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FILE -- In this Jan. 28, 2014 file photo, state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, left, speaks on a bill, while his seat mate Sen. Ron Calderon, D-Montebello, works at his desk at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. In the wake the recent indictments of Yee and Calderon on federal corruption charges lawmakers are proposing to strengthen political ethics and reform campaign finance laws.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)
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** FILE ** In this March 26, 2014, file photo, California state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, right, leaves the San Francisco Federal Building in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
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Last week, California state Sen. Leland Yee was arrested on federal gun trafficking and corruption charges. (Associated Press)
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In this March 2011 photo, Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow, center, poses with state Senator Leland Yee, right, and state Assembly member Fiona Ma, left, at the Chee Kung Tong spring banquet in San Francisco. Investigators say Chow is the leader and the dragonhead of one of the most powerful Asian gangs in North America. Chow's gang is said to have lured state Sen. Leland Yee into its clutches through money and campaign contributions in exchange for legislative help, as Yee sought to build his campaign coffers to run for California secretary of state. Born in Hong Kong in 1960, Chow came to the United States at 16 and was reportedly nicknamed "Shrimp Boy" by his grandmother, in part due to his small stature. (AP Photo/Sing Tao Daily)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, March 26, 2014 file photo, California state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, right, leaves the San Francisco Federal Building in San Francisco. So far in 2014, each month has brought news of another arrest or conviction of a Democratic California state senator. The latest was Wednesday's arrest of Yee, on federal corruption charges, news that roiled the capital and led one of Yee's opponents in the race for secretary of state to call the Legislature a "corrupt institution." (AP Photo/Ben Margot,File)
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** FILE ** This July 6, 2011, file photo shows State Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, speaking during a news conference in San Francisco. Yee, the 65-year-old San Francisco Democrat was arrested Wednesday, March 26, 2014, during a series of raids by the FBI in Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area. He was later arraigned on charges that alleged illegal dealing in firearms, wire fraud and trading the influence of his office for money. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)
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Attorney Paul Demeester reads a letter that California state Sen. Leland Yee sent to California Secretary of State Debra Bowen on Thursday, March 27, 2014 informing her that he was withdrawing his candidacy, during a news conference in San Francisco. The California state senator accused of accepting bribes and introducing an undercover agent to an arms trafficker is dropping out of the race for California secretary of state. State legislators have called on Yee to step down from the state Senate. Asked whether Yee planned to do that, DeMeester declined to comment. (AP Photo/Paul Elias)
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California Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, right, leaves the San Francisco Federal Building, Wednesday, March 26, 2014, in San Francisco. The FBI has filed a 137-page affidavit outlining a detailed corruption case against Yee, who is accused of asking for campaign donations in exchange for introducing an undercover agent to an arms trafficker. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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Attorney Paul Demeester reads a letter that California state Sen. Leland Yee sent to California Secretary of State Debra Bowen on Thursday, March 27, 2014 informing her that he was withdrawing his candidacy, during a news conference in San Francisco. The California state senator accused of accepting bribes and introducing an undercover agent to an arms trafficker is dropping out of the race for California secretary of state. State legislators have called on Yee to step down from the state Senate. Asked whether Yee planned to do that, DeMeester declined to comment. (AP Photo/Paul Elias)
