Posts made in January 10th, 2009

David Chiu Elected San Francisco Board Of Supervisors President

Posted by Mike Doherty on Jan 10, 2009 in Small Business News | 0 comments

Image by Thomas Hawk via Flickr First-term Supervisor David Chiu has been elected president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.  Chiu replaces Aaron Peskin both as president of the board and as supervisor for District 3, which is composed largely of the North Beach and Chinatown neighborhoods.  Peskin had termed out and has since been elected chair of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee. Chui is the first Chinese-American to lead the board and a close ally of former board President Aaron Peskin.  Chiu is an attorney who used to work in the district attorney’s office.  The new board is comprised of three Chinese Americans,...