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David Chiu's Biography

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Full Name:

David Chiu

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Candace; 1 Child: Lucas

Home City:

San Francisco, CA

JD, Harvard University Law School, 1992-1995

Master's, Public Policy, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, 1991-1995

BA, Government, Harvard University, 1987-1991

Former Assistant Speaker Pro Tempore, California State Assembly

Former Chair, California State Assembly Democratic Committee, District 13

Former Member, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee

Assembly Member, California State Assembly, District 17, 2014-2021

Candidate, California State Assembly, District 17, 2020

Supervisor/President, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, 2009-2014

Former Member, 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Career Technical Education and Building a 21st Century Workforce Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Community College Affordability and Guided Pathways for Students Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Health Care Delivery Systems and Universal Coverage Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Health Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Improving Bay Area Transportation Systems Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Improving Bay Area Transportation Systems Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Local Government Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on California's Clean Energy Economy, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on End of Life Health Care, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on Gun Violence in Communities of Color, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on Student Debt, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on Youth Mental Health, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on the Census, California State Assembly

Former Member, Subcommittee 1 on Health and Human Services, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Waste Reduction and Recycling in the 21st Century California Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Women in the Workplace Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Women in the Workplace Committee, California State General Assembly

Attorney, City of San Francisco City, 2021-present

Former Law Clerk, Judge James R. Browning, United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Former Aide, United States Senate Budget Committee, Senator Paul Simon

Chief Operating Officer/Co-Founder, Grassroots Enterprise, 1999-2008

Staff Attorney, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, 1998-1999

Assistant District Attorney, San Francisco District Attorney's Office, 1997-1998

Democratic Counsel, United States Senate Constitution Subcommittee, 1995-1996

Former Board Chair, Chinatown Community Development Center

Former President, Greater Bay Area Asian American Bar Association

Former Board Chair, Lower Polk Neighbors

Former Board Member, Partners Ending Domestic Abuse

Former Chair, Youth Leadership Institute Board

Awards:

"Best Attorneys under 40" by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association; American Memorial Marshall Fellow; Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum; Recognitions for legislative work from the San Francisco Women's Political Committee, Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, Raoul Wallenberg Jewish Democratic Club, Housing Action Coalition

Spouse's Occupation:

public interest lawyer

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