Chyanne Chen

Chyanne Chen (Chinese: 陳小焱) is an American labor organizer and politician who is a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for District 11, which includes the neighborhoods of Outer Mission, Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon and Ingleside. She previously worked for SEIU 1021 and the Chinese Progressive Association.

San Francisco Board of Supervisors 2024 campaign Chen ran for District 11 of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, where incumbent Ahsha Safaí was term-limited and running in the concurrent mayoral election. She listed expanding translation services, identifying wasteful spending and unused funds, affordable housing for seniors, building a new library, advocated for public safety, subsidizing child-care, and improving parks and streets as legislative priorities. Fellow candidate Ernest Jones and Chen formed a ranked-choice voting 'alliance' where supporters of each candidate would rank the other candidate second. Considered a progressive, she was endorsed by Myrna Melgar, Phil Ting, Norman Yee, Sandra Lee Fewer, Mabel Teng, and Safaí. She narrowly defeated Michael Lai in the instant run-off election with 50.4% of the vote, making it the closest supervisor race of any district in the 2024 election.

Tenure In December 2025, Chen voted against legislation to upzone 60% of San Francisco to allow for more housing. Chen was a leading critic of the zoning reform, arguing "This legislation is an example of the government doing things to our communities, not with our communities. It applied a top-down framework that has little to do with the housing affordability and insecurity or the great demand for workforce housing in San Francisco."