Vote David Chiu

For the last six days, from 8 in the morning until ten at night, nearly 100 election workers have been counting the final vote-by-mail and provisional ballots.

“In an election like this, with a historic turnout in the city, we have never had so many votes in San Francisco,” said San Francisco Elections Director John Arntz.

It wasn’t just the presidential race or Prop 8 that grabbed the attention of San Francisco voters. Seven seats on the 11-member Board of Supervisors were up for grabs.

Watch this news story on KGO ABC-7

“I am honored that the San Francisco Democratic Party has endorsed me as their number one choice for Supervisor as I continue to advocate for important Democratic values and issues,” said David Chiu, Candidate for District 3 Supervisor.

David Chiu was endorsed for District 3 Supervisor by the San Francisco Democratic Party on August 13, 2008 by a vote of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee (DCCC) in what is considered by many political analysts as the single most important endorsement of the upcoming November 4 election.

The San Francisco DCCC is the governing body of the San Francisco Democratic Party. The committee is comprised of 12 elected members from each of the 12th and 13th Assembly Districts, as well as Democratic state and federally elected officials who currently reside in San Francisco.

In recent years, David was twice elected chair of San Francisco’s 13th Assembly District Democratic Committee and served as vice president to the District 3 Democratic Club.  In the mid-1990s, David served as Democratic Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Constitution Subcommittee.

On June 3, 2008, San Francisco voters elected David Chiu to the San Francisco DCCC to represent the 13th Assembly District.  David received 22,524 certified votes and placed third out of a highly competitive field of 32 candidates in the 13th Assembly District DCCC race; the top 12 vote getters were elected to the DCCC.

What:

California General Election

Where:

Your polling place — click here to find your polling place

When:

November 4, 2008

Time:

The polls are open from 7:00AM to 8:00PM

Who:

Please vote David Chiu as your FIRST CHOICE for District 3 Supervisor in San Francisco!Supervisor is on the last page (p.7) of the ballot which is the color pink:

San Francisco uses Ranked-Choice Voting to elect its city officials-learn about this unique ballot by clicking this link.

October 14, 2008 — David Chiu, a candidate in the city’s most crowded contest for supervisor, filed a formal complaint Tuesday with the Ethics Commission, accusing the San Francisco Association of Realtors of running an “outrageously false” TV ad against him. 

The District Three candidate made the complaint after the slick, 30-second ad began running this week. The ad, which cost the association nearly $84,000, claims Chiu supports Proposition K to decriminalize prostitution in the city. Actually, Chiu is against the measure.

In his complaint, Chiu said the ad violates city ethics laws that prohibit ads with false endorsements. He has also complained to Comcast. (link to the story here).

August 25, 2008 — Wyatt Buchanan reports that San Francisco voters will see several head-to-head matchups of public money versus private money with races in seven of the city’s 11 supervisorial districts–including District 3 (read the full story at the San Francisco Chronicle).

“The decision made by several candidate colleagues to reject the spending cap likely means that I will be spending more time interacting with voters while they will spend more time raising money,” said David Chiu, candidate for District 3 Supervisor.

David Chiu supports campaign finance reform and will accept the voluntary spending limit and will participate in the City’s public financing program.

August 21, 2008 - Joe Vazquez reports on the flurry of wheelchair access lawsuits hitting small San francisco businesses.  David Chiu recently introduced a Small Business Commission resolution to protect small businesses facing serial lawsuits alleging violations under the Americans for Disabilities Act (view the full TV news story on KPIX CBS-5 here).

Passed 5-0 by the Commission, the resolution emphasizes that all businesses must comply with the ADA, but condemns the legal tactics of these litigants and warns the public about the situation.  The Commission urges the Mayor and Board of Supervisors to provide funding for experts to advise small businesses regarding their ADA obligations, to assist small businesses facing these lawsuits, and to enact legislation to ameliorate the situation.

August 1, 2008 - Seven seats on the Board of Supervisors are up for grabs this November… The race for District 3, which represents Chinatown and North Beach neighborhoods, has the most competitive field of candidates… Progressive candidate David Chiu… reports that he has raised more than $100,000 (read the full story).

July 24, 2008 — Brown, who lives in an SRO in District 6 but is running for supervisor in District 3 on the grounds that it isn’t a real residence (yes, this is really happening), has been lobbing accusations that Chiu worked for the National Rifle Association and the Christian Coalition. (Is it true? Short answer: No. Long answer: NO!) (link to the full story here)

July 21, 2008 — Small Business Commissioner David Chiu has drafted a resolution to assist San Francisco small businesses victimized by lawsuits brought by unscrupulous attorneys… (link to full story here)

July 14, 2008 — Chiu co-founded Grassroots while a staff attorney at the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights – where he managed online communications for a coalition of 50 civil rights, social service, religious and labor organizations. It was doing this work that inspired him to start the company. “There weren’t many technology tools at the time for organizing,” he said, “so we started with the premise of providing it to people of all backgrounds.” (link to the full story at BeyondChron)