Press Releases
Monday, November 07, 2011
Leland Yee Welcomes State Election Monitors
SAN FRANCISCO – Today, Senator Leland Yee issued the following statement in response to the Secretary of State’s decision to send state election monitors in response to illegal activity by Ed Lee campaign workers: (Read More)
Thursday, November 03, 2011
“The Untold, Untold Story” Goes Online!
Leland Yee campaign can’t print “The Real Ed Lee” book fast enough for demand
SAN FRANCISCO – The reviews are in and the “The Real Ed Lee: The Untold, Untold Story” is a smash hit! (Read More)
Thursday, November 03, 2011
Trades Workers Unite Behind Leland Yee as 1st Choice for Mayor
Yee Earns Support from Carpenters, Ironworkers, Operating Engineers, Painters, Roofers, and several other trades
SAN FRANCISCO – Carpenters, Ironworkers, Operating Engineers, Painters, Roofers, and other major trades unions today united behind Senator Leland Yee as their 1st choice in the race for Mayor. Yee has earned the endorsement of over two dozen trades groups including the San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council. (Read More)
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Latino Legislators Endorse Leland Yee for Mayor
Cedillo – lead author of Dream Act, Driver’s License bill – among Yee’s supporters
SAN FRANCISCO – Today, several Latino legislators announced their endorsement of Senator Leland Yee for mayor. Among those joining in support of Yee are Senators Alex Padilla, Gloria Negrete McLeod, Ron Calderon, Ed Hernandez, and Juan Vargas, as well as Assemblymember Gil Cedillo. Yee also received the endorsement of the Latino Democratic Club. (Read More)
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
More Ed Lee Money Laundering and Voter Fraud Uncovered
Leland Yee Says Enough Is Enough – State & Federal Election Monitors Needed
SAN FRANCISCO – The well documented scene in Chinatown of Ed Lee IE campaign workers filling out ballots for voters and the Go Lorries money laundering scheme may seem tame in comparison to what two local newspapers documented in today’s paper. (Read More)
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Nurses, Teachers, Sierra Club, Labor Council Ask San Franciscans to Vote Leland Yee #1
Leland Yee only candidate endorsed by California Nurses, United Educators, Sierra Club, AND San Francisco Labor Council
SAN FRANCISCO – Today, the city’s leading organizations asked San Francisco voters to cast their first choice vote for Senator Leland Yee in next Tuesday’s election. Yee is the only candidate to be endorsed by all of the following organizations – California Nurses Association, United Educators of San Francisco, Sierra Club, and San Francisco Labor Council. (Read More)
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Leland Yee Responds to Attack Ad by Rose Pak/Ed Lee Campaign
SAN FRANCISCO – Since the latest investigations into voter fraud by the various Ed Lee campaigns, Senator Leland Yee’s campaign has been urging voters to not turn over their ballot to anyone and report any illegal activities to authorities. Yee issued the following statement after the Rose Pak/Ed Lee campaign ran a negative attack advertisement in Chinese language newspapers attempting to silence Yee’s effort: (Read More)
Saturday, October 29, 2011
City Overcharges, Doesn’t Disclose, Delays Public Records Request Until Post-Election
SFMTA triple charged for public documents, Ed Lee doesn’t disclose at all
SAN FRANCISCO – City departments are failing to properly follow open government laws under the direction of interim mayor Ed Lee – in some cases double and triple charging for documents, not disclosing at all, or invoking unacceptable delays (Read More)
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Ed Lee Refuses to Disclose Correspondence Regarding Central Subway
CCDC charged taxpayers to strategize on media response to public records requests
SAN FRANCISCO – Yesterday, after Senator Leland Yee gave the office of interim mayor Ed Lee and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) a second chance to release public documents related to the Central Subway Project and the Chinatown Community Development Center, SFMTA released over 1,000 pages of new documents, however they did not include even a single correspondence – email, letter, or fax – for the past two years. (Read More)
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Leland Yee Calls on Ed Lee to Stop Wasting Tax Dollars Threatening Occupy SF with Police Raids
SAN FRANCISCO – Senator Leland Yee issued the following statement in response to threats from interim mayor Ed Lee to raid the Occupy San Francisco encampment and his decision to organize police in riot gear last night: (Read More)
