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California Assembly Bill 962 (2009)
Why do you keep removing the Notable Legislation section. You authored AB962, the court found it to be "unconstitutionaly vague". Thats fact. Own it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.181.110.191 ( talk) 16:31, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
I'm wondering the same thing. It is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Assembly_Bill_962_%282009%29 But the main author's page does not incude any mention of this bill? Why is this? I hope politics is not getting in the way of knowledge.
hello - this detail is being removed without good reason imo - in is the story of quality writers, such as http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-kevin-de-leon-20140619-story.html#page=1- https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Kevin_de_Le%C3%B3n&diff=616061573&oldid=616033356 - http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2014/01/05/3424401/kevin-de-leon-aims-to-move-past.html#storylink=cpy - http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/59926/kevin-de-leon#.U7sG4xZeclI - http://www.sacbee.com/2014/01/05/6046614/kevin-de-leon-aims-to-move-past.html - what is wrong with these sources - why is this - please explain Mosfetfaser ( talk) 09:13, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Kevin_de_Le%C3%B3n&diff=prev&oldid=617928216
On June 19, Senator de León was elected by his colleagues President Pro-Tempore of the California State Senate, effective October 15, 2014.
is this ok?
Mosfetfaser ( talk) 17:32, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
The passages about the 1/13/14 gaffe when de León talked about " ghost guns" that fire " 30 magazine clips in half a second" keep getting deleted. The incident was important and notable, both to the national debate over gun control and to Senator de León. I think it would be wise to add maybe just a sentence or two about the incident. Some of the passages deleted were clearly biased attempts to mock the Senator, but I think that a very brief mention could be written in an objective way and would add relevant information to the article. There are also numerous sources that confirm the occurrence of the gaffe. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.221.144.98 ( talk) 13:57, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
The current controversies section reads as follows:
“ | Kevin de León has denied involvement in an ongoing scandal of illegal payments/bribes, and federal investigation of his fellow CA Senator Ronald S. Calderon. Kevin de León denied involvement in the scandal, in December 2013. As of July 2014, de León has not been charged with any wrongdoing in relation to the Calderon case. A letter was released by the assistant U.S. attorney in charge of the case reporting that de León, "is a witness, not a target in the federal investigation." California's political watchdog has decided not to investigate de León, saying there is no evidence he played a role in the $25,000 payment to Calderon's brother's group. In 2013, de Leon was involved in a junket to Norway and Sweden paid for by the California Foundation for Economy and Environment which has paid thousands of dollars over the years for such junkets that do seem to result in any legisation. | ” |
The first "controversy" does not belong in the biography since he has not been charged with any wrongdoing. The second "controversy" is also not really biographical since legislators go on junkets all the time. I am hereby deleting this section. Victor Victoria ( talk) 11:50, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
It appears his daughter is using his page for self-promotion, edits should be made. I'm not sure to what extent children should be included in to wikipedia articles and to what extent that it should occur. I feel that what she wrote on her father's page crosses the line into using it for personal gain.
Dear Leon's Senate testimony is more political than personal. Removing it but it could be added back after reworking in a different section. Loyl1 ( talk) 19:04, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
This article has been flagged for disputable neutrality since November 2016, and reading it it becomes clear why pretty quickly. This is a Democrat state senator whose legislation primarily addresses renewable energy, affirmative consent, immigration enforcement, gun control, and regulation to protect low-wage workers. However, of these only gun control and consent are reflected in the issues section of the article, and the gun control text that's there now reflects only legislation that was vetoed or struck down in court, none of the legislation that was signed into law. Furthermore, some of the citations in this piece cite right-wing blogs of thin credibility such as The Blaze.
Within the issues heading, the current subheadings are currently "Gun control," "Yes Means Yes," "Familial Illegal Immigration Remarks," "Janet Nguyen's Ejection from Senate Chambers," and "Accusations Toward Trump Administration of 'White Supremacy'". I propose headings more reflective of his work as a legislator.
New headings would be
I'll start working on writing some thoroughly-cited copy for the new sections, but wanted to give a bit of context as we begin the process of bringing some more neutrality to this article.
NealJMD ( talk) 23:51, 3 May 2017 (UTC)
Hi 24.10.12.152. The name "Kevin de León" is not an "error". No, it's not his legal name, but it is the name he's professionally and commonly known by. Per WP:COMMONNAME, that's the one Wikipedia is concerned with. Please stop changing his name to "Kevin Leon". I have added mention of his legal name to the page, which I trust should satisfy you. Kawnhr ( talk) 16:34, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
I also declined. Am I allowed to add my name?
IOW, why is this not blatant NPOV/non-notable? 91.10.56.218 ( talk) 02:07, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
As it stands, the current article is written like an advertisement for a political candidate and does not include any mention of scandals or controversies which have received considerable media attention. These issues need to be mentioned somehow, if not through a "controversy" section. I'd suggest changing "Political Positions" to a section about his tenure as an elected official to include controversial actions.-- ILovetoEditWikis ( talk) 04:35, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
The flow of this article is awkward and not consistent with the the vast majority of wikipedia articles about living politicians. I suggest the following sub headers that go in chronological order
This is more consistent with articles of living elected officials. Current accomplishments should be under the appropriate subheader. -- ILovetoEditWikis ( talk) 17:31, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
There has been debate on this page before, but a conclusion was never reached on the inclusion of Kevin de Leon's role in the state sexual harassment controversy. I strongly feel this should be included. One of the high profile incidents was alleged to occur in de Leon's own home between a young woman and de Leon's roommmate and friend, State Senator Tony Mendoza. De Leon also killed legislation (and then had his political allies kill additional legislation) that would have allowed Mendoza's victims to come forward sooner, and a cover up gas been alleged. Mendoza and de Leon were close friends and political allies. There has also been significant media coverage of this and its implication on de Leon's political future. De Leon later turned against his former friend and demanded his resignation from the Senate.
It seems wrong to exclude this story from this article, considering the large media attention it has brought. It is the fifth result (and first news story) when you Google "Kevin de Leon." I vote to include a description of this issue under the State Senate section of the page. -- ILovetoEditWikis ( talk) 01:10, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
Attorneys representing Senator Mendoza's accusers also argued that they had reported harassment to State Senate officials several times in September 2017 before detailing their allegations in a meeting on Sept. 22 — when they were promptly fired by being handed a letter on Rules Committee letterhead.What does this have to do with de Leon? – Muboshgu ( talk) 15:21, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
Per
the Wikipedia article on Nepotism, Nepotism is based on favour granted to relatives in various fields, including business, politics, entertainment, sports, religion and other activities
. Since the allegations are that his consultant hired his daughter, this is not nepotism, since de Leon had nothing to do with the hiring decision. This is called having connections, and it is a standard way to get a job for anybody. Nepotism is when the person doing the hiring is related to the person being hired.
47.148.109.121 (
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16:14, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
California's jungle primary was enacted by voters in November 2010 and applied to all elections after that, so pegging it to 2016 is inaccurate.
Is there a source for the claim about De León having the lowest vote share? It doesn't clarify if it's only referring to US Senate races, but if it is, it's accurate; he received 12.07% of the 2018 primary vote, while Loretta Sanchez received 17.9% of the 2016 primary vote and Elizabeth Emken received 12.6% of the 2012 primary vote. Zeldafanjtl ( talk) 18:29, 25 December 2020 (UTC)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-26/kevin-de-leon-pledge-of-allegiance
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/los-angeles-city-council-democrat-butchers-pledge-of-allegiance TuffStuffMcG ( talk) 16:19, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
As far as I can tell, De Leon's major foul on the call was to say that a fellow city council member treated his black adopted son like a designer handbag. Certainly derogatory, but racist and/or homophobic?
Were there any comments that De Leon himself made that were overtly racist or homophobic?
Per WP:BLP I think we have to be very cautious here to make sure we don't imply that De Leon himself was responsible for comments made by others in the call.
Can we revise the sentence to read something like "him making derogatory comments about other council members, while others on the call made racist and homophobic remarks"? NickCT ( talk) 01:32, 15 December 2022 (UTC)