While serving on Sacramento Board of Supervisors, Susan Peters voted in favor of a "Physical Contact" ordinance restricting entertainment where a performer is closer than six feet to the audience.
In 2014 the Fair Political Practices Commission began investigating Supervisor Susan Peters after the Sacramento Bee reported on over 51 votes cast by her over nine years related to projects at the former Mather Air Force Base, where she owns office buildings and vacant land.
[2] In late 2016 Supervisor Susan Peters and the Fair Political Practices Commission settled the case by admitting to violating state ethics law by voting on the conveyance of land from the US Air Force to Sacramento County and by approving the demolition of blighted buildings near properties she owned, and paying a $9500.00 fine to the Fair Political Practices Commission.
She opposed a temporary ban on no-fault evictions in 2019, even after a packed chamber pleaded with her and District 4 Supervisor Sue Frost for more than an hour.
[5] District 3 comprises mostly unincorporated area, including Arden- Arcade, Carmichael, Fair Oaks, Foothill Farms, College Glen, North Highlands, as well as East Sacramento from the American River to Alhambra Boulevard.