Full Name:
Leland Yee
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Maxine; 4 Children
Birth Place:
China
Home City:
San Francisco, CA
PhD, Child Psychology, University of Hawaii, 1975
MA, San Francisco State University, 1972
BA, University of California, Berkeley, 1970
Former Speaker Pro Tempore, California State Assembly
Former Assistant President Pro Tempore, California State Senate
Candidate, California Secretary of State, 2014
Senator, California State Senate, 2007-2010
Assembly Member, California State Assembly, 2003-2006
Supervisor, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, 1996-2002
Member/President, San Francisco School Board, 1988-1996
Former Member, Governance and Finance Committee, California State Senate
Former Member, Governmental Organization Committee, California State Senate
Former Member, Labor and Industrial Relations Committee, California State Senate
Member, National Asian Pacific American Caucus of State Legislators
Former President, National Asian Pacific American Caucus of State Legislators
Experience, Asian Americans for Community Involvement
Child Therapist, City's Children's Division of the Mental Health Department
Child Psychologist, Oakland School District
No organizational membership information on file.
Awards:
For his legislative and community efforts, Senator Yee has also been honored with dozens of awards from such organizations as the National Education Association, California Newspaper Publishers Association, San Francisco Collaborative Against Human Trafficking, Equality California, Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods, California Women for Agriculture, California Animal Association, A. Philip Randolph Institute, First Amendment Coalition, and Environment California. In addition, Californians Aware dubbed Yee "Senator Sunshine" for his open government work and the California Labor Federation named him a "Labor Warrior" for protecting working families.