Full Name:
Edwin 'Ed' Chau
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Candice; 1 Child: Caitlyn
Birth Date:
09/17/1957
Birth Place:
Hong Kong, China
Home City:
Monterey Park, CA
BA, Sociology, University of Southern California
BS, Computer Sciences, University of Southern California
JD, Southwestern University of Law, 1988-1992
Assembly Member, California State Assembly, District 49, 2012-2021
Candidate, California State Assembly, 2020
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 42, 2008
Chair, Housing and Community Development Committee, California State Assembly, present
Former Member, Asia/California Trade and Investment Promotion Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Banking and Finance Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Emerging Technologies Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Homelessness Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Housing and Community Development Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Labor and Employment Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Mental and Behavioral Health and Proposition 63 Implementation Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Regional Transportation and Interconnectivity Solutions Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Select Committee on California's Clean Energy Economy, California State Assembly
Former Member, Select Committee on California's High Technology, California State Assembly
Former Member, Select Committee on California-Mexico Bi-National Affairs, California State Assembly
Former Member, Select Committee on Increasing the Integration of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math in Education in California K-14 Schools, California State Assembly
Former Member, Select Committee on Post-Secondary Access and Matriculation, California State Assembly
Former Chair, Select Committee on Privacy, California State Assembly
Former Member, Select Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education
Founder/Attorney, Law Office of Edwin Chau, present
Former Employee, Department of Social Services
Former Engineer, International Business Machines (IBM)
Former Judge Pro Tempore, Los Angeles Superior Court
Former Programmer, Unisys Corporation
Volunteer Attorney, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, present
Member, Budget Committee, City of Montebello, present
Volunteer, China Service Center, present
Member, Civil Service Commission, City of Montebello, present
Member, Investment Committee, City of Montebello, present
Member, Traffic and Safety Commission, City of Montebello, present
Former President, Montebello Unified School Board
Former Vice President, Montebello Unified School Board
Awards:
2002 "Man of the Year" award by the Rio Hondo Boys and Girls Club; 2004 Montebello Council Parent Teacher Association Award; 2007 Congressional Recognition of Excellence in Service, Congresswoman Grace Napolitano