Carmen Chu

Carmen Chu (Chinese: 朱嘉文; pinyin: Zhū Jiāwén, born April 8, 1978, in Los Angeles, California^[1]) is the Assessor-Recorder of San Francisco. Up until February 27, 2013, she was a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors representing District 4. In 2000, she earned a bachelor's degree in public policy from Occidental College, and in 2003, earned a master's degree in public policy from UC Berkeley. While in school, she worked in the Board of Supervisors' Office of the Legislative Analyst.^[1]

Early life

Chu was born as the second of three daughters to Hung Wing and Shuet Ying Chu, who immigrated from Hong Kong in the 1970s with ancestry in Taishan.^[2][3] The Chus first worked in restaurants and later invested in their own Chinese restaurant, and the daughters were cared for by their maternal grandmother, and later often worked at the restaurant after school and during weekends.

Political career

In 2004, she worked as a budget analyst in the Mayor's Budget Office. More recently, she served as the deputy director in the Mayor's Budget Office and has overseen Healthy San Francisco, Mayor Gavin Newsom's health care program. On September 25, 2007, she was appointed to replace the embattled San Francisco Supervisor Ed Jew, who was then suspended for alleged official misconduct.^[4]

On January 11, 2008, her interim appointment expired upon Jew's resignation. The District 4 seat remained vacant for five and a half hours until Mayor Newsom appointed her to succeed Jew for the remainder of Jew's term.^[5] Chu ran for election after Jew's term expired, and on November 4, 2008 she was elected by the voters as Supervisor of District 4 for the term January 2009 to January 2011.

On February 6, 2013, Chu was appointed by Mayor Ed Lee to serve as Assessor-Recorder; the post was left vacant after Phil Ting was sworn into the California State Assembly.^[6]

References

External links

• Official website
• Campaign website