Democrats lost their supermajority in the California Senate after three senators involved in criminal probes were suspended with pay by their colleagues in late March.

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DEMOCRATS LOST THEIR SUPERMAJORITY IN THE CALIFORNIA SENATE after three senators involved in criminal probes were suspended with pay by their colleagues in late March. Senator Leland Yee (D) was charged in federal court with conspiring to import and traffic firearms and public corruption. He had been an outspoken advocate of gun control in the Senate. Yee, released on $500,000 bond, withdrew as a...