Preceded by Mabel Teng Website asmdc.org/members/a19/ Nationality American Name Phil Ting | Role American Politician Spouse(s) Susan Sun | |
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Assessor recorder phil ting uncovers widespread mortgage industry irregularity
Philip Y. Ting (Chinese: 丁右立; pinyin: Dīng Yòulì) (born February 9, 1969) is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 19th Assembly District, which encompasses western San Francisco and northern San Mateo County.
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- Assessor recorder phil ting uncovers widespread mortgage industry irregularity
- State assemblyman phil ting talks about possible impact of repealing obamacare
- Early Career
- Career in San Francisco Politics
- State Assembly
- Personal life
- References
Ting is best known for setting a California record for highest campaign expenditures per vote after spending $500,000 on his 2011 campaign for San Francisco Mayor only to finish in 12th place. Prior to being elected to the Assembly in 2012, he was the Assessor-Recorder of San Francisco.
State assemblyman phil ting talks about possible impact of repealing obamacare
Early Career
Phil Ting began his career as a real estate financial adviser at Arthur Andersen and CB Richard Ellis. He also previously served as the executive director of the Asian Law Caucus, as the president of the Bay Area Assessors Association, and on the board of Equality California.
Career in San Francisco Politics
Phil Ting was appointed San Francisco Assessor-Recorder in 2005 by then-Mayor Gavin Newsom, becoming San Francisco’s highest-ranking Chinese-American official at the time.
As Assessor-Recorder, Ting cleared a five-year assessment backlog, which resulted in the collection of more than $200 million in unpaid property taxes.
In February 2012, Ting commissioned the country’s first real study of mortgage fraud that spurred national action, uncovering "widespread mortgage industry irregularity" in San Francisco foreclosures.
Specifically, Ting commissioned an audit of nearly 400 homes in the city that had been foreclosed upon in 2009-2011. The results of the audit, which demonstrated that more than 80% of the sampled foreclosures contained at least one clear legal violation, provided documented support for the state legislature to push for increased oversight of the mortgage industry.
State Assembly
Ting ran in the San Francisco Mayoral election of 2011 but was defeated by incumbent Mayor Ed Lee. Ting's mayoral campaign set a California record for spending the highest campaign expenditures per vote. Ting finished 12th and received only 1013 votes but spent over $500,000 in the process. The majority of the money came from San Francisco taxpayers under the city's public campaign financing scheme which gave Ting over $300,000 in his losing bid. The following year, in 2012, he was elected to the California State Assembly.
In 2014, Ting announced his support for a $100 million property tax-break for large corporations in San Francisco's Mid-Market District. Just a few months later, he used his position as Chairman of the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee to deny a vote on a popular tax-break for veterans organizations despite it costing only a few hundred thousand dollars. The tax-break was killed due to Ting's actions drawing the anger of veteran organizations.
A Democrat, Ting represents the state's 19th District, which includes the west side of San Francisco, in addition to Broadmoor, Colma, Daly City, and South San Francisco.
Ting is currently Chair of the Assembly Committee on Budget and is first Asian-American to hold the position. He previously served as Chair of the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation and Chair of the Assembly Democratic Caucus.
Personal life
He lives in San Francisco's Sunset District with his wife and their two daughters. His parents are immigrants from Taiwan.