Chris Daly (born August 13, 1972) is a former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He represented District 6, on which he served from 2000 to 2010. His decade-long career terminated in 2011.
Daly grew up in Bowie, Maryland and Gaithersburg, Maryland; his father was a federal employee and consultant, and his mother an accountant.
Daly was valedictorian of his high school class and was drawn to service as a teenager through the 4-H clu...
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Chris Daly (born August 13, 1972) is a former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He represented District 6, on which he served from 2000 to 2010. His decade-long career terminated in 2011.
Daly grew up in Bowie, Maryland and Gaithersburg, Maryland; his father was a federal employee and consultant, and his mother an accountant.
Daly was valedictorian of his high school class and was drawn to service as a teenager through the 4-H club. He attended Duke University but did not graduate. He moved to San Francisco in 1993, where he became involved in local politics through an advocacy group for the homeless called Mission Agenda.
Daly was first elected to office in 2000 in a near sweep for progressive candidates in supervisorial races. He ran on his credentials as a housing advocate in the Mission District. Like other progressives, he rode a backlash against the patronage politics of then-Mayor Willie Brown. Daly was re-elected in 2002 and 2006. In the three contested...
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