[SunkenCiv]

One interesting (to me, anyway) detail about the gun-running arrest and trial of Leland Yee out in California is, he's been very vigilant regarding attempts by members of other ethnic groups in the Assembly to pass and push unconstitutional laws violating Prop 209, which (on paper anyway) eliminated quotas in admissions. All of a sudden it became very important to prosecute him for gun-running, even though those activities -- irrespective of who was doing it -- had been going on for some time.

• California governor vetoes ethics bills [2014]
• Asians Derail Affirmative Action In California: Repeal ban on racial preferences fails in Senate [2014]
• Political Fight Is Brewing on Race-Based Preferences [2014]
• Racial Preferences Under Siege: Asian Americans are now agitating to retain Proposition 209 [2014]
• Angry parents crush race-quota revival [2014]
• California Asian-Americans show strength in blocking affirmative action revival [2014]
• Democrats Scrap Plan To Bring Back Affirmative Action To UC, CSU Admissions [2014]
• Return of the Anti-Chinese League: Dems want California to resurrect an ugly institution. [2014]
• Affirmative action proposal for California universities runs into Asian-American opposition [2014]
• Asian Americans Turn Democratic [73% Voted Obama: End H1B Visas & Chain Migration] [2012]
• Proposition 209 Helped Blacks [2012]
• Appeals court upholds California affirmative action ban in state university admissions [2012]
• Court hears challenge to CA affirmative action ban [2012]
• Some Asians' College Strategy: Don't Check 'Asian' [2011]
• UC regents OK admissions overhaul [end-run around California Prop 209] [2009]
• UCLA official resigns over racial admissions [2008]
• Defining Diversity Down [2008]
• Another Lunge for Race Preferences (Davis Signs Assault On Proposition 209; PLF Poised to Pounce) [2003]
• University of California System Raises Number of Blacks and Hispanics Admitted [2002]

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

Leland Yee ... he's been very vigilant regarding attempts by members of other ethnic groups in the Assembly to pass and push unconstitutional laws violating Prop 209

I don't quite follow. It says here that

On January 30, 2014, Yee voted in favor of California Senate Constitutional Amendment 5.[88][89] The proposed bill asks California voters to repeal provisions of Proposition 209 and permit state universities to consider an applicant's race, ethnicity or national origin in making admissions decisions.