Carmen Chu, the 29-year-old policy wonk tapped by Mayor Gavin Newsom to fill suspended Supervisor Ed Jew's seat on the Board of Supervisors, was widely hailed Tuesday by her City Hall colleagues and others as smart, poised and likable.Privately, though, some observers wondered how someone lacking political experience will hold up in the dog-eat-dog world of the city's legislative chambers.
Chu, who until Tuesday morning served as deputy director of the mayor's office of policy and finance, was the first to admit politics hasn't been her ambition.
"Monday when I woke up, I had no idea I'd be in this position," Chu said, noting the mayor offered her the job later that day. She slept on it, talked it over with her boyfriend and family, and told Newsom she accepted the offer Tuesday morning.
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