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Leland Y. Yee is a California Assemblyman in the 12th district, which includes San Francisco, California. Yee is the speaker pro tempore of the assembly, and was elected in 2002.

Education

Yee lived outside the United States until age 3.

Yee attended public school in San Francisco.

Yee received a bachelor's degree from the University of California at Berkeley.

Yee received a master's degree from San Francisco State University.

Yee holds a Ph. D. from the University of Hawaii.

Family

Yee currently has four children and is married.

Politics

Yee is a member of the Democratic Party.

Currently serves as the Speaker Pro Tempore of the California State Assembly.

Yee is known for his attacks on the video game industry, and is the author of California Assembly Bills 1792 & 1793 which, now signed into law (on October 7, 2005) will prohibit the sales of "ultraviolent" games to persons under the age of eighteen in California. Yee justifies his agenda by saying that the media is "not concerned with the welfare of our children" but claims he supports free speech.

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