| David Chiu 邱信福 |
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| President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors | |
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| Assumed office January 8, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Aaron Peskin |
| Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from District 3 |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 8, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Aaron Peskin |
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| Born | April 2, 1970 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 |
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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.
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The eldest child of Taiwanese American parents from Taiwan, Chiu was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and grew up in Boston, Massachusetts where he attended Boston College High School. 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.
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.
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]
Two years later, Chiu was re-appointed as President of the Board on January 8th, 2011. [3]
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.[4]
On February 28, 2011, Chiu announced his candidacy for Mayor of San Francisco at an 11am rally at San Francisco City Hall.[5]
Despite the perceived frontrunner status of Mayor Ed Lee, Chiu received coveted sole endorsement of the San Francisco Chronicle, which came as a surprise to many observers. [6][7][8][9]
Ultimately, Chiu placed 3rd behind incumbent Mayor Edwin M. Lee with a total of 17,921 1st place votes. Despite the 4th place finish, Chiu and 3rd place candidate Dennis Herrera names both appeared individually on more ballots overall than John Avalos, who carried the 2nd most 1st place votes. [10]
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| 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 |
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