June 2022: David Chiu for SF City Attorney

The San Francisco League of Conservation Voters is very happy to endorse David Chiu for City Attorney. In his long career on the Board of Supervisors, and as a state legislator in Sacramento, David has been a great advocate for environmental issues such as reducing plastic pollution, promoting clean energy, and enhancing public transit.

We have no doubt he will continue his environmental focus as the San Francisco City Attorney. Indeed he already has, tackling serious air pollution related to industrial dust in the Bayview when numerous other agencies were unable to solve the problem.

As City Attorney, he will be empowered to investigate and litigate environmental harms on all scales, from defending the temporary closure of the Great Highway to cars, to suing Big Oil for the climate mitigations we will all be footing the bill for.

Additionally, we are hopeful that he'll be an internal advocate for better environmental policies at City Hall on matters where the City’s approach is simply wrong, such as the Bay-Delta Plan. 

The City Attorney sits at the intersection of the Board of Supervisors, every City Department, and all San Franciscans. David Chiu has the ability to apply his extensive environmental record to this uniquely situated cross-cutting role by ensuring the City advances sound environmental policy, brings impactful cases, and defends innovation against outdated thinking.

We’re happy to endorse David Chiu for City Attorney!