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Behind the Ballot with Connie Chan, candidate for CA's 11th Congressional District

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Friday, October 23, 2026 at 9:02 PM · 1 min read
Behind the Ballot with Connie Chan, candidate for CA's 11th Congressional District — CBS Bay Area (KPIX), Menlo Park Dining news
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SAN FRANCISCO Just outside San Francisco's City Hall, Connie Chan begins a walk she has taken for decades, one that she says connects the work she does to the city she calls home."I've walked through this since I was 25 because I've been working in City Hall since then, as a policy aide, I have seen how it was and how it's been. And I know that there's still a lot of work to do," Chan tells CBS News Bay Area.Chan was born in Hong Kong and immigrated from Taiwan with her mother and brother before moving to Chinatown, a neighborhood that became central to her upbringing. Early in her career, she worked as an interpreter, translating for immigrants navigating the legal system."In Chinatown, for a new immigrant, that's really where your community is, food and snacks and that, that is home," she said.Over the years, Chan says she developed another skill along the way: knowing where to find the best food across San Francisco's many neighborhoods."Everywhere, every corner in the city, I kno

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