South O Community Meeting – Online

The South O Community and Merchants Association met today for the first time since January 28; the March and May meetings were cancelled due to COVID-era restrictions on our indoor meeting space (Beach Break Café). Today’s meeting was hosted by SOCMA leader Richard Fox on his Zoom account.

We had 18 people attending, including several of the Save South O leaders, two sitting council members, and representatives of the tourism and economic development offices. Among the items:

• The meeting marked one of the final meetings of Officer Tom Cahill, the community policing officer for South Oceanside.
• The economic development officer announced that Oceanside — like other cities — will allow restaurants to place tables on certain city streets.
• Concerns about out-of-town visitors to South O staying in STRs.
• An update on the planned 54-unit condo project (47’ high) at 1602 S. Coast Highway (SE corner of Coast and Morse)

November 3 Election

Save South O presented a summary on key issues and candidates on the November election.

State/National Candidates:

• President: Biden (D), Trump (R)
• 49th Congressional District: Levin (D), Maryott (R)
• 76th Assembly District: Boerner Horvath (D), Burkholder (R)

State Propositions (selected):

• 15: repeal Prop 13 for commercial properties
• 16: repeal Prop 209 (allow affirmative action)
• 17: allow paroled felons to vote
• 20: tighten felony parole requirements
• 21: expanded local option to impose rent control
• 22: repeal AB5 for select firms (DoorDash, Lyft, Uber etc.)
• 25: eliminate cash bail

Oceanside Propositions

• North River Farms: Yes means project is approved
• Term Limits: yes means a limit of up to 3 terms in council and 3 terms in mayor —not counting any terms completed by 2022

Oceanside Mayor

1. Perry Alvarez
2. Rocky Chavez
3. Jack Feller
4. Fernando Garcia
5. Rob Howard
6. Ruben Major
7. Fabio Marchi
8. Christopher Rodriguez
9. Alex Sortino
10. Esther Sanchez
11. David Turgeon
12. Lou Uridel

Oceanside Council District 3 (including South O)

1. Bill Batchelor
2. Kellie Davis
3. Ryan Keim
4. Shari Mackin
5. Amber Newman
6. Ryann Smith
7. David Zernik

Both the mayoral and council lists are based on those who pulled papers, and will not be final until the August 7 deadline for filing papers.

Save South O plans to disseminate information about the positions of council candidates on issues relevant to South O voters. Stay tuned.

The next meeting of the SOCMA will be held (most likely online) at 6pm on Sept. 22. Email SaveSouthO if you want to be added to the mailing list.