Chula Vista

Chula Vista, California

The 78th-largest city in the United States is Chula Vista, which is also the second-largest city in the San Diego metropolitan area, the seventh-largest city in Southern California, the fifteenth-largest city in the state of California, and the second-largest city in the nation. From 243,916 in the 2010 census to 275,487 in the 2020 census, the population increased. The city is in the middle of one of the most culturally diverse regions in all of the United States, halfway between the two downtowns of Tijuana and San Diego in the South Bay, at a distance of 7.5 miles (12.1 km). Due to its picturesque location between the San Diego Bay and the coastal mountain foothills, Chula Vista was given its name.

Before the Spanish made contact and later claimed the region, the Kumeyaay lived there together with San Diego. Chula Vista joined the newly established Mexican Empire in 1821. Two years later, the Mexican Empire was reorganized as the First Mexican Republic. As a result of the Mexican American War, California joined the United States in 1848, and it was made a state in 1850.

Fast population growth has lately been seen in the city, which was established in the early 19th century and incorporated in October 1911. One of the few year-round United States Olympic Training Centers is situated in the city, and other well-liked tourist attractions include Sesame Place San Diego, the North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre, the Chula Vista marina, and the Living Coast Discovery Center.

Geography

A stunning view, befitting of its Spanish name, In San Diego County's South Bay, Chula Vista is situated between San Diego Bay and the foothills of the Jamul and San Ysidro Mountains (containing the Lower Otay Reservoir) on its east and west ends, and the Sweetwater River and Otay River on its north and south. The La Nacion and Rose Canyon Fault zones have altered the landscape of Chula Vista by moving rocks from Pleistocene and earlier ages. However, fault activity did not influence the soils in the Rancho del Rey region until 13,000 years ago.

Within San Diego County, Chula Vista ranks second in terms of size.

The city has a total area of 52.1 square miles (135 km2), of which 49.6 square miles (128 km2) are land and 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2), or 4.73%, are water. This is based on data from the United States Census Bureau.

Climate

Chula Vista shares a semi-arid climate (BSk) with the rest of lowland San Diego County, while the city's winter rainfall is too little and irregular to be considered a true Mediterranean climate.

A 103 °F (39 °C) high and a 24 °F (4 °C) low have both been recorded since the station's founding in 1918, despite the area having a moderate climate with little variation in yearly average temperatures.

The lowest highest daytime temperature ever recorded, 44 °F (7 °C), occurred in 1949.

The coldest day is often a very warm 57 °F (14 °C) because to the marine moderating. Summer nights are cooler than in the hot interior, but warmer than in further north coastal areas. In contrast to the warmest average night between 1991 and 2020, which was 72 °F (22 °C), the warmest low on record is 78 °F (26 °C) in 2016.

Sports

The Olympic Training Center, now known as the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center, is located in Chula Vista.

The OTC serves as the team's practice facility for rugby. The Chula Vista FC soccer team, who played in the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, is also based in Chula Vista. The Parkview Little League team was given the moniker "The Blue Bombers" after winning the 2009 Little League World Series.

2013 Little League World Series American Championship went to Eastlake Little League.

The first United Premier Soccer League team for the city was established in 2018 by the soccer club Rebels SC. They competed in the San Diego County League for their first two seasons, winning the second Division, before the 2019–2020 season was canceled by COVID. The Rebels SC adult team managed to win the Fall 2021 South San Diego Division and make it to the National Finals, but in the end, FC Arizona defeated them in the round of 32.

Government

Chula Vista is a charter city in California that runs on a council-manager system of governance. The mayor of the city is chosen by all of the city's voters, while the council is made up of four members chosen from different geographic areas. The city council hires a city manager to act as chief administrator and serves as the legislative body of the municipality. Mayor Mary Casillas Salas now serves as the head of the city council.

In addition to Mike Diaz, it has four additional members: John McCann (District 1), Jill Galvez (District 2), Stephen Padilla (District 3), and (District 4). A single-member district is used to elect each city council member. There are two rounds in each election. The primary election is the term used to describe the first round of voting. In the primary election, the top two contenders move on to the general election runoff. Write-in candidates may only run in the primary election; they cannot run in the general election. The tenure limit for council members is two four-year terms.

State law declares that all city council positions are nominally non-partisan, despite the majority of members express a party preference. The most recent general election for districts 1 and 2 took place in November 2018. In 2022, there will be new elections for these positions. The most recent general election for districts 3 and 4 took place in November 2016. These seats will be up for election again in 2020.

In accordance with the city's most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, there were $1.232 billion in total assets, $258.6 million in total liabilities, and $181.0 million in cash and investments for the city's various funds. There were also $322.9 million in revenues and $287.5 million in expenses.

As of 2018, American Medical Response was hired to provide ambulance services, and the city's police and fire departments are understaffed.

Politics

The 51st and 53rd congressional districts now represent the city in the federal government as a result of redistricting conducted in 2011 by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission. The city continued to be wholly inside the boundaries of the 40th Senate district in the State of California. In the California State Assembly, it was divided between the 79th and 80th Assembly districts, nevertheless.

Chula Vista is only represented by Democrats at the state and national levels. Republican Brian Jones represents Chula Vista in the State Senate. Democratic Akilah Weber (79th district) and Democratic David Alvarez serve as its representatives in the Assembly (80th district). Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla represent it in the US Senate; in the US House of Representatives, Democrats Sara Jacobs (51st district) and Invalid California congressional district number: 53 represent it (53rd district).

The number of people who are registered to vote in the city has increased from 103,985 in 2009 to 114,125 as of January 2013. The Democratic Party has 47,986 registered voters, followed by the Republican Party with 31,633 and Decline to State with 29,692. Chula Vista had a conservative voting percentage of 50.59%, compared to a liberal voting percentage of 49.41%, according to a 2004 survey by The Bay Area Center for Voting Research.

Education

The Chula Vista Elementary School District serves the majority of Chula Vista, while the National Elementary School District serves a small portion of the city. The secondary school district is Sweetwater Union High School District, with its main office in Chula Vista. Publicly educated kindergarten through sixth grade students are served by the Chula Vista Elementary School System, the biggest K–6 district in the State of California, which has 44 campuses.

Southwestern College, a community college founded in 1961 and serving over 19,000 students yearly, is located in Chula Vista, one of the four private colleges in San Diego County.

Since 1986, the city has worked to have a university established there. A 375-acre (152 ha) plot of land in the Otay Lakes area was purchased by the city in 2012 with plans to build a university park and research center on it. A master developer was selected for the project, but eventually withdrew from it. Shirley Weber, a member of the California State Assembly, has proposed that the state establish a satellite or extension campus of the CSU system at the location in the hopes that it will develop into a full university.

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