The People of the State of California vs. Deepfake Abuse with David Chiu

Ilse has 25 years invested in victim advocacy and is a nationally recognized expert on the rape kit backlog. She leads Joyful Heart’s End The Backlog campaign, which is at the forefront of identifying untested rape kits across the country, appealing for laws and policies to improve criminal justice responses to sexual violence; and working with jurisdictions to assist them to develop and implement survivor-centered reforms. Ilse also manages the Foundation’s Image-Based Abuse Initiative, which raises awareness of the problem, changes laws and policies at the state and federal level, and pushes for rights and resources for survivors. Previously, Ilse spent 16 years at the National Center for Victims of Crime, where she created the DNA Resource Center and led the center’s efforts to reform policies and practices related to testing rape kits, stalking, and victims’ rights. She credits her mother with instilling a duty in her to “do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

David Chiu is the 15th City Attorney of San Francisco. As one of the top municipal law offices in the country, the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office provides legal counsel to the Mayor, Board of Supervisors and over 100 departments, boards, commissions and offices that comprise the government of the City and County of San Francisco.

During David’s tenure, his office won $350M in one of the country’s most successful settlements against the opioid industry; saved the state’s largest skilled nursing facility from being shut down; rooted out corruption by public officials and city contractors; established a worker protection team and a gun violence restraining order program; stood up for consumers defrauded by corporations; took on online tobacco retailers; led a groundbreaking effort to hold fossil fuel companies responsible for infrastructure costs related to sea level rise; and launched the Legal Alliance for Reproductive Rights, a network of 70 law firms providing pro bono services to people seeking and providing abortions.

David previously represented San Francisco in the California State Assembly, where he authored 75 laws addressing civil, immigrant, reproductive and worker rights, health, housing, public safety, and the environment, while serving as Assistant Speaker pro Tempore, Chair of the Assembly Housing & Community Development Committee, and Chair of the California API Legislative Caucus. Previously, David was the only President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors ever elected to three consecutive terms, where he authored 110 local laws. He is the first Asian American to hold each of his three elected positions. Before holding public office, David served as law clerk to Judge James R. Browning of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, a civil rights attorney with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, a criminal prosecutor at the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, Democratic Counsel to the US Senate Constitution Subcommittee, and general counsel to a public affairs technology company. The son of immigrants, he received his undergraduate, master’s in public policy and law degrees from Harvard. David is married to Candace Chen, a public interest lawyer who manages a refugee foster care program; the two are raising their eight-year-old son

Karun Tilak is a Deputy City Attorney at the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, and previously worked as an attorney for other Bay Area local governments. In these roles, Karun has litigated complex cases on behalf of local governments to protect public health and the environment, hold corporations accountable for harming consumers, and safeguard tenants’ rights. Before entering government service, Karun worked in private practice, where he litigated several cases challenging the first Trump administration’s efforts to target immigrant and other vulnerable communities.

Karun holds a law degree from Yale Law School, and a B.A./B.S in International Relations and Economics from American University.