Feds Seek Eight-Year Sentence for Yee

Prosecutors are recommending an eight-year prison term for former California state Sen. Leland Yee, who is accused of trying to sell his vote on a workers' compensation bill, arms dealing and other crimes, according to a sentencing recommendation filed with the federal court in San Francisco. Attorneys for Yee, D-San Francisco, say in their own memorandum the court should sentence him to no more than five years at a sentencing hearing scheduled for Feb. 24. The agreement he signed in July 2015, when he pleaded guilty to a single count of racketeering, said the recommended sentenc...