Christopher (Chris) M. Ward (D-SH78)
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Capitol: 916.319.2078
FAX: 916.319.2178
District: 619.280.7801
District FAX: 619.645.3094
Assemblyman
Suite 6350 State Capitol 1021 O Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

District Office:
2700 Adams Avenue
San Diego, CA 92116
Elected: 2020    Next Election: 2024
Spouse: Thom Harpole   DOB: 8/3/1976
Committee Assignments
ChairmanAssembly Committee on Housing and Community Development
ChairmanAssembly Select Committee on Biotechnology
MemberAssembly Committee on Labor and Employment
MemberAssembly Committee on Local Government
MemberAssembly Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection
MemberAssembly Select Committee on Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure
MemberAssembly Select Committee on Permitting Reform
MemberAssembly Select Committee on Community Reinvestment
MemberAssembly Select Committee on Social Housing
MemberAssembly Select Committee on Asian American and Pacific Islanders Equity, Inclusion, and Representation
MemberAssembly Committee on Transportation
MemberAssembly Committee on Budget
Counties Representing
San Diego

Bio

Assemblymember Ward was elected in 2020 to serve the 78th Assembly District. Prior to his service in the Assembly, he served on the San Diego City Council, focusing his efforts on housing, homelessness, economic development, and the environment, and authored San Diego's landmark Equal Pay Ordinance, as well as enacted a local ordinance to make San Diego the largest city in California to ban Styrofoam and reduce single-use plastics. Additionally, Assemblymember Ward chaired the San Diego County Regional Task Force on the Homeless, transforming outdated strategies to align with national best practices while making meaningful gains to address and respond to homelessness; chaired the Land Use and Housing Committee, updating restrictive housing codes and incentivizing affordable development; and chaired the Economic Development and Intergovernmental Relations Committee, supporting local business. Before becoming an elected official, Assemblymember Ward was the Chief of Staff to Senator Marty Block, coordinating constituent services, engaging public participation in the legislative process, and addressing the needs of schools and neighborhoods, and an environmental planner at the firm EDAW, working with local government to update land use policies and law, and conduct CEQA environmental reviews. Assemblymember Ward has long been a community volunteer, serving on the San Diego Community College District's Citizens Oversight Committee, serving as a board member of the San Diego Human Dignity Foundation and San Diego LGBT Center, and serving as a member of the Truman National Security Project Assemblymember Ward earned his Bachelor of Arts degree at Johns Hopkins University and a Masters in Public Policy and Urban Planning at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He and his partner, Thom, reside in University Heights with their two children, and their cairn terrier.






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