David Chiu (politician)

David Chiu 邱信福
President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Incumbent
Assumed office January 8, 2009
Preceded by	Aaron Peskin
Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from District 3
Incumbent
Assumed office January 8, 2009
Preceded by	Aaron Peskin
Personal details
Born	April 2, 1970 (1970-04-02) (age 41) Cleveland, Ohio[1]
Nationality	United States
Political party	Democratic
Residence	San Francisco, California
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Attorney
Website	Supervisor David Chiu

David Chiu
Chinese	邱信福
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Qiū Xìnfú - Tongyong Pinyin Ciou Sinfu - Wade–Giles Ch'iu Hsin-fu - IPA [tɕʰjóʊ ɕînfy̌] Min - Hokkien POJ Khu Sìn-hok

David Chiu (Chinese: 邱信福; pinyin: Qiū Xìnfú, born April 2, 1970) is the President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He represents District 3, encompassing the northeastern corner of the city, including Chinatown, North Beach, the Financial District, and Fisherman's Wharf.

Early Life

The eldest child of Taiwanese American parents from Taiwan, Chiu was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and grew up in Boston, Massachusetts and attended a Roman Catholic high school in a working class neighborhood. Chiu graduated from Harvard University, where he received a bachelor's degree in government from Harvard College, a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School.

Early Political Career

Before being elected to the Board of Supervisors, David was a founder and Chief Operating Officer of Grassroots Enterprise, an online communications technology company. Prior to Grassroots, he worked as a criminal prosecutor at the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office and as a civil rights attorney at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights.

At the age of 25, Chiu became Democratic Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Constitution Subcommittee and aide to Senator Paul Simon to the Senate Budget Committee. As Democratic Counsel, he dealt with a wide range of constitutional, criminal and civil rights issues included drafting progressive legislation. As a budget aide, Chiu analyzed the economic and fiscal impact of numerous proposals, and was the lead staffer in 1995 for the first Democratic balanced budget proposal in several decades.

Board of Supervisors

In his bid for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Chiu was backed by the incumbent, Supervisor Aaron Peskin, as well as District Attorney (now California Attorney General) Kamala Harris, Assemblyman Mark Leno, State Senator Leland Yee, and Supervisor (now Assemblyman) Tom Ammiano.

On January 8, 2009, Chiu was elected President of the Board of Supervisors, the first Chinese-American to serve in this capacity.^[2]

Mayor of San Francisco

On January 10, 2011, Chiu served as acting Mayor of San Francisco after Gavin Newsom was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of California, prior to the swearing in of Edwin M. Lee.^[3]

On February 28, 2011, Chiu announced his candidacy for Mayor of San Francisco at an 11am rally at San Francisco City Hall.^[4]

References

1. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyi1Sm0KgZs
2. ^ Marisa Lagos and Heather Knight (2009-01-09). "Chinese American Picked to Lead SF Supes". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/08/BA90155VAA.DTL. Retrieved 2009-11-16. 
3. ^ http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/01/supervisor-david-chiu-keeping-low-profile-mayor-day
4. ^ "City Insider", San Francisco Chronicle (February 28, 2011)

External links

San Francisco Bay Area portal

• Official government website
• Campaign website
• "New head of S.F. supes seen as no pushover," San Francisco Chronicle (January 11, 2009)
• San Francisco Chronicle article about Chiu's election to SF Board of Supervisors (November 5, 2008)
• David Chiu plans middle path to SF mayor's office

Political offices
Preceded by Aaron Peskin	President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors 2009 — present	Incumbent
	Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 3 2009 — present

Persondata
Name	Chiu, David
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Date of birth	April 2, 1970
Place of birth	Cleveland, Ohio
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