[2] In 1993, the city adopted the Otay Ranch General Development Plan, which included a four-year university as a part of its vision.
[3] In 2010, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed AB24,[4] a bill introduced by Assemblyman Marty Block to conduct a feasibility study of a California State University Chula Vista campus.
[3][6] Chula Vista Christian University was first announced in April 2020 as the brainchild of author and speaker Lisa Dunne, who served as the school's inaugural president.
[7][8][9] It was reported that 20 to 30 students would begin instruction that fall in "small classes that emphasize[d] the Socratic method of teaching.
"[7] The board of directors included conservative political commentators Audrea Decker Taylor and Gina Loudon – the latter also serving as co-chair of Women for Trump.