Chris Cate | |
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Member of the San Diego City Council from the 6th district | |
In office December 10, 2014 –December 12, 2022 [1] | |
Mayor | Kevin Faulconer Todd Gloria |
Preceded by | Lorie Zapf [2] |
Succeeded by | Kent Lee |
Personal details | |
Born | Chula Vista,California [3] |
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | University of San Diego |
Website | City Council District 6 website |
Chris Cate is an American elected official in San Diego,California. He served as a member of the San Diego City Council representing City Council District 6 from 2014 to 2022. [4] He is a Republican; [5] although city council positions are officially nonpartisan per California state law. [6]
Cate is the son of a California Highway Patrol officer originally from Kawit,Cavite,Philippines. [7] His mother worked for the United States Postal Service. His parents divorced when he was a child;Cate described both parents as "very apolitical". [8] According to the Southern California Community Press,Cate's family is of Spanish/Filipino heritage. [9]
Cate was raised in San Diego. [10] He attended La Costa Canyon High School,graduating in 2000,then went to community college at MiraCosta and Palomar colleges. [11] While in college,Cate and a friend started an auto glass repair business. [3] After graduating from college at the University of San Diego,where he became interested in politics,Cate then interned at Jefferson Government Relations in Washington,D.C. [8] Later he worked for Kevin Faulconer as a policy advisor. [7] By 2011,Cate lived in Carlsbad,but moved to Mira Mesa a year later. [11] Before being elected,Cate traveled to the Philippines for the first time,and later met with the Ambassador of the Philippines to the United States Jose Cuisia. [10]
In January 2016,Cate married Maria Cabuang. [12]
Cate ran against three other opponents during the primary; [13] and ran against Carol Kim during the general election. [14] Cate was first elected to office in the 2014 election,the first election to use the new boundaries for this district following 2010 redistricting. [15] District 6 includes the neighborhoods of Clairemont Mesa,Kearny Mesa,Mira Mesa,North Clairemont,and Rancho Peñasquitos. [16] The redistricting effort included an effort by Asian Pacific Islanders to create a district that represented the inclusion of their more diverse population. [17] When Cate took office,he was the first Asian American elected to the city council in several decades. [18] In 2015,at the age of 32,Cate was the youngest serving city councilmember in San Diego. [19] Cate was only the second Asian American to be elected to the San Diego City Council,the first being Tom Hom. [20]
In 2016,Cate received national attention as the Chargers attacked him for his opposition to Measure C,a ballot initiative to provide public funding for a new stadium for the team. [21] The measure failed to achieve the two-thirds needed to pass,receiving less than a majority of the vote;Cate said of the vote "San Diego voters know a bad deal when they see it,". [22] For his willingness to lead the opposition,the Voice of San Diego wrote positively of Cate. [23] After the election,Cate supported an effort to lease the Qualcomm Stadium site for a dollar, [24] but the Chargers instead decided in 2017 to relocate to Los Angeles. [25]
In his first year in office,Cate's district saw a growth of the brewing industry in his district,with part of it being called the "beer belt". [26] In 2016,while other members of the city council were looking to ban vacation rentals,Cate advanced a proposal to allow for regulated vacation rentals. [27] In February 2017,Cate supported tax reform for Internet taxes,in an effort to ensure the city was receiving a proportionate share of the state's internet tax revenue;Cate argues that with increase commerce online,the city is losing out funding for city services. [28]
According to the San Diego Office of the City Clerk,Cate is a member of the following committees and sub-committees: [29] [30]
In 2016,Cate was criticized in the San Diego Reader for accepting a five-thousand dollar donation from San Diego Gas &Electric for a charity event,which the paper claimed was an attempt to purchase influence. [31]
In June 2017,Cate leaked a confidential 16-page memo regarding legal questions related to the SoccerCity initiative to the initiative's funders,FS Investors. San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott called the leak “an egregious breach of public trust”. [32] In October 2017,facing questions from a related lawsuit,Cate admitted he was the one to leak the memo,and that he would not resign. [32] The California Attorney General was handed the case by the San Diego City Attorney. [33] In December 2017,San Diego's Ethics Commission levied its maximum fine of $5,000 for the leak,which Cate paid. [34] In 2018,Cate was informed that he would not face criminal charges. [35]
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Chris Cate | 10,270 | 47.17 | |
Democratic | Carol Kim | 6,880 | 31.59 | |
Nonpartisan | Mitz Lee | 2,717 | 12.48 | |
Nonpartisan | Jane L. Glasson | 1,012 | 4.65 | |
Nonpartisan | De Le | 895 | 4.11 | |
Total votes | 21,774 | 100 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Chris Cate | 13,399 | 54.57 | |
Democratic | Carol Kim | 11,155 | 45.43 | |
Total votes | 24,554 | 100 |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Chris Cate | 15,316 | 56.44 | |
Democratic | Tommy Hough | 4,728 | 17.42 | |
Democratic | Matt Valenti | 2,655 | 9.78 | |
Democratic | Fayaz Nawabi | 1,838 | 6.77 | |
Nonpartisan | Jeremiah Blattler | 1,490 | 5.49 | |
American Solidarity | Kevin Lee Egger | 1,111 | 4.09 | |
Total votes | 27,138 | 100 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Chris Cate | 25,022 | 53.78 | |
Democratic | Tommy Hough | 21,505 | 46.22 | |
Total votes | 46,527 | 100 |
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