Scott Peters

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Early life, education, and legal career

Peters was born in 1958 in Springfield, Ohio. He was born in Michigan. His father was a Lutheran minister, and his mother was a homemaker. Peters has said he took out student loans and participated in his school's work-study scheme, in which he was given jobs answering phones and cleaning pigeon cages. He earned his undergraduate degree from Duke University.

Peters began as an economist on the staff of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and received a J.D. A degree from New York University School of Law. He served as a deputy county counsel for San Diego County and as an attorney in private practice focusing on environmental law prior to his election to the city council. In a case against a local shipbuilder, he lost notability.

California government career

Peters was appointed to the California Coastal Commission in 2002. He served on the Commission for a three-year term. In 2002, a coalition of environmental organisations gave his votes an environmental rating of 31%, 52% in 2003, and 40% in 2004. In 2005, he was "involuntarily resigned" after new State Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez did not renew his term.

Peters ran for the San Diego City Council's 1st district in 2000. He came in second place in the open primary, with 24% of the vote, qualifying for the November general election. Linda Davis, a businesswoman, came in first with 32% of the vote. Peters defeated Davis 53%-47%.

He came in first with 48 percent of the vote in the 2004 open primary. Phil Thalheimer, a businessman from the second class, came in second with 31% of the vote. Peters was reelected in the November election, defeating Thalheimer 55%-45%.

San Diego city residents in 2004 voted to reform the structure of the city government from a council-to-council model, which made the mayor the city's chief executive officer. Peters was elected to chair the transition committee in charge of this initiative while serving as a member of the city council at that time.

Peters' fellow council members elected him as the first president of San Diego City Council in 2005, when the city's newly elected executive made him the chief officer of the city's newly designated legislative branch. In 2008, San Diego's mayor vetoed a 42 percent wage increase for the city council, which Peters and four other council members had voted for.

During the San Diego pension crisis, Peters was a member of the San Diego City Council. He voted with the majority in 2002 to underfund the employee pension scheme. Peters and other council members of misconduct were found guilty of misconduct by the ensuing Securities and Exchange Commission probe, but the Kroll Report probe found them "negligent." In this lawsuit, the city spent $7 million to defend Peters, including $631,000 for protecting Peters. Brian Bilbray, his Republican rival, made the controversy a big topic during his 2012 congressional campaign.

During a drought, Peters was chastised for overwater use during droughts. He finished the year with more than a million gallons of water for his house, which is on a 34,848-square-foot lot near Mount Soledad, and a nearby landscaped parcel.

During his city council tenure, Peters cited a decrease in sewer leaks and beach closure days as success. When he was first elected in 2000, he estimated that the city averaged one spill per day, but that the number of such spills decreased by 80% during his time in office. He was instrumental in the fight to outlaw alcohol from the city's beaches, as well as a the ban on smoking from public beaches and parks.

Peters ran for San Diego City Attorney in 2008, challenging incumbent City Attorney Mike Aguirre as he approached the end of his eight-year term term limit on the city council. In the open primary, state legislator Jan Goldsmith came in first, receiving 32% of the vote. In the runoff election, the incumbent ranked second with 29 percent of the vote. Peters came in third place with 20% of the vote and did not advance to the runoff. He later served as deputy county counsel for San Diego's County.

Peters served as chairman of the Port Commission from 2009 to 2012. He was first elected by the San Diego City Council in January 2009 and sworn in as a commissioner. He represented San Diego on the Port Commission, making recommendations about the use of San Diego Bay and its immediate waterfront property.

Peters' fellow commissioners preferred him to serve as chair of the board of commissioners for 2011. In January 2011, he said one of his top priorities was to decommission the South Bay Power Plant in Chula Vista to make room for more use. The board of commissioners reached a pact with the plant's former operator, who died in the year Peters served as chair. The Port also conducted community outreach for six months to gather suggestions for upgrading San Diego's waterfront "front porch" between the airport and Seaport Village.

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