State Sen. Leland Yee, who is running for mayor, has been involved in local politics since the 1980s, when he joined the School Board. He's been a supervisor elected at-large, a district supervisor, a state Assembly member and now a senator. And he stirs up strong passions in the city [1] -- supporters of Mayor Ed Lee say they urged him to get into the mayor's race in part to stop Yee from winning. Yee was a fiscal conservative on the Board of Supervisors, but in Sacramento, he's been a foe of budget cuts. And he told us he wants to see new revenue -- including a city income tax -- to make sure that "the people who need services get them."
You can listen to our interview with Yee and see the video after the jump.
Yee [2] by endorsements2011 [3]
Links:
[1] http://www.sfbg.com/2011/08/30/real-leland-yee
[2] http://soundcloud.com/endorsements2010/yee
[3] http://soundcloud.com/endorsements2010