Carmen Chu

Infobox Officeholder
name = Carmen Chu
朱嘉文


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office = Member of the
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
from District 4
term_start = September 25 2007 (interim)
January 11 2008 (permanent)
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predecessor = Ed Jew
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birth_date = birth year and age|1978
birth_place = Los Angeles, California
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nationality = United States
party = Democratic
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residence = San Francisco, California
alma_mater = Occidental College
UC Berkeley
occupation = Politician
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website = [http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_index.asp?id=68416 Supervisor Carmen Chu]
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Carmen Chu (zh-cp|c=朱嘉文|p=Zhū Jiāwén, born 1978 in Los Angeles, California [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/26/MNHJSE286.DTL S.F. mayor's finance office aide named interim replacement for Ed Jew] , "San Francisco Chronicle", Retrieved September 26, 2007.] ) is 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.

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. [ [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/25/BAKFSDP3D.DTL&feed=rss.news Ed Jew gets Suspended from office, Carmen Chu named as replacement] , "San Francisco Chronicle", Retrieved September 25, 2007.]

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. [ [http://www.sfgate.com/flat/archive/2008/01/11/chronicle/archive/2008/01/11/BAUIUDQ1V.html?tsp=1 SF Interim supervisor becomes permanent replacement for Ed Jew] , "San Francisco Chronicle", Retrieved January 11, 2008.]

References

External links

* [http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_index.asp?id=68416 Carmen Chu - District 4 Supervisor SFGOV website]
* [http://cbs5.com/video/?id=[e-mail] Video:Chu named to replace Jew]