Candidate for
Council Member; City of San Diego; Council District 1

Scott Peters was elected to the San Diego City Council in November of 2000, representing the City's First Council District. On the Council, Scott has earned a reputation for leadership on issues ranging from coastal conservation and transportation improvements to water pollution and housing affordability.

Scott serves on the City's Committee on Rules, Finance and Intergovernmental Relations, and as Chair of the Land Use and Housing Committee. He is co-chair of the City's Clean Water Task Force, a collaboration of elected officials, regulators, environmental activists, academics and industry representatives developing strategies to contain and control polluted stormwater runoff. He is also a member of the San Dieguito River Park Joint Powers Authority, which oversees a 55-mile park through four ecosystems, from the ocean to the mountains.

In June 2002, California Assembly Speaker Herb Wesson appointed Scott to the 12-member California Coastal Commission. The primary mission of the Commission is to plan for and regulate land and water uses along the entire California coastline, consistent with the policies of the California Coastal Act of 1976. Before he was elected to the City Council, Scott had a varied law practice including corporate tax law and environmental law. Entering the public sector, he served as a San Diego Deputy County Counsel, supervising the County's environmental land use litigation unit, handling a wide range of County disputes, covering such areas as water contamination, land development, waste management and federal and state regulatory compliance. In 1996, Scott opened his own environmental law firm, Peters & Varco LLP, where he represented businesses, local governments and public interest groups.

Scott earned his undergraduate degree from Duke University and spent a year in Washington, D.C., as an Economist for the United States Environmental Protection Agency before attending New York University School of Law. He and his wife Lynn live in La Jolla with their daughter and son.