City Council President Scott H. Peters: Environmentalist or Water Waster

Scott H. Peters: City Council President


Despite his admirable record of support for environmental causes, Scott H. Peters has stepped on a few toes in recent years with his own wasteful and ignorant habits. Criticized both for gross water waste in his private La Jolla residence in 2007 and for his handling of the City Council pension mess in the same year, Peters has garnered negative feedback particularly within the last year.
In November 2005, Peters was unanimously selected by the San Diego Council as the City’s first Council President. A long history of involvement with politics, law and environmental causes finally landed Peters in his current position as San Diego’s first city council president, after serving two consecutive terms on the Council.
Peters has donated his share to major Democratic Presidential campaigns. In March 2007, he donated $2300 to Barack Obama and gave twice the sum to Hillary Clinton’s campaign. In April 2007, he donated $2000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Peters was born on June 9, 1960. After earning degrees from Duke University and NYU, Peters spent a year in Washington D.C. on the United States Environmental Protection Agency. He began a law practice in 1984 with Dorsey and Whitney, and moved to San Diego in 1989 with his wife, Lynn E. Gorguze. In 1996, Peters opened his own environmental law firm, Peters & Varco LLP. Lynn E Gorguze has been President and CEO of Cameron Holdings, a private equity company, since its inception in 1993.
Peters and his wife Lynn live in La Jolla with their daughter and son, where both he and his wife conduct business. Peters has owned a Community Property Trust with his wife since April of 1998. Peters is Episcopalian by religion.