Ed Jew graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in economics and later earned a master's degree in business administration at Golden Gate University.
30 Facts About Ed Jew
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In 2002, Yee successfully ran for a seat in the California Assembly, and Ed Jew ran for Yee's seat on the Board of Supervisors in the 2002 election, but was defeated.
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Shortly after the raid, the city attorney began investigating Ed Jew for violating residency requirements necessary to hold his supervisor position.
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Edmund Ed Jew was born in San Francisco, California in 1960.
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The Ed Jew family emigrated from China around the start of the 20th century.
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Ed Jew became a distinguished leader in the Chinese community after serving many local Chinese American associations.
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Ed Jew began his political career in the 1980s, establishing the Chinese Neighborhood Resource Center, which helped to clean up alleyways in Chinatown.
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Ed Jew was an active participant of numerous other community organizations, such as the Northeast Community Federal Credit Union, the Chinese Holocaust Museum, the Sunset Residents Association, and the Sunset Parkside Education and Action Committee.
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Ed Jew once served as vice chairman of the San Francisco County Republican Central Committee before re-registering as an Independent and then as a Democrat.
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From 1996 to 2001, Ed Jew was District 4 then-supervisor Leland Yee's volunteer community liaison.
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Ed Jew first ran for Yee's District 4 seat in 2002 when Yee ran for the California State Assembly.
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In 2006, Ed Jew again ran for same supervisor seat when Fiona Ma ran for the California Assembly.
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In December 2006, Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed Jew to serve out the remainder of Ma's term; he took office in January 2007.
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On May 18,2007, six months after Ed Jew took office as supervisor, agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, armed with a federal warrant, raided his office at City Hall, his houses in San Francisco and Burlingame, and his Chinatown flower shop.
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Ed Jew said that he had been contacted by the owners of a local chain tapioca drink shop, Quickly, to resolve Quickly's business permit issues.
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Ed Jew demanded $80,000 for his assistance, but agreed to accept $40,000.
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Ed Jew claimed that he turned over the money to a man named Robert Chan from a land use consulting firm called Bridge Consulting, though this was never substantiated.
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Ed Jew asked that half of the money be donated to the Friends of Sunset Playground, a local organization set up to raise money for the renovation of a playground at 28th Avenue and Lawton Street.
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Ed Jew was accused of accepting $4,000 in cash from the owner of another local business, Wonderful Desserts and Cafe.
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In late May 2007, following the FBI raid, questions surfaced about whether or not Ed Jew actually lived in his San Francisco home, and whether or not Ed Jew therefore met the residency requirements of his supervisor position.
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The house in question was owned by his father, though Ed Jew's neighbors said that the house was vacant and utility bills showed little to no usage of water or electricity.
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Ed Jew claimed that he spent most of his time at his flower shop, but was not able to provide more information in response to City Attorney Dennis Herrera's formal requests.
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On July 4,2007, Ed Jew's attorneys issued a 138-page response to Herrera's petition, arguing that even if Ed Jew had not lived full-time in his home in District 4, his election had not violated any laws.
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Herrera denied Jew's accusations, and released signed bank loan documents on which Jew had identified his address in Burlingame.
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On July 17,2007, Ed Jew pleaded not guilty to the perjury charges, and was granted bail after Ed Jew agreed to surrender his passport.
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On September 25,2007, Mayor Gavin Newsom suspended Jew for alleged official misconduct and began the process of removing him from office.
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On January 10,2008, Ed Jew tendered his resignation in exchange for Herrera and Newsom dropping both the civil lawsuit and misconduct proceeding before the Ethics Commission regarding his residency violation.
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Ed Jew reported to a federal prison in Safford, Arizona on June 30,2009.
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In June 2012, Ed Jew was held at Taft Correctional Institution in Kern County, California.
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In 2013, Ed Jew was released to a halfway house in San Francisco's Tenderloin area.