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{{Short description|American politician}}
{{COI|date=December 2016}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Chu (Chinese surname)|Chu]]|lang=Chinese}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Carmen Chu
| image = File:2015.04.22 Profile Picture 1.jpg
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| office = City Administrator of [[San Francisco]]
| term_start = February 2, 2021
| predecessor = Naomi M. Kelly
| office1 = Assessor-Recorder of [[San Francisco]]
| term_start1 = February 27, 2013
| term_end1 = February 1, 2021
| predecessor1 = [[Phil Ting]]
| successor1 = Joaquin Torres
| office2 = Member of the<br />[[San Francisco Board of Supervisors]]<br />from [[San Francisco Board of Supervisors#District 4|District 4]]
| term_start2 = September 25, 2007
| term_end2 = February 27, 2013
| predecessor2 = [[Ed Jew]]
| successor2 = [[Katy Tang]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|04|08}}
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
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| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
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| alma_mater = [[Occidental College]]<br />[[University of California, Berkeley|UC Berkeley]]
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| website = {{URL|https://sf.gov/profile/carmen-chu}}
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| p = Zhū Jiāwén
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'''Carmen Chu''' ({{lang-zh|c=朱嘉文|p=Zhū Jiāwén}}; born April 8, 1978)<ref name="sfchron">[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.</ref> is an American politician serving as City Administrator of the City and County of [[San Francisco]]. She previously served as the city's assessor-recorder, where she was the only Asian-American assessor elected to serve among the 58 counties in the State of California. Prior to being elected assessor-recorder, Chu served as a member of the San Francisco board of supervisors, where she served two terms as the chair of the board's budget and finance committee, and was a board director of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. Before joining the board of supervisors, Chu served as deputy budget director in the mayor's office of public policy and finance. In July 2022, she was appointed to the [[Regents of the University of California]] by Governor [[Gavin Newsom]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-22 |title=UC Board of Regents chair, UC president welcome new Regent appointments |url=https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/uc-board-regents-chair-uc-president-welcome-new-regent-appointments |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=University of California |language=en}}</ref>

==Early life==
Chu is the second of three daughters to Hung Wing and Shuet Ying Chu, who immigrated from [[Hong Kong]] in the 1970s with ancestry in [[Taishan, Guangdong|Taishan]]. The Chu family settled into a number of jobs to make ends meet including initially working as a seamstress or as a restaurant worker before starting their own small family restaurant. Chu has stated that growing up in an immigrant family and in a small business household were formative experiences in her life as she never forgot the struggles immigrants and those with limited English face nor the hardships associated with running a small business.<ref>[http://sf.worldjournal.com/view/full_sfnews/21838856/article-朱嘉文雙親：女兒從小-班上第一名朱嘉文雙親：女兒從小班上第一名], [[World Journal]] (San Francisco), February 28, 2013{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Education==
In 2000, Chu earned a bachelor's degree in public policy from [[Occidental College]] where she was a recipient of the James Irvine Foundation Scholarship – a program focused on the development of leaders and educational opportunities for city youth.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The James Irvine Foundation|url=https://www.irvine.org/|access-date=2021-03-22|website=The James Irvine Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> She graduated from Occidental College magna cum laude and [[Phi Beta Kappa]].

In 2003, Chu earned a master's degree in public policy from [[University of California, Berkeley|UC Berkeley]] as a distinguished Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) fellow – a fellowship program with a mission to promote underrepresented groups in public service and to advance roles in leadership positions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gspp.berkeley.edu/academics/masters-degree-mpp|title=Programs | Goldman School of Public Policy | University of California, Berkeley}}</ref>

== San Francisco Assessor-Recorder ==
On February 6, 2013, Chu was appointed by Mayor [[Ed Lee (politician)|Ed Lee]] to serve as assessor-recorder; the post was left vacant after [[Phil Ting]] was sworn into the [[California State Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2013/02/ed-lee-selects-supervisor-carmen-chu-new-assessor-recorder |title=Mayor ed Lee selects Supervisor Carmen Chu as new assessor-recorder | Chris Roberts | Local | San Francisco Examiner |accessdate=2013-02-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212223801/http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2013/02/ed-lee-selects-supervisor-carmen-chu-new-assessor-recorder |archivedate=2013-02-12 }}, '' San Francisco Examiner'', Retrieved February 25, 2013.</ref> In November 2013, Chu successfully ran for election and became then the only [[San Francisco]] elected female representative in a citywide position.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfelections.org/results/20131105/|title=SFDOE Results|website=www.sfelections.org}}</ref> Chu ran again in 2014 and was elected to a full term on November 4, 2014, with 98% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sfelections.org/results/20141104/index.php|title=SFDOE Results|website=sfelections.org|access-date=2016-11-02}}</ref>

Under Chu, San Francisco adopted a new electronic real estate and land use records system.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thetitlereport.com/TTR/Articles/San-Francisco-adds-erecording-system-57921.aspx|title=San Francisco adds e-recording system {{!}} News {{!}} The Title Report|website=www.thetitlereport.com|access-date=2016-11-09}}</ref>

===Same-Sex Marriage===
When the [[California|State of California]] announced a resumption of same-sex marriages on June 28, 2013, Chu committed to keeping her office open through that first weekend of resumption so that same-sex couples did not have to wait any longer to marry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sfassessor.org/office-assessor-recorder-officially-recorded-479-same-sex-marriage-licenses-first-weekend|title=The Office of the Assessor-Recorder Officially Recorded 479 Same-Sex Marriage Licenses on the First Weekend {{!}} CCSF Office of Assessor-Recorder|website=sfassessor.org|access-date=2016-11-02}}</ref>  That weekend, 479 marriage licenses were recorded with the City and County of San Francisco.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/06/30/san-francisco-county-clerk-issues-563-same-sex-marriages-records-479-marriages-since-friday/|title=San Francisco Marries Hundreds Of Same Sex-Sex Couples During Weekend|date=30 June 2013|access-date=2016-11-09}}</ref> The [[City and County of San Francisco]] was the only County Recorder's Office to remain open that first weekend in the State of California. In 2013 Chu turned over public marriage licenses that were invalidated in 2004 to the San Francisco Public Library's Archival Division to ensure the historic preservation of documents filed during a pivotal and defining moment in the movement for [[marriage equality]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/04-same-sex-marriage-licenses-saved-for-history-4778357.php|title='04 same-sex marriage licenses saved for history|newspaper=SFGate|access-date=2016-11-02}}</ref>

== San Francisco City Administrator ==
Chu was nominated by Mayor [[London Breed]] to replace departing city administrator Naomi Kelly in January 2021.<ref name="sfchron-14jan2021">{{cite news |last1=Cassidy |first1=Megan |title=Breed nominates Carmen Chu to be city administrator |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Breed-appoints-Carmen-Chu-as-next-City-15870959.php |access-date=February 2, 2021 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=January 14, 2021}}</ref> After confirmation by the board of supervisors,<ref name="sfexam-26jan2021">{{cite news |last1=Sabatini |first1=Joshua |title=Carmen Chu confirmed as City Administrator |url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/carmen-chu-confirmed-as-city-administrator/ |access-date=February 2, 2021 |work=[[San Francisco Examiner]] |date=January 26, 2021}}</ref> Breed conducted Chu's swearing-in ceremony on February 2, 2021.<ref name="chu-sfgov-2feb2021">{{cite web |title=Carmen Chu Sworn In as San Francisco's City Administrator |url=https://sfmayor.org/article/carmen-chu-sworn-san-franciscos-city-administrator |website=Office of the Mayor |publisher=City and County of San Francisco}}</ref>

== San Francisco Supervisor ==

On September 25, 2007, she was appointed to replace the embattled San Francisco Supervisor [[Ed Jew]], who was then suspended for alleged official misconduct.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://abc7news.com/archive/6443377/|title=Former SF Supervisor Ed Jew pleads guilty to corruption|newspaper=ABC7 San Francisco|access-date=2016-11-02}}</ref> The District 4 seat remained vacant for five and a half hours until [[Gavin Newsom|Mayor Newsom]] appointed her to succeed Jew for the remainder of Jew's term.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Interim-supervisor-becomes-permanent-replacement-3232747.php|title=Interim supervisor becomes permanent replacement for Ed Jew|newspaper=SFGate|access-date=2016-11-02}}</ref> 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. Chu was re-elected as supervisor representing the Sunset/Parkside District for a four-year term in November 2010.

Chu worked on legislation that incentivized local small businesses to do work for the city by streamlining the city's contracting process;<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2012/11/27/city-tries-to-stop-drive-by-ada-lawsuits/|title=City tries to stop "drive-by" ADA lawsuits|date=2012-11-28|newspaper=City Insider|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-09}}</ref> provided protections to tenants who are victims of [[domestic violence]]; strengthened regulations, coordinated enforcement and expanded community review of establishments in neighborhood commercial corridors; advocated for and improved neighborhood libraries, parks and playgrounds, and directed local funding for neighborhood commercial revitalization efforts including facade improvements, free assessments for compliance with [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990|Americans with Disabilities Act]], installation of parklets and major street resurfacing efforts. Chu worked with the local Public Utilities Commission to develop the largest municipal solar project in the country at the time.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://sfbos.org/former-supervisor-carmen-chu-district-4|title=Former Supervisor Carmen Chu - District 4 {{!}} Board of Supervisors|website=sfbos.org|access-date=2016-11-09}}</ref> The rooftop of the Sunset Reservoir, a project which would provide clean energy for municipal buildings.

===Fiscal Stewardship===
[[File:2015.04.22 Profile Picture 7 Supervisor 2.jpg|thumb|Chair of the Board's budget and finance committee for the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 budgets.]]
As supervisor, Chu chaired the board's budget and finance committee for the 2011–2012 and 2012–2013 budgets and served as a member of the committee in all but one year while in office. Working with the mayor, community leaders, city departments and labor, the 2011–2012's $6.83 billion budget preserved funding for critical city services while closing a General Fund deficit of $380 million.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2011/07/13/carmen-chus-take-on-the-new-city-budget/|title=Carmen Chu's take on the new city budget|date=2011-07-13|newspaper=City Insider|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-02}}</ref>  In 2012–2013, Chu again chaired the budget and finance committee, where she led the development of San Francisco's first two-year budget, a good government initiative designed to recognize the ongoing long-term budget impacts of annual budget decisions.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SF-mayor-signs-2-year-14-9-billion-budget-3735977.php%20-%20photo-3239725|title=SF mayor signs 2-year, $14.9 billion budget|newspaper=SFGate|access-date=2016-11-02}}</ref>  The 2012–2013 budget included key measures to back-fill state funding cuts to childcare subsidies for San Francisco's working families and was the first year of a multi-year plan to fund the recruitment and back-filling of critical public safety positions in the [[San Francisco Police Department|police]] and [[San Francisco Fire Department|fire departments]].

== SF Mayor's Office of Public Policy and Finance ==
Prior to her time on the [[San Francisco Board of Supervisors|board of supervisors]], Chu served as the deputy director of the mayor office of public policy and finance – the division charged with balancing the city and county's annual appropriations. Chu worked on projects such as the development of the city's first [https://sf311.org/ 311 Customer Service Center] – a centralized point of access to City services available to residents 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Under Chu's direction, San Francisco was awarded the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award in 2006–2007 from the [[Government Finance Officers Association]] for the annual proposed budget document.<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
{{Portal|San Francisco Bay Area}}
* [[History of the Chinese Americans in San Francisco]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{Official website|1=http://sfassessor.org/}}
* [http://www.carmenchu.org/ Campaign website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722103939/http://www.carmenchu.org/ |date=2018-07-22 }}

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[[Category:Occidental College alumni]]
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