of arrests connected to the investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=9480515\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7 Lee reports\u003c/a> Yee's arrest is connected to a law enforcement sweep targeting gangs — though it offers no details of what the connection might be:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A series of search warrants are being executed by the FBI across the Bay Area this morning. ABC7 News has learned they are making numerous arrests in a widespread sweep involving suspected gang members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the searches is taking place at the San Francisco Chinatown office of the Ghee Kung Tong Free Masons. It is linked to the arrest this morning of Raymond \"Shrimp Boy\" Chow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sacramento's \u003ca href=\"http://www.kcra.com/news/fbi-conducting-multiple-raids-in-norcal/25172542\" target=\"_blank\">KCRA-Channel 3 shows law enforcement agents outside Yee's Sacramento office and says\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>... FBI agents were raiding Yee's office at the state Capitol, taking computers and other documents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FBI confirmed that it conducted raids at homes and businesses in the Bay Area and Sacramento Wednesday morning, where multiple search warrants were issued and arrests were made.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Highway Patrol officers and the Sergeant at Arms are currently stationed outside Yee's office at the state Capitol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Reporter's Guide: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/26/a-reporters-guide-to-affidavit-on-leland-yee/\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Detrow's take on the FBI Affidavit on State Sen. 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One bill, enacted last year, makes it possible for voters to \u003ca href=\"http://sd08.senate.ca.gov/news/2013-09-19-yee-celebrates-online-voter-registration-day\" target=\"_blank\">register online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Los Angeles Times, Yee told the forum voters should judge the Secretary of State candidates on their records. \"That's the best assessment you can make,\" Yee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://sd08.senate.ca.gov/biography\" target=\"_blank\">Yee's Senate biography \u003c/a>lists scores of bills he's passed on subjects ranging from plug-in hybrid vehicles to mental health to domestic violence. He won national recognition for his campaign to ban the sale or rental of violent videogame to those under 18 years old. One of Yee's bills was enacted but overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court as a violation of First Amendment free-speech rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the Associated Press summary of some of Lee's legislative highlights:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee, 65, is best known publicly for his efforts to strengthen open records, government transparency and whistleblower protection laws, including legislation to close a loophole in state public records laws after the CSU Stanislaus Foundation refused to release its $75,000 speaking contract with former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in 2010.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For his efforts to uphold the California Public Records Act, Yee was honored last week by the Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, which awarded him its public official citation for his efforts last year to maintain the requirements of the California Public Records Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee has at times clashed with fellow Democrats for casting votes of conscience, refusing to support the Democratic budget proposal in 2011 because of its deep cuts to education, social services and education. 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"content": "\u003cp>Keith Jackson, owner of a prominent San Francisco-based consulting firm, is among those named in the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/26/reports-state-senator-leland-yee-under-arrest-for-corruption\">FBI's affidavit\u003c/a>. He donated $6,800 to state Sen. Leland Yee's secretary of state campaign in 2013, as shown below in a list of top contributors. In the affidavit, an FBI agent states that Jackson solicited him for campaign contributions in return for political favors. These donations were well above the legal limit of $500 per individual. At one point Jackson accepted a $10,000 cash donation from the undercover agent, the affidavit states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson has also been accused by the FBI for being involved in a murder-for-hire scheme and a gun- and drug-trafficking conspiracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"6c89032d999bff87f642d03b0c4968ad\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This activity went on as both Jackson and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/26/reports-state-senator-leland-yee-under-arrest-for-corruption\">Yee\u003c/a> worked to retire Yee's mayoral campaign debt from the 2012 election, and also as Yee began raising money for the Secretary of State race. 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(Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The City College of San Francisco community is reeling after a pretty common event at the school’s main campus, a protest, exploded into a violent confrontation between students and police on March 13.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teachers who have been at the school for 30 years say they’ve never seen anything like \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/13/ccsf-protest-violent\" target=\"_blank\">last week’s skirmish\u003c/a>, which ended with two students beaten up and in handcuffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chancellor Arthur Tyler agrees on that point, and he plans to hire an independent legal expert to review the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_130128\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 137px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/Tyler.png\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-130128 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/Tyler.png\" alt=\"City College of San Francisco Chancellor Arthur Tyler.\" width=\"137\" height=\"179\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">City College of San Francisco Chancellor Arthur Tyler.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I need answers and I need facts, and then I need recommendations that we can take to make sure that doesn’t happen again,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.saveccsf.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Save CCSF Coalition\u003c/a> organized last week’s protest calling for the ouster of the state-imposed leader of the college, Special Trustee Robert Agrella, and the reversal of a new \u003ca href=\"https://www.ccsf.edu/NEW/en/student-services/admissions-and-registration/registration/billing-and-payment.html#paydead\" target=\"_blank\">policy\u003c/a> requiring tuition to be paid up-front at the beginning of the semester. Students with the coalition say Tyler’s public statement a day after the protest have already poisoned his proposed review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that statement, Tyler \u003ca href=\"http://www.ccsf.edu/PGC/Press%20Release%20regarding%20March%2013th%20CCSF%20Student%20Protest.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">wrote\u003c/a> that students engaged in “violent outbursts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If he is serious about investigating what occurred on March 13, then he should not be posting flagrant accusations against students before the investigation has even begun,” said student and Save CCSF organizer Michael Madden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campus police arrested two students for misdemeanors, including one charge of battery on a police officer. A spokesman for the San Francisco district attorney’s office said the cases have been discharged, meaning prosecutors don’t plan to file charges at this time but reserve the right to do so later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the incident, Dimitrious Philliou was pepper-sprayed, and Otto Pippenger sustained a concussion and fractured wrists. He had a black eye and wrist braces when he returned to the scene of the protest yesterday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the first time I’ve been in front of Conlan Hall since last week,” Pippenger said. “It’s a little strange, but I suppose it feels good to come back and have it be my school again, walking unmolested.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pippenger said San Francisco police escalated the tension when several dozen students tried to push past officers and enter the administration building. While he was face-down and being handcuffed, an SFPD officer punched Pippenger in the back of the head and slammed his face into the concrete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The campus police were handling it, no violence, some tension, and then the SFPD showed up out of nowhere and it spiraled into violence,” he said. “One-sided violence I should add, against the students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_130134\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 389px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/RS9420_IMG_9362.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-130134 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/RS9420_IMG_9362-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"RS9420_IMG_9362\" width=\"389\" height=\"260\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An instant after the punch that City College Student Otto Pippenger said may have caused his concussion. (Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An SFPD spokesman said city officers were on the scene to support campus police, and he declined to comment on what he said is a City College police department matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students may face academic discipline, according to City College spokesman Peter Anning. He said that would require a hearing, and that prospect was being discussed with the chancellor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chancellor Tyler is also calling for a task force on civil discourse at City College. He wants students, faculty and administrators to define school policy for protests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There really should be a rich discussion about the conduct of behavior and speech on this campus,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Longtime faculty at the school say they are disturbed by the confrontation last week, but they don’t want it to overshadow the larger issues facing the school stemming from a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/01/10/timeline-of-ccsfs-accreditation-woes/\" target=\"_blank\">protracted political battle\u003c/a> with the regional junior college accrediting commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What I’m hoping is that one moment of small violence doesn’t obscure the demands,” labor and community studies department chair Bill Shields said. “We need to get our elected board back. This punitive payment policy needs to be changed.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The \u003ca href=\"http://oag.ca.gov/sites/all/files/agweb/pdfs/cjsc/publications/candd/cd12/cd12.pdf?\" target=\"_blank\">most recent numbers from the state Department of Justice\u003c/a> report 429,807 felony arrests in California in 2012. \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/19/opinion/california-and-the-fourth-amendment.html?_r=1&\" target=\"_blank\">By one estimate\u003c/a>, about a third are not convicted or are never charged. 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