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