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David Chui

David Chiu

City Attorney of San Francisco

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David Chiu is the 15th City Attorney of San Francisco and the first Asian American to hold the post.  As one of the top municipal law offices in the country, the City Attorney’s Office provides legal counsel to the Mayor, Board of Supervisors and over 100 departments, boards, commissions and offices that comprise the City and County of San Francisco’s government.

Before becoming City Attorney, David represented eastern San Francisco for 7 years as a State Assemblymember, authoring 75 state laws and chairing the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee.  Previously, as a San Francisco Supervisor representing District 3’s northeast neighborhoods, he was the only President of the Board of Supervisors elected to three consecutive terms in city history.  As a Board President with a reputation as a consensus builder, he successfully championed voter-approved ballot measures to reform the city’s business tax, to require two-year balanced budgets and five-year financial plans, and to invest in critical infrastructure.  

Before holding public office, David was a co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of a public affairs technology company and served as a Small Business Commissioner.  He previously practiced law as a civil rights attorney, criminal prosecutor, and Democratic Counsel to the US Senate Constitution Subcommittee. The son of immigrants, he received his undergraduate, master’s in public policy and law degrees from Harvard.