Pat Bates

Pat Bates

Pat Bates is the Supervisor of the Fifth District of Orange County. Previously, Ms. Bates was a leading force behind Laguna Niguel’s campaign for cityhood and became its first Mayor upon the City’s incorporation in 1989. She served four terms as Mayor and continued serving as a City Council Member until her election to the State Assembly in 1998. In the Assembly, she served as Vice-Chair of the Assembly Appropriations and Assembly Health Committee; and was the founding Chair of the Republican Women’s Caucus. After completing three terms as Assemblywoman for California’s 73rd Assembly District, Ms. Bates was elected to the Orange County Board of Supervisors by the voters of the Fifth District in 2006.