About me
David Chiu is the first Asian American City Attorney of San Francisco, leading one of the country’s top public law offices with 300 legal professionals who provide counsel to over 100 departments, commissions, and elected officials that comprise San Francisco’s government.
Previously, David served 7 years as an Assemblymember representing San Francisco in the California State Legislature and 6 years as President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, as the first Asian American in both roles. A former chair of the California Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus, he helped deliver the largest state budget investment in the country to combat anti-Asian hate ($166 million) and authored groundbreaking civil rights, immigrant rights, and housing laws. In the Legislature, he also served as Assistant Speaker pro Temporé, Chair of the Assembly Housing & Community Development Committee, and Policy Chair of the California Legislative Progressive Caucus.
Before public office, David was Democratic Counsel to the U.S. Senate Constitution Subcommittee, law clerk to a Ninth Circuit appellate judge, criminal prosecutor at the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, civil rights attorney with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, chief operating officer of a public affairs technology company, and past president of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area.
The son of immigrants, David received his undergraduate, law, and master’s in public policy degrees from Harvard University.