David Campos (politician)

David Campos was born in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala."Supervisor Campos - About". San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Retrieved December 24, 2010. His father was a meteorologist.{{cite web|title=South-Central Success Story Shares His Hope|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-06-28-me-19391-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|date=28 June 1996 |access-date=21 February 2015}} His family first tried to cross the border illegally when David was 11, but they were caught and deported. Around 1983, his father made it across the border and went to Los Angeles, where he became a carpenter.{{cite web|title=David Campos and the incredible journey|url=http://48hillsonline.org/2014/06/02/david-campos-incredible-journey/|website=48 Hills|accessdate=21 February 2015}} In 1985, at age 14, with his mother and two sisters, he fled Guatemala and emigrated illegally to the United States.{{cite web |last=Tan |first=David |title=David Campos – A Champion Through Education |url=http://www.aiisf.org/stories-by-author/585-campos-david |publisher=Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation |accessdate=December 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111135439/http://www.aiisf.org/stories-by-author/585-campos-david |archive-date=November 11, 2013 |url-status=dead }} Campos graduated from Jefferson High School in South Central Los Angeles. In 1993, he graduated from Stanford University with a degree in political science. While attending Harvard Law School from 1993 to 1996, Campos became a permanent resident of the United States and met his partner, Phil Hwang. They married in 2014.{{cite news|url = http://www.sfexaminer.com/PoliticsBlog/archives/2014/01/07/supervisor-david-campos-marries-his-longtime-partner|title = Supervisor David Campos marries his longtime partner|accessdate = 2014-05-10|last = Roberts|first = Chris|date = January 7, 2014|publisher = (San Francisco) Examiner|archive-date = 2020-09-28|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200928114753/https://www.sfexaminer.com/PoliticsBlog/archives/2014/01/07/supervisor-david-campos-marries-his-longtime-partner//|url-status = dead}}

Campos became Deputy City Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco in 1999.{{Cite web |url= http://www.smartvoter.org/2014/06/03/ca/state/vote/campos_d/bio.html|title= Full Biography for David Campos|accessdate=May 10, 2014|author=SmartVoter.org|year=2014|publisher=League of Women Voters of California Education Fund}} According to his biography on the Santa Clara County government website, Campos was Deputy City Attorney 1999–2004. Campos was general counsel for the San Francisco Unified School District from 2004 to 2007. While general counsel, Campos was on the San Francisco Police Commission 2005–2008.{{cite web |title=David Campos, Chair (Census Steering Committee) |url=https://www.sccgov.org/sites/census/Steering-Committee/members/Pages/David-Campos.aspx |website=County of Santa Clara |access-date=2021-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112101318/https://www.sccgov.org/sites/census/Steering-Committee/members/Pages/David-Campos.aspx |archive-date=2019-11-12 |language=en |date=2019-03-19 |url-status=live}}

In 2008, David Campos was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, representing District 9 (Bernal Heights, Portola, and the Inner Mission), succeeding newly-elected State Assemblymember Tom Ammiano. Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed Campos to the vacant supervisorial seat on December 4, 2008, one month before the other freshman supervisors were elected in November 2008.{{cite news|url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/05/BAH014ICD5.DTL&type=newsbayarea|title = Crowd cheers swearing in of Supervisor Campos|accessdate = 2008-12-06|last = Lagos|first = Marisa|date = December 5, 2008|publisher = San Francisco Chronicle}} His predecessor, Ammiano, had resigned from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in early December to start his tenure at the California State Assembly.

Campos introduced legislation in August 2009 that sought to protect undocumented immigrant youths from deportation and separation from their families by the San Francisco police. The legislation would have required local authorities to wait for a criminal conviction before turning youth over to ICE.{{cite news|last=Lagos|first=Marisa|author2=Coté, John|date=August 18, 2009|title=New sanctuary proposal on protecting youths|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/18/MN5K198PEI.DTL&ao=all|accessdate=December 24, 2010}}

In May 2013, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed Campos’s Health Care Access Buffer Zone legislation.{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Christie|title=San Francisco Supervisors Vote on Planned Parenthood "Buffer Zones"|url=http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/San-Francisco-Supervisors-to-Vote-on-Planned-Parenthood-Buffer-Zones-206404961.html|accessdate=May 10, 2014|newspaper=NBC Bay Area|date=May 7, 2013}} The legislation created a 25-foot harassment free buffer zone around all free-standing health clinics in the city. The penalty for encroaching the buffer zone is up to a $1,000 fine or three months in jail.{{cite web |url=http://www.sfbos.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/bdsupvrs/ordinances13/o0088-13.pdf |title=Ordinance No. 88-13 |accessdate=May 10, 2014 |author=San Francisco Board of Supervisors |author-link=San Francisco Board of Supervisors |date=May 21, 2013}} The ordinance also expands the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, which makes it a federal offense to use physical force or intimidation to prevent a person from entering a reproductive health care facility.

In September 2012, San Francisco's supervisors voted 8-3 to approve Campos’s CleanPowerSF legislation. CleanPowerSF is a publicly owned clean energy program that allow residents to choose to buy electricity generated from renewable source rather than from PG&E, the dominant utility in the city.{{cite news|last=Halstead|first=Richard|title= San Francisco mulls Marin Clean Energy, Assembly bill could limit expansion|url= http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_25625172/san-francisco-mulls-marin-clean-energy-assembly-bill |accessdate=May 10, 2014|newspaper=Marin Independent Journal|date=April 23, 2014}} Ultimately, the plan will use the program’s revenue stream to help construct the city’s own renewable energy infrastructure, including wind and solar generators.{{cite news|last=Sabatini|first=Joshua|title=Supervisors approve CleanPowerSF despite opt-out clause worries|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/supervisors-approve-cleanpowersf-despite-opt-out-clause-worries/Content?oid=2127466|accessdate=May 10, 2014|newspaper=(San Francisco) Examiner|date=September 19, 2012|archive-date=May 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531105550/http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/supervisors-approve-cleanpowersf-despite-opt-out-clause-worries/Content?oid=2127466|url-status=dead}}

During his tenure on the Board of Supervisors, an average of 157 residences (32 of which were subsidized units) were built in the Mission per year. According to one estimate, Campos opposed the construction of units capable of housing 6,058 people, including subsidized housing for 3,930 lower-income people. Among the developments that Campos opposed was a 2016 proposal to develop a lot containing an abandoned warehouse into housing for 227 people, including 45 low-income residents. Campos argued that the development would harm the vibrancy of his district. The proposal was blocked; by 2022, the lot still contained only an abandoned warehouse.{{Cite web |last=Knight |first=Heather |date=2022-04-09 |title=Exclusive: Housing debate has dominated Campos and Haney's Assembly race. New reports uncover their track records |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/Exclusive-Housing-debate-has-dominated-Campos-17068416.php |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en-US}}

In 2015 and 2016, while he was on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Campos introduced proposals to prohibit the construction of market-rate housing in his district in San Francisco.{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Emily |date=2015-11-04 |title=Mission District housing moratorium defeated |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Moratorium-on-new-Mission-District-housing-is-6609187.php |access-date=2021-10-29 |website=SFGATE |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=San Francisco Spent A Decade Being Rich, Important, And Hating Itself. |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/scottlucas/san-francisco-spent-a-decade-being-rich-important-and |access-date=2021-10-29 |website=BuzzFeed News |date=20 December 2019 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Timothy B. |date=2015-05-05 |title=This politician has a terrible plan to address San Francisco's housing crisis |url=https://www.vox.com/2015/5/5/8557153/san-francisco-mission-campos |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=Vox |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Timothy B. |date=2015-06-15 |title=This woman has a plan to fix San Francisco's housing crisis — but homeowners won't like it |url=https://www.vox.com/2015/6/15/8782235/san-francisco-housing-crisis |access-date=2021-10-29 |website=Vox |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2016-08-08 |title=Campos Revives Controversial 'Mission Moratorium' Proposal In Scaled-Back Form: SFist |url=https://sfist.com/2016/08/08/campos_revives_controversial_missio/ |access-date=2021-10-30 |website=SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports |language=en |archive-date=2021-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030174615/https://sfist.com/2016/08/08/campos_revives_controversial_missio/ |url-status=dead }} While running for office in 2022, Campos said he had changed his view on banning market-rate housing. In 2016, Campos held rallies opposing a "density bonus" proposal whereby developers in San Francisco would be allowed to build taller buildings in exchange for increasing the number of affordable housing units in the buildings.{{Cite news |last=Dougherty |first=Conor |date=2016-04-16 |title=In Cramped and Costly Bay Area, Cries to Build, Baby, Build |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/business/economy/san-francisco-housing-tech-boom-sf-barf.html |access-date=2021-10-29 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Barros |first=Joe Rivano |date=2016-01-29 |title=SF Delays Controversial Housing Law Amidst Opposition, Cry of Ethnic Cleansing |url=http://missionlocal.org/2016/01/sf-delays-controversial-housing-law-amidst-opposition-cries-of-ethnic-cleansing/ |access-date=2021-10-29 |website=Mission Local |language=en-US}}

In April 2016, Campos introduced legislation that would fine short-term rental companies such as Airbnb $1000 a day for each listing that wasn't registered with the City of San Francisco.{{Cite web |date=25 April 2016 |title=San Francisco supes going after Airbnb, other short-term rentals |url=http://abc7news.com/realestate/sf-supes-going-after-airbnb-other-short-term-rentals/1308845/ |website=KABC-TV}} After the Board of Supervisors approved the legislation, Airbnb sued the City, claiming that the law violated the Communications Decency Act, which prohibits the government from holding websites accountable for the content published by users.{{Cite news |last1=Benner |first1=Katie |date=28 June 2016 |title=Airbnb in Disputes with New York and San Francisco |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/29/technology/airbnb-sues-san-francisco-over-a-law-it-had-helped-pass.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=1}} Campos then introduced new amendments to the legislation to attempt to address the challenges in the lawsuit.{{Cite web |date=13 July 2016 |title=SF may revise vacation-rental law to block Airbnb lawsuit |url=http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/SF-may-revise-vacation-rental-law-to-block-Airbnb-8355442.php}}

In 2021, Campos expressed opposition to a proposal to build 495 apartment units (25% of which would have been affordable housing) on a Nordstrom valet parking lot.{{Cite web |last=Garofoli |first=Joe |date=2021-11-07 |title=That rejected 495-unit complex in San Francisco is now a dividing line in Assembly race |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joegarofoli/article/That-rejected-495-unit-complex-in-San-Francisco-16596721.php |access-date=2021-11-08 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en-US}} Campos said that his position was not "anti-housing" – rather, he said that the apartments would cause displacement: "there is a very real fear of displacement of the people who live around [the parking lot]."

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On August 1, 2013, Campos filed papers at San Francisco City Hall to run for the California State Assembly seat in the 17th District (eastern half of San Francisco). Campos advanced to the general election with San Francisco Supervisor David Chiu in the primary on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, with 43 percent of the vote. Chiu won 48 percent of the vote and Republican candidate David Salaverry won 8.5 percent.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Chiu-wins-Assembly-race-after-Campos-concedes-5877206.php|title = Chiu wins Assembly race after Campos concedes|date = 7 November 2014}} Chiu beat Campos in the general election with 51 percent of the vote.{{Election box open primary begin no change

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{{Main|2022 California 17th State Assembly district special election}}

By September 2021, Campos had announced his intention to run for the 17th Assembly District seat that would be vacated by David Chiu when he would become San Francisco City Attorney.{{cite news |last1=Moench |first1=Mallory |title=Who will replace Assembly Member David Chiu? City attorney pick heats up progressive race |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/Who-will-replace-Assemblymember-David-Chiu-City-16496647.php |access-date=2021-12-12 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=2021-09-29}} In the special election held on February 15, 2022, Campos ended up in second place with 33,448 votes (35.67%).{{cite web |url=https://sfelections.sfgov.org/february-15-2022-election-results-summary |title=February 15, 2022 Election Results - Summary |accessdate=2022-03-01 |author=San Francisco Department of Elections |author-link=San Francisco Department of Elections|date=Feb 15, 2022}} Since no candidate received 50% of the votes, the top two candidates, Campos and Matt Haney, moved onto the run-off election on April 19, 2022.

When filing his papers for candidacy for the special election, Campos listed his occupation as a "civil rights attorney". In a letter to the California Secretary of State, Matt Haney challenged the accuracy of that statement, arguing that the role of a DA’s chief of staff is to oversee operations and administration, not practice law. When the California Secretary of State rejected Haney's challenge, Haney filed a lawsuit against the office. In February 2022, Judge Shelleyanne Chang of the Sacramento Superior Court ruled in favor of Haney citing that the civil rights attorney designation was “misleading voters.” Judge Chang ordered that Campos could no longer list his occupation as a civil rights attorney or criminal justice attorney and must list his occupation as criminal justice administrator in the run off election ballot.

{{cite news |last1=Tong |first1=Anna |title=Judge Rules David Campos Can't Call Himself a 'Civil Rights Attorney' in State Assembly Runoff|url=https://sfstandard.com/politics/elections/judge-rules-david-campos-cant-call-himself-a-civil-rights-attorney-in-state-assembly-runoff/ |access-date=2022-03-01 |work=San Francisco Standard |date=2022-03-01}}

In March 2017, Campos was named one of seven deputy executives for Santa Clara County to lead the Division of Equity & Social Justice focused on LGBTQ, immigration, cultural competence, labor, and Census issues.{{Cite news|last=Kurhi|first=Eric|date=2017-03-10|title=Former S.F. supervisor David Campos joins Santa Clara County|work=San Jose Mercury News|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/03/10/former-s-f-supervisor-david-campos-joins-santa-clara-county/|access-date=2021-12-15}}{{Cite web|title=County of Santa Clara {{!}} Division of Equity and Social Justice {{!}} About the Division|url=https://desj.sccgov.org/about-us/about-division|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416181249/https://desj.sccgov.org/about-us/about-division|archive-date=2021-04-16|access-date=2021-12-15|website=County of Santa Clara}} During the COVID-19 pandemic, Campos coordinated government communications in non-English languages.{{Cite news|last=La Plante|first=Mauricio|date=2020-09-25|title=Top Santa Clara County executive leading COVID-19 response leaving|work=San Jose Spotlight|url=https://sanjosespotlight.com/top-santa-clara-county-executive-leading-covid-19-response-leaving/|access-date=2021-12-15}}

In September 2020, he became chief of staff for San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin.Julian Mark (September 22, 2020) [https://missionlocal.org/2020/09/former-mission-supe-david-campos-gets-new-job-with-district-attorney/ "Former Mission supe David Campos gets new job with District Attorney."] San Francisco Chronicle. (Retrieved May 29, 2017.) In an interview, Campos cited the long commute to Santa Clara, and the opportunity to work on meaningful criminal justice reform as motivation to take the new job.{{Cite news|last=Ferrannini|first=John|date=2021-01-06|title=Campos, now DA chief of staff, sees chance for 'real reform'|work=Bay Area Reporter|url=https://www.ebar.com/news/news//300738|access-date=2021-12-15}} In November 2021, Campos took a leave of absence from the Chief of Staff role.{{cite news |last1=Gaus |first1=Annie |title=David Campos Takes Leave of Absence from District Attorney's Office |url=https://sfstandard.com/david-campos-takes-leave-of-absence-from-district-attorneys-office/ |access-date=2021-12-13 |work=San Francisco Standard |date=2021-11-03}} In December 2021, Campos was named in a lawsuit filed by a former investigator in the District Attorney's office. The plaintiff claimed that he was wrongfully terminated for reporting and punishing the office's violations of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.{{Cite news|last=Ferrannini|first=John|date=2021-12-08|title=Wrongful termination suit against DA names Campos|work=Bay Area Reporter|url=https://www.ebar.com/news/news/311208|access-date=2021-12-15}}

Campos is one of two Vice Chairs of the California Democratic Party. Previously, he was a member of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee 2016–2021,{{Cite web|title=The DCCC (Copy)|url=http://www.sfdemocrats.org/the-dccc|access-date=2021-09-21|website=San Francisco Democratic Party|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922015053/https://www.sfdemocrats.org/the-dccc|url-status=dead}} and elected from within that body to be Chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party 2017–2021.{{Cite news|last=Matier|first=Phil|date=2017-07-26|title=Ex-SF Supervisor David Campos a shoo-in for DCCC chair|work=San Francisco Chronicle|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Ex-SF-Supervisor-David-Campos-a-shoo-in-for-DCCC-11408133.php|access-date=2021-12-15}}{{Cite web|title=HOME {{!}} David Campos for CA|url=https://www.camposforca.com/|access-date=2021-09-21|website=Campos for CA|language=en}}

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