Where they stand
on what we work on
Justice Works organizes for compassionate policy that affirms dignity and promotes the flourishing of all people. This guide asks the same five questions of every candidate on your November 3 ballot, from Congress down to city council: affordable housing, food security, police accountability, LGBTQIA+ rights, and immigration.
53 candidates across 24 contests. Every finding below is a position a candidate has stated or a vote a candidate has cast, with a source. Where the record is empty, it says so. We do not tell you who to vote for.
No candidate on this page is endorsed, opposed, or rated by Oceanside Sanctuary or Justice Works. Nothing here is inferred from party registration, occupation, endorsement, or general disposition.
The five priorities
Housing determines whether a household has a stable place to be. The pantry catches households when housing costs squeeze food out of the budget — and tells us, in real time, how badly the first is failing. Police policy determines what happens to people once they are visible on the street rather than housed indoors. Immigration enforcement and the treatment of queer and trans neighbors decide who is inside the word “all” in the first place. We work all five because they are the same problem seen from five angles.
Candidates on your ballot
Every finding below comes from the public record — council and board minutes, legislative databases, filed candidate statements, campaign websites, and local press — compiled in late August 2026. Each carries an evidence mark. Quotes are verbatim; where a summary is ours rather than a candidate’s words, it says so. Justice Works is sending every candidate a questionnaire on these five priorities and will update this page as answers arrive.
U.S. House · District 49 — Carlsbad and most of Oceanside
Documented on supply, not found on supportive housing. Diagnoses a national shortage and proposes construction tax credits, a refundable first-time-buyer credit, and a federal transfer tax on institutional and private-equity buyers of single-family homes. What he has actually legislated is mostly military housing — the Service Member Housing Relief Act and, among $42.6 million in local earmarks this year, one housing item, $850,000 for the Vista Permanent Navigation Center — plus a July 2025 letter opposing cuts to federal rental assistance. Has not addressed HUD's cap on permanent supportive housing or the court ruling setting it aside, and his platform has no renter-protection plank.
“nearly four million units of housing short of the need, and that supply shortage is the root cause of our affordable housing crisis.”
Documented on funding, not found on immigrant eligibility. Sponsored the Stop Child Hunger Act and the Military Dependents School Meal Eligibility Act. Voted no on both the July 2025 bill that cut SNAP funding and the November 2025 bill that restored it after the shutdown, citing harm to a constituent family with special-needs children and to Californians' health care. Is not a cosponsor of the LIFT the BAR Act, the main bill restoring SNAP eligibility for lawfully present immigrants, and has issued no statement on that cut. Has not addressed the role of food banks.
“children with special needs are dependent on every SNAP dollar they receive.”
Voted for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act in 2021 but has not cosponsored its 2025 reintroduction, unlike his San Diego colleagues Scott Peters and Sara Jacobs. Has the clearest federal-agent record of the four: named judicial warrants for home entries, use-of-force limits, body-worn cameras, and a ban on detaining U.S. citizens as the reforms Congress should require, and voted against a Homeland Security funding bill over their absence. Cosponsors the Stop Excessive Force in Immigration Act, which would put body cameras on immigration agents, but not the VISIBLE Act or the Immigration Enforcement Staff Body Camera Accountability Act, two other bills that would mandate the same.
“Congress cannot continue writing blank checks to any federal agency that fails to meet basic standards of accountability.”
Documented in general, not found on the federal question. Original cosponsor of the Equality Act, voted against the 2025 bill barring transgender women from women's sports, and is a member of the Congressional Equality Caucus. Honored two Oceanside Pride by the Beach organizers this June. His platform does not mention transgender youth, gender-affirming care, or schools, and he issued no LGBTQ-related press release between June 2025 and August 2026 — no statement on the school-funding threat, the hospital subpoenas, or the Supreme Court's rulings.
“they have helped build something that is more than an event. It is a testament to belonging.”
The strongest immigration record in the field. Original cosponsor of the bipartisan Dignity Act and the American Dream and Promise Act. Brought as his State of the Union guest the daughter of a Laguna Niguel couple deported after a routine ICE check-in. After ICE operations in Oceanside, demanded records and in May 2026 released ICE's own count — 16,368 removals from the San Diego area in fourteen months, with criminal-history and warrant data withheld — and led 77 House Democrats in demanding ICE reverse limits on congressional inspection visits, plus made unannounced inspections of the Otay Mesa detention center.
“For those who are contributing positively to our society and economy, we need a better process and a realistic path for them to stay. These are our neighbors and our friends.”
Documented in part, from platform headings and a 2022 city council questionnaire — his campaign website could not be retrieved by any method tried, and no local outlet has published a substantive interview or profile of his 2026 run. Pledged at his announcement to expand access to housing for all income levels; his only housing plank is about homelessness, framed as compassion with accountability paired with expanded treatment facilities. Has not identified a cause of high housing costs or named a federal action. As a 2022 city council candidate, said state housing law penalizes cities that have already met their housing requirements. No position on permanent supportive housing.
“compassion with accountability — addressing mental health and addiction at their root, expanding treatment facilities, and helping people rebuild their lives with dignity.”
Not found. No statement located in any of his campaigns on hunger, SNAP, food banks, or the 2025 SNAP funding fight. His platform, drawn from BallotReady's republished headings, has no food or hunger section.
Documented on resources, not found on accountability. Pledges to back local police, firefighters, and the Coast Guard with training, equipment, and support. In his 2022 city council run his top commitment was adding ten sheriff's deputies to Vista. Nothing on oversight, body cameras, use of force, or misconduct data, and nothing on federal agents.
“Public safety is not a zero sum game.”
Not found. Across four campaigns since 2021, no statement mentioning LGBTQ+ people, sexual orientation, or gender identity, in either direction. Education is one of his three stated priorities, and he has pledged to restore academic excellence in schools, but has not defined that phrase.
“restore academic excellence in our schools.”
Not found. Running in a district that includes most of Oceanside, he has published no immigration plank and made no located statement on immigration, the border, undocumented residents, or ICE operations. His drug-policy plank — cracking down on fentanyl and cartel trafficking — is about narcotics, not immigration.
U.S. House · District 48 — Vista, San Marcos, and part of Oceanside (open seat)
Documented on homeownership, not found on supportive housing. Attributes housing costs to government regulation, income and gas taxes, and energy mandates. His federal plan covers transferable mortgage rates, limits on corporate and foreign investors buying multiple homes, down-payment assistance, capital-gains reform, and permitting deadlines, but has no renter plank. Has not addressed HUD's cap on permanent supportive housing directly, but has an extensive record opposing the Housing First model it relies on, favoring abstinence-based recovery housing and mandatory treatment; voted for the county's unsafe-camping ordinance in 2023.
“regulations that make building a home a working family can afford nearly impossible”
Documented, mixed; not found on immigrant eligibility. Voted with a unanimous Board of Supervisors in November 2025 to demand USDA release SNAP reserves during the shutdown, but at the same meeting argued the answer is opportunity rather than expanded programs. Supports new CalFresh work requirements and has called objections to them politically generated hysteria. No statement on the elimination of SNAP eligibility for lawfully present immigrants or on food banks' capacity; his campaign has no food plank.
“no family should go hungry because politicians in Washington are playing games with people's livelihoods.”
The sole no vote in September 2025 when the Board expanded the county's civilian review board to investigate jail deaths and contracted medical providers. Endorsed by the Deputy Sheriffs' Association, the Oceanside Police Officers Association, and the National Border Patrol Council's San Diego chapter — reported as context, not as his own statement. On federal agents, voted no in August 2026 on barring ICE and Border Patrol from county firearms-training ranges, a measure that passed 3–2, while conceding federal agents have overreached. No policing plank among his five campaign priorities, and nothing on warrants, body cameras, use-of-force limits, or public enforcement data for federal agents.
“I'll admit, ICE has overreached and overstepped. But how do you fix that? You fix it with more training.”
Documented; no record of support. In February 2025 moved that the county endorse the federal bill barring transgender women from women's sports; the motion died for lack of a second. Days later posted that San Marcos Unified was pushing "men in women's bathrooms and locker rooms"; the district removed the language, and its board vice president said there was misinformation about the resolution. Lists protecting women's sports from biological male participation among his signature issues. No statement on the school-funding threat, the hospital subpoenas, or the Supreme Court's rulings.
“Males, however they identify, should not be competing in women's sports.”
His most consistent record: four county votes against limiting federal immigration enforcement — the sole no in December 2024 on barring county help to ICE without a judicial warrant; author of a failed March 2025 motion to repeal it; the sole no in January 2026 on limiting immigration agents' access to non-public county property; and no on the August 2026 firing-range measure. His platform calls for border security and a legal immigration system prioritizing "areas of economic need," and requires asylum claims be filed at U.S. embassies abroad. Says nothing about ICE conduct, warrants, due process, DACA, or mixed-status families, and has made no located statement about undocumented residents who have not been charged with a crime.
“This was about ensuring that criminals — rapists, child abusers, burglars, and violent offenders — are removed from our communities.”
Documented on production, not found on supportive housing. Frames the housing problem as permitting cost, pointing to 30-day permits for affordable developers and a Radisson conversion to 162 senior units. Her signature program is a $1 million teacher down-payment fund backed by nonprofits and donors rather than tax dollars. Her production votes are split: yes on the 2023 Housing Action Package that would have added density near transit (it failed), and yes on the 2025 rollback of the city's ADU bonus program, citing opposition in her suburban district. No position on rent stabilization or on renters generally, and she has not addressed the cuts to permanent supportive housing.
“Marni will cut red tape and make it easier to build more affordable housing.”
Documented in part, not found on federal assistance. Co-authored San Diego's grocery price transparency ordinance, which bans digital-only coupons. Her platform ties grocery costs to tariffs. No statement on SNAP, food banks, CalFresh, school meals, immigrant eligibility, or any federal food assistance.
“We are just trying to bridge that digital divide.”
Her legislative record in public safety is gun regulation — the city's ghost-gun ordinance and a firearm-dealer accountability act. Her committee proposed restructuring the voter-created Commission on Police Practices, including giving the Council removal power over its director, and she delayed filling nine commission vacancies; the Commission unanimously rejected the proposals. In December 2025 voted to approve police license-plate readers and smart streetlights over concerns that federal agents could reach the data. Voted for the city's Due Process and Safety Ordinance requiring a judicial warrant for ICE to enter non-public city property. Nothing on body cameras, use-of-force limits, or public enforcement data for federal agents, and no named federal bill.
“I cannot, in good conscience, take away a factual, evidential tool to prevent crimes and keep San Diegans safe on the theoretical possibility that this government … could access our data.”
Her strongest record. An out bisexual woman who co-authored a resolution declaring San Diego a safe city for transgender and non-binary youth (the final vote could not be confirmed) and has pushed for a shelter for LGBTQ+ homeless youth. Commits to the Equality Act, Title IX protections, fighting gender-affirming care bans, and ending conversion therapy. Endorsed by Equality California, the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, and HRC — reported as context, not as her own statement. Asked about transgender athletes in April 2026, before the Supreme Court ruled, said sports agencies rather than government should regulate. No statement on the school-funding threat, the hospital subpoenas, or the rulings themselves.
“I believe that trans rights are human rights.”
Documented on enforcement, not found on oversight. Her lead campaign priority is stopping what she calls ICE's lawless chaos. Voted for the Due Process and Safety Ordinance and co-authored a February 2026 resolution condemning federal enforcement tactics. Publicly demanded Escondido cancel the contract letting ICE use its police shooting range, and supports a path to citizenship for people who have been here and do nothing other than go to school. She has not described what oversight tools she would use in Congress, and has no position on body cameras or public reporting requirements for federal agents.
“Conducting operations that terrorize communities based on how someone looks or sounds is both inhumane and unlawful.”
Governor
The longest housing platform in the field. Calls the crisis a policy failure and commits to a Day One executive order declaring a housing emergency, with a delivery team focused first on the 40,000 approved affordable units awaiting funding; a single statewide permitting-review standard with a deadline; consolidating affordable-housing funding into one application; limits on bulk single-family purchases by institutional investors; and a public registry of institutional landlords. Supports SB 79 and would extend it to more transit types and high-opportunity areas. On enforcement: cities that obstruct housing they have already planned for will face real consequences. On renters: would fully enforce the Tenant Protection Act and support local rent control within a statewide framework. Supports Prop 1 and Prop 37; has taken no position on Prop 45 despite CEQA streamlining being central to his platform.
“Cities that obstruct housing they have already planned for will face real consequences.”
Not found. His campaign's ten issue pages include no food, hunger, or nutrition page. His affordability page mentions grocery costs without proposing anything on CalFresh, CFAP, CalFood, or school meals.
Documented as a record; not found as a platform. As Attorney General from 2017 to 2021 he ran RIPA, the state's stop-data program. His 2026 campaign has no public safety or policing page. Voted for Prop 36 as a legislator and would fund it. No position on SB 1004, on requiring departments to publish their own stop data, or on pattern-or-practice investigations.
Endorsed by Equality California and participated in its March 2026 gubernatorial forum. At a June 2026 Pride event he cited his 1996 House vote against the Defense of Marriage Act. No stated position on any bill in the 2026 LGBTQ+ package, on the SAFETY Act, or on transgender athletes.
Supports the California Values Act (SB 54) and defended it in court as Attorney General; led 21 states in defending DACA in 2019. His health platform commits to Day One executive orders to maintain coverage continuity for those affected by federal cuts or Medi-Cal rollbacks, and to coverage regardless of income, zip code, or immigration status. He has not said he would restore Medi-Cal enrollment for undocumented adults, and has not addressed the cost.
“to maintain coverage continuity for those affected by federal cuts or Medi-Cal rollbacks”
His diagnosis: California is roughly 2 million homes behind demand, and impact fees of $150,000 to $200,000 per unit are a stealth tax on housing. Would eliminate CEQA's private right of action, cap impact fees at 3% of construction cost, abolish LAFCOs and urban growth boundaries, and end discretionary permitting. Would bring back the starter home through a state loan program for first-time buyers. Favors suburban single-family development over dense urban housing and criticizes what he calls Infill Ideology, but has never named SB 79. His policy group has described the 2019 Tenant Protection Act as lowering incentives for developers to build new rental properties; he has not said whether he would roll it back. No position on Props 1, 37, or 45.
“a Stealth Tax on housing”
Not found. Golden Together's nine policy papers include none on poverty, hunger, or nutrition. He would cut roughly 18% of the state budget and end state grants to nonprofits with advocacy arms; he has not named food banks or any nutrition program.
Documented as direction rather than specific bills. Would reopen closed prisons, reduce early release for good-conduct credits, expand prison rehabilitation, loosen restrictions in anti-discrimination law preventing street stops, and reduce firearm restrictions. Nothing on SB 1004, RIPA, or publishing stop data.
Opposes the law allowing transgender youth to play on teams matching their gender identity; has not said how he would change it. No position on any 2026 package bill or the SAFETY Act. In a January 2026 interview he said he would extradite a California abortion provider to Louisiana, framing it as Louisiana upholding what its people voted for against California undermining it — a position that bears on California's shield laws, including AB 1930's protections for gender-affirming-care records, though he has not addressed that bill by name.
“Louisiana is trying to uphold what its people voted for, and California is undermining it.”
Would end Medi-Cal coverage for undocumented immigrants, going beyond the current enrollment freeze, and redirect the money to lowering costs for legal residents. Says he would overturn SB 54, though a governor cannot repeal a statute unilaterally; that would take the Legislature or a ballot measure, and he has not said which he is proposing.
Attorney General
His Housing Justice Team has sued or settled with Huntington Beach, Norwalk, Artesia, and Hollister, and in July 2026 filed against five more cities for noncompliant housing elements. Reached a $7 million settlement with Greystar over algorithmic rent-setting and a $550,000 settlement for Redding tenants over illegal rent increases and Section 8 discrimination. As an Assemblymember he authored AB 1481, the just-cause bill folded into AB 1482. He has said nothing about SB 79, about Oceanside's exemption of all 710 parcels it analyzed, or about any city engineering its way out of transit housing law — his July 2026 five-city action does not mention SB 79. No position on Props 1, 37, or 45.
“California's housing crisis demands action, not excuses.”
Documented through litigation rather than legislation. Co-led the suit that restored full November 2025 SNAP benefits during the federal shutdown, and sued in November 2025 over federal guidance excluding refugees and asylees who became permanent residents. Blocked federal demands for SNAP recipients' personal data. A June 2026 settlement delivered 8.9 million eggs to California food banks. CFAP and CalFood are budget items outside his office; no position found.
“effectively depriving thousands of lawful permanent residents of food assistance benefits that Congress intended be available.”
Documented, with a gap. Authored AB 1506 (2020), which requires his office to independently review police shootings. In January 2026 issued guidance with the Governor that state and local police have authority to investigate potential violations of state law even when committed by federal agents. Publishes the annual RIPA report; the 2026 report found Black Californians stopped 128% more often than their population share predicts. But his Racial Justice Bureau has opened only two pattern-or-practice investigations of police departments since 2021 — Torrance and Antioch — and has published findings on neither, none in San Diego County. No position on requiring every department to publish its own stop data, or on SB 1004. On license-plate data he warned 20 cities that sharing with out-of-state agencies violates SB 34; 19 complied and he sued El Cajon.
In January 2026 sued Rady Children's Health in San Diego Superior Court after it ended gender-affirming care for roughly 1,450 patients under 19, alleging a violation of merger conditions his office had set. Joined multistate briefs against federal subpoenas for transgender patients' medical records. Sued Chino Valley Unified over its 2023 parental-notification policy and won a preliminary injunction. Filed in support of transgender athletes at the Supreme Court. Sued when the U.S. Education Department threatened $4.9 billion in state school funding over DEI policy and won a full dismissal.
“flagrantly disregarded its legal obligations.”
Documented, with a gap. Writes the guidance every California police agency follows under SB 54, updated in January 2025, and issued model policies for all state and local agencies in July 2026. Sued to block an ICE facility near Gilroy, sponsored detention-transparency legislation, and moved to stop federal sharing of Medicaid and tax data with ICE. As an Assemblymember he authored AB 32, banning private immigration detention. In five years, his office has brought no enforcement action against any California police department or sheriff for violating SB 54, including in San Diego County. On license-plate data he escalated from a warning to a lawsuit; on the Values Act, the record stops at guidance. The Medi-Cal freeze is a budget matter; no position found.
“The Trump Administration may lawfully enforce federal civil immigration laws, but it cannot force state and local agencies to do the same.”
As Huntington Beach's attorney he defended the city against the state's housing-law suit and lost. His platform: defend the constitutional authority of cities and counties to control zoning, land use, and housing decisions; oppose Sacramento mandates overriding local zoning decisions; and hold state agencies and developers accountable when they attempt to bypass environmental review or undermine local protections. He has not said whether he would keep the Housing Justice Team or continue the Huntington Beach case he was on the other side of. Nothing on SB 79, tenant protections, or the propositions.
“Defend the constitutional authority of cities and counties to control zoning, land use, and housing decisions.”
Not found. Not mentioned in his eight platform planks or any press release.
Would defend law enforcement officers who are sued for doing their jobs; supports fully funding — not defunding — the police; rejects policies forcing police into social work roles; supports full implementation of Proposition 36. Created Huntington Beach's local prosecutor program in 2017. Nothing on RIPA, which his office would administer, on pattern-or-practice investigations, or on SB 1004.
“Fully-funding — not defunding — the police.”
Brought Huntington Beach's federal suit against the SAFETY Act (AB 1955), and in June 2026 celebrated a Ninth Circuit ruling in the city's favor. Platform commits to protecting girls' sports by keeping boys out of girls' sports. He has not said whether, as Attorney General, he would defend the SAFETY Act in court or continue the state's suit against Chino Valley.
“California parents have a fundamental right to know what is happening with their children at school.”
Documented in part. Filed Huntington Beach's January 2025 federal suit against SB 54; it was dismissed in December 2025 on standing grounds. He has not said whether he would enforce SB 54 as Attorney General, and his campaign platform, in English and Spanish, contains no immigration plank at all. Nothing on the Medi-Cal freeze.
“It is unfortunate that we have to fight the State.”
Superintendent of Public Instruction
One of his three assignments at the state Department of Education is how to help districts build subsidized housing. As board president he championed San Diego Unified's educator-housing program, described as nearly 3,000 units in the pipeline, with two more sites approved in January 2026. The board also approved a safe-parking site with priority for families of students experiencing homelessness.
Presides over a district running universal free meals for a fourth year, projecting 17 million meals in 2026-27; the district ties the program to attendance, and reducing chronic absenteeism is one of his CDE assignments. No statement in his own words on school meals, the 2025 SNAP disruption, or summer meal programs.
Presided when the board updated its restorative discipline policy in June 2025; the district has a standalone Restorative Justice department. San Diego Unified has its own police force; his record on school policing was not located.
Opposes parental-notification policies and supports the SAFETY Act, and says protections for LGBTQ+ students are uneven across districts. Has not said what guidance he would issue now that a federal injunction binds districts on parental notification, whether he would leave CIF athletic policy as is, or whether he opposes the federal government withholding $4.9 billion over gender-identity disclosure.
“I do believe that what we've seen out of Sonja Shaw is an attempt to violate the basic civil rights of certain groups of students. And I will hold those districts accountable, absolutely.”
One of his CDE assignments is how the department can support districts in protecting immigrant students and families. In February 2026 his board revised district policy to align with AB 49, which bars immigration enforcement at schools without a judicial warrant, and passed a resolution supporting San Diego's due-process ordinance for federal agents.
Not found. Her platform's three areas — Protect Our Daughters, Fix Our Schools, and Put Families First — do not mention housing or student homelessness.
Not found. No statement for or against universal school meals; nothing on SNAP, CFAP, or CalFood.
Not found. Nothing on school policing, discipline, or suspensions.
This is the defining issue of her record. In July 2023 the board she leads adopted a policy requiring schools to notify parents within three days if a student asked to use a different name or pronoun, or to access facilities not matching their sex at birth; when State Superintendent Tony Thurmond spoke against it at the meeting, she told him they were there because of people like him and that he was proposing things that pervert children, and he left after security guards approached him. The Attorney General sued and won an injunction; the board rewrote the policy in March 2024 to drop the words gender and bathroom while keeping the notification requirement, and the district is now seeking to reinstate the original. She has said policies deceiving parents are wrong and cannot be allowed to stand, and that California should be leading the nation in protecting girls, not forcing them to surrender their rights. At a board meeting she tore up a cease-and-desist notice over alleged cyberbullying of a transgender student athlete. She has not said what guidance she would issue as Superintendent, how she would change CIF policy, or whether she supports the federal government withholding $4.9 billion from California schools over the issue.
“We're here because of people like you. You're in Sacramento, proposing things that pervert children.”
Not found. Nothing on AB 49, on what she would instruct districts to do when immigration agents arrive, or on immigrant students.
State Senate, District 38
Votes with pro-housing groups 96% of the time and has authored supply and shelter bills: SB 92 (2025) closing a density-bonus loophole, SB 7 (2024) making regional housing targets account for the unhoused, and SB 1361 (2024) shielding shelters from CEQA suits. Coauthored SB 417, which put Prop 1 on the ballot. Voted no on SB 79 twice and no on SB 677, the 2026 bill written to close the rail-service loophole cities including Oceanside used to escape it, saying she believes it subverts local governments' decision-making processes and that coming from local government makes it hard for her to support. She has never addressed Oceanside's exemption specifically. In four sessions she has authored no tenant-protection bill and has no stated position on rent stabilization or just-cause eviction.
“Although I am a strong proponent of creating more affordable housing, I voted against this legislation because I believe it subverts local governments' decision-making processes.”
Not found. No bill, newsletter, or statement on CalFresh, CFAP, CalFood, or hunger in four years, including in her newsletter covering the fall 2025 federal shutdown. In March 2025 she joined 113 local officials opposing federal safety-net cuts, which is evidence about her rather than a stated food-security position.
Voted yes on SB 627 (police mask ban) and SB 805 (officer identification) at every stage in 2025 and lists both as accomplishments. Otherwise enforcement-forward: pushed in January 2026 for more Prop 36 funding than the Governor proposed. Nothing on RIPA, stop-data publication, or civilian oversight. Her vote on SB 1004 could not be read from the record.
Voted yes on AB 1955 (SAFETY Act) and SB 934 (conversion-therapy statute of limitations). Condemned Orange County's 2023 refusal to fly the Pride flag. Her campaign site does not mention LGBTQ+ issues, and she has no stated position on transgender athletes.
“a clear message of disrespect.”
From her July 2026 newsletter, after a San Diego Organizing Project event on detention, she wrote that ICE raids have inflicted immense hardship on immigrant families and that she came away more motivated than ever to ensure the state fights with every tool it has to protect the rights and human dignity of all residents. Voted yes on SB 942 (detention standards) and AB 2624 (address confidentiality for immigrant-service providers). Her SB 873 vote could not be read. On the Medi-Cal enrollment freeze, she has opposed Medi-Cal cuts generally and also named Medi-Cal growth as a budget problem; she has not said whether she would restore enrollment.
“ICE raids have inflicted immense hardship on immigrant families across our communities. I ... came away more motivated than ever to do all I can to ensure that our state fights with every tool we have to protect the rights and human dignity of all our residents.”
Documented, and in tension with itself. In 2024 she said California absolutely needs more affordable housing at all income levels and that building more mid- and lower-level units and adding to supply would let overall prices adjust. In 2026 she said communities are being forced to take on high-density housing that does not match local plans and that the state's housing targets are in urgent need of reform. She has not been asked to reconcile the two statements. Nothing on SB 79, on Oceanside's exemption, on tenant protections, or on the propositions.
“We absolutely need more affordable housing at all income levels ... We need to build more mid-and-lower level units and add to the supply so overall prices adjust.”
Not found.
Documented on offenders; not found on officers. Supports fully funding Prop 36 and what she calls a balanced approach that gives law enforcement the tools it needs and strengthens accountability for serious offenses. Every use of "accountability" in her materials refers to offenders, not officers. Nothing on SB 1004, stop data, or oversight. No law-enforcement union has endorsed her.
“a balanced approach that gives law enforcement the tools they need, strengthens accountability for serious offenses.”
Not found. In 2024, asked which past council decision she disagreed with, she named not enacting a flag policy for the city, saying the lack of one opens the city up to whosoever wants to fly flags and causes division. Oceanside's flag debate was about the Pride flag, and her two council endorsers cast the votes against flying it in 2025. She did not mention the Pride flag herself and has not said what a policy should contain.
“opens us up to whosoever to fly flags at our city hall and cause division.”
Not found. Nothing on any bill, on SB 54, on the Medi-Cal freeze, or on ICE activity in North County.
State Senate, District 40
Not found. Her campaign's two priority areas are affordability and public safety; neither includes a housing plank. California YIMBY, which sponsored SB 79, has endorsed her — evidence about her rather than a stated position. No position on SB 79, state preemption of local zoning, tenant protections, or the propositions.
Not found. Her platform pledges to help families survive the loss of federal assistance and benefits without naming any specific program.
Documented, in both directions. In June 2020 she said reforms are absolutely necessary and that the police review board should have its own independent counsel. In 2021 her office as City Attorney drafted the ordinance implementing Measure B, the voter-approved Commission on Police Practices; advocates said it narrowed the commission's investigative and subpoena power and omitted independent counsel, and a council committee rejected the draft. In 2020 she defended police use of smart-streetlight footage against privacy advocates, and in 2019 sponsored a bill to limit public-records lawsuits that the city council opposed and that was withdrawn. Her 2026 platform contains no police-accountability plank.
“reforms are absolutely necessary”
As City Attorney she urged the council to file Supreme Court briefs supporting LGBTQ+ rights and transgender students. Endorsed by Equality California and San Diego Democrats for Equality. No stated position on any 2026 package bill, the SAFETY Act, or transgender athletes.
Not found. No immigration plank and no located record on SB 54 or ICE cooperation from eight years as a border city's chief lawyer. San Diego's 2025 suit defending its sanctuary compliance was brought by her successor. Nothing on the Medi-Cal freeze.
Documented in 2022, silent in 2026. In 2022 she said it needs to be cheaper for builders to build, with shorter permitting timelines, reduced fees, and continued cuts to regulations. Her 2026 platform has no housing section; its cost-of-living plank is entirely tax policy. Nothing on SB 79, tenant protections, or the propositions.
“We need to make it cheaper for builders to build, shorter timelines for permitting approvals, reduction of fees and continue to cut regulations.”
Not found. Her pledge to end taxpayer-funded benefits for undocumented immigrants — welfare, healthcare, housing, travel, and other services — would reach CFAP, which serves immigrants excluded from CalFresh, but she has not named it.
Documented on offenders. Blames the reclassification of felonies as misdemeanors for what she calls soaring crime rates, opposes defunding police, and supports prevention and reentry programs. Nothing on SB 1004, stop data, or oversight.
Not found across three campaigns. Reform California and Fix California, which endorse her, have campaigned on parental notification and school sports; she has not.
Her most developed issue. Calls for immediate repeal of SB 54, ending public benefits for undocumented immigrants including health care, cross-deputizing local police for border enforcement, and deploying the National Guard to the border. Lists securing the border among her top three priorities. No position by name on SB 873, SB 942, or AB 2624, or on the Medi-Cal freeze itself. She has declined multiple candidate questionnaires in past cycles.
Assembly, District 74
Frames affordability through taxes, opposing any new or higher taxes. Voted yes on AB 2011 (streamlined housing on commercial land) and no on SB 9 (duplexes on single-family lots). Did not vote on SB 79 in September 2025, and did not vote on SB 417, the Prop 1 bond. Her one housing bill, AB 1623 (2026), would let student housing count toward cities' housing targets; it never got a hearing. Nothing on Oceanside's SB 79 exemption or on tenant protections.
“I oppose any new or higher taxes.”
A Republican coauthor of AB 1618 (2026), a Democrat-led bill to create a state food-insecurity survey; it died in Appropriations. Also authored AB 1746, easing CalWORKs child-care applications. Voted no on the 2026 Budget Act, which funded CalFood at $108 million; no statement on CalFood or CFAP specifically.
Opposes defunding the police, supports body cameras and diversifying law enforcement, and would repeal or reform Prop 47, Prop 57, and 2011 realignment. Voted no on SB 2 (2021), the officer decertification law. Per ACLU California Action scorecards, voted against AB 93 (limits on consent searches) and AB 1034 (facial recognition on body cameras). Her vote on SB 1004 is pending. Her 2025 votes on SB 627 and SB 805 could not be read.
“I oppose 'Defunding the Police'”
Documented, split. Voted yes on AB 1540 (988 crisis-line option for LGBTQ+ youth), AB 1836 (security grants for Pride events), and, per ACLU California Action, ACA 5 (marriage equality in the state constitution). Voted no on AB 1876 (gender identity in insurance nondiscrimination), AB 1930 (shield for gender-affirming-care records), and AB 1955 (SAFETY Act). No position on transgender athletes.
Documented, split. Voted yes on AB 49 (no immigration enforcement at schools without a judicial warrant) and, per ACLU California Action, SB 852 (2024). Voted no on AB 2624 (address confidentiality). Did not vote on SB 81 (health-facility ICE access limits). Her votes on SB 873 and SB 942 are pending. Voted no on the budget containing the Medi-Cal freeze; no statement on the freeze itself.
Names underhousing — families doubling up or renting single rooms — as a local problem, saying families working full-time who can't afford a place in the area should be able to. Supported his city's unanimous rezoning to exceed its state housing target and its early certification. Voted for a 95-unit market-rate project with no affordable units over affordable-housing advocates' objections, saying adding any housing is important. Nothing on SB 79, on Oceanside's exemption, or on tenant protections.
“Families are working full-time who can't afford a place in this area. They really should be able to.”
Not found.
Not found. Initiate Justice Action, which scores candidates on criminal-justice issues, lists him as a harm-reduction pick, noting he had taken no law-enforcement money but also that his campaign does not feature public-safety positions. He campaigns on having delivered increased law enforcement locally. Nothing on SB 1004 or oversight.
Endorsed by Equality California, HONOR PAC, and San Diego Democrats for Equality. No stated position on any package bill, the SAFETY Act, or transgender athletes. San Juan Capistrano never voted on a Pride flag.
In April 2018, when his council voted 4–1 to condemn California's sanctuary law and back the federal suit against it, he was the lone no vote, stating his objection was that the item was a distraction from city business. He has not taken a current position on SB 54 or on any bill in this guide. The son of immigrants, he says he has spent a decade volunteering to help residents find legal representation.
Assembly, District 76
Documented by vote. Voted yes on SB 417 (Prop 1 bond), AB 130 and SB 131 (2025 CEQA and housing streamlining). Her SB 79 vote could not be retrieved. No stated diagnosis of housing costs and nothing on Oceanside's exemption or tenant protections.
Not found. Voted yes on the 2026 Budget Act, which is an omnibus vote, not a position on CalFood or CFAP.
Not found. Nothing on RIPA, officer identification, or oversight. Her vote on SB 1004 is pending.
Documented by vote. Yes on AB 1876, AB 1930, and AB 1540. Elected after the SAFETY Act passed; no statement on it. No position on transgender athletes. Her school-board record on parental notification was not researched.
Documented by vote. Yes on AB 49, twice, and on AB 2624. Voted yes on the budget containing the Medi-Cal freeze; no statement on restoring enrollment. Her votes on SB 873 and SB 942 are pending.
Not found. Her six priorities are cutting taxes and regulation, homelessness and addiction, job-focused education, protecting retirees' savings, voter ID, and funding Prop 36. Housing is not mentioned; homelessness is framed as a problem of mental illness and drug addiction.
Not found.
Not found. Her pledge to fully fund Prop 36 and ensure law enforcement receives the support it needs is a funding commitment, not a position on oversight or transparency.
“Fully fund Prop 36 and ensure that law enforcement receives the support it needs”
Not found.
Not found. Her site contains no immigration plank in either direction.
Assembly, District 77
Authored AB 803 (2021), the Starter Home Revitalization Act, which streamlines small-lot ownership housing on infill parcels and passed unanimously. Voted no on SB 9, one of 19 Assembly members to oppose the state's single-family upzoning law, while voting yes on AB 2011, AB 130, SB 131, and SB 417. Her SB 79 vote could not be retrieved. Nothing on Carlsbad's rezoning fights or on tenant protections.
Not found. Voted yes on the 2026 Budget Act; no food-related bill in eight years.
Documented by one vote — the most contested police-accountability vote of the decade. Voted yes on SB 2 (2021), the officer decertification law. Nothing since on RIPA or oversight. Her vote on SB 1004 is pending.
Documented by vote. Yes on AB 1955 (SAFETY Act), AB 1876, AB 1930, and AB 1540. No position on transgender athletes.
Documented by vote. Yes on AB 49 and AB 2624. Voted yes on the budget and trailer bill containing the Medi-Cal freeze; no statement on restoring enrollment. Her votes on SB 873 and SB 942 are pending.
Not found. She has no campaign website, and KPBS reported in April 2026 that it could not determine her top priorities. Her Ballotpedia page has no biography or campaign themes. This entry will be updated if she responds to the questionnaire.
Not found. She has no campaign website, and KPBS reported in April 2026 that it could not determine her top priorities.
Not found. She has no campaign website, and KPBS reported in April 2026 that it could not determine her top priorities.
Not found. She has no campaign website, and KPBS reported in April 2026 that it could not determine her top priorities.
Not found. She has no campaign website, and KPBS reported in April 2026 that it could not determine her top priorities.
San Diego County Board of Supervisors · District 5
Supports streamlining permits and building near jobs and transit. In December 2021 she voted to endorse the "Our Neighborhood Voices" initiative, a proposed constitutional amendment letting local zoning override state housing law, saying state legislation "takes a one-size-fits-all, broad-brush approach." In 2026 she presided over San Marcos's implementation of SB 79 with exemptions for high-fire-risk and industrial parcels. San Marcos adopted no tenant protections in her eight years as mayor. No position on county tenant protections or the housing propositions.
“Supply matters.”
Not found. No statement on CalFresh or food funding. On new county taxes she has said "absolutely no," and "we have a spending problem," though that was said about Board proposals; she has not addressed the citizens' half-cent measure, which includes a 7% allocation for CalFresh and nutrition. She did vote in 2024 to place San Marcos's own Measure Q sales tax before voters.
Documented on resources, not found on accountability. Touts opening a Sheriff's substation and prioritizes "strong staffing for law enforcement." Voted for a 2024 resolution supporting Proposition 36 and for San Marcos's license-plate-reader program, which adopted the Sheriff's data policies rather than the city's own. Nothing on CLERB, jail deaths, stop data, or surveillance policy.
Not found. No statement on any LGBTQ+ question. The closest record is an October 2022 vote to table a council resolution supporting Prop 1 (reproductive freedom), which she called divisive and outside the council's authority.
Cited the county's Immigrant Legal Defense Fund, which provides free legal representation to people in immigration detention, as an example of misplaced county priorities. San Marcos never agendized an immigration item during her tenure. Opposes the county charter measure over its term-limit change.
“I think the priorities are all wrong right now at the county. We have real problems and real needs for people who have been here their entire lives.”
Supports "smart growth and faster approvals," building near jobs and transit, and cutting "redundant reviews." Cool on a real-estate transfer tax. His platform does not mention renters; no position on tenant protections or the housing propositions.
“You cannot solve homelessness without building more housing.”
Documented in part. Names CalFresh among programs "at risk" from federal cuts and lists "protecting critical services from federal cuts" as a top priority. Has not addressed county CalFresh outreach or the enrollment drop. On revenue generally: "I'm open to revenue measures, but I first want to cut spending."
“I will leave that to the voters to decide.”
Documented on resources and diversion, not found on accountability. Alongside fully funding the Sheriff's Department he backs expanded mental-health crisis teams, jail diversion programs, and gun-violence restraining orders. His platform lists "criminal justice reform" without specifics. Nothing on CLERB, jail deaths, or surveillance policy.
“I will support fully funding the Sheriff's Department and ensuring adequate staffing”
Indirect. No statement. The only evidence located is his endorsement by San Diego Democrats for Equality.
Condemns ICE operations in the county and praises the county's legal defense program: "I think it's great the county is fighting that." Has not addressed the Sheriff's refusal to follow the county's ICE-cooperation policy or ICE jail transfers. Finds the county charter measure's reforms reasonable and is "specifically enthusiastic" about its Ethics Commission, while saying he does not necessarily agree with changing term limits.
“We need to be protecting our communities from unlawful attacks by rogue agencies like ICE coming in and stealing people off the streets and scaring children.”
Oceanside City Council · District 1
The strongest tenant record on the council: voted for the just-cause ordinance on both readings, for rent stabilization, and for the legal-defense pilot. Voted for the Navigation Center rebid. No position on the housing propositions.
“These protections are for folks that are paying their rent on time, they're following their lease, but they're getting moved out of their housing through no fault of their own.”
Not found. No stated position on CalFresh enrollment, food-access funding, or the food-security allocation in the countywide sales tax measure.
Documented in part. Voted for the drone pilot with a stated reservation. Nothing on oversight authority, stop data, or a surveillance ordinance.
“I'm going to support it, but in general I have concerns about our privacy slowly — or quickly — dying.”
Voted to fly the Pride flag both times and authored the 2023 flag-policy proposal that would have expressly included it.
Made the motions on every September 2025 immigration item and voted for the crisis-relief funding and the Community Trust Resolution, both of which failed.
“Part of that is having transparency so that people know we're doing them, and trust is built from that knowledge.”
Not found. No campaign website, social media, statements, or press interviews were located. Voice of San Diego describes him as a community organizer. This entry will be updated if he responds to the questionnaire.
Not found. No campaign website, social media, statements, or press interviews were located.
Not found. No campaign website, social media, statements, or press interviews were located.
Not found. No campaign website, social media, statements, or press interviews were located.
Not found. No campaign website, social media, statements, or press interviews were located.
Oceanside City Council · District 2
Voted against the tenant-protection package in April 2025, for it on first reading in September after his amendments were added, then against it on second reading, defeating it: "I felt I did the wrong thing because I don't believe what we did gets to the crux of these major things people are talking about." Voted against rent stabilization and the legal-defense pilot. Supports upholding Oceanside's existing mobile-home rent control. Voted against rebidding the Navigation Center: "It's a regional problem." His campaign priorities are city finances, agrotourism, and beach sand replenishment; his site does not mention tenants or homelessness.
“To me, you're just picking somebody's pocket.”
Not found. No stated position on CalFresh enrollment, food-access funding, or the food-security allocation in the countywide sales tax measure.
Documented on resources, not found on accountability. Supported the drone pilot. Endorsed by the police officers' association (indirect). Nothing on oversight, stop data, or surveillance policy.
“I think it's a great program.”
Voted against flying the Pride flag both times. Co-authored the 2023 proposal to limit city flagpoles to the U.S., California, and Oceanside flags.
“not to show favoritism or disdain for any group.”
Documented by vote. Voted for the six no-cost directives and the letter; voted against crisis-relief funding and against the Community Trust Resolution. Has not publicly explained either no vote.
Documented as framing. Campaigns on "housing options that fit a variety of budgets," protecting existing affordable housing, and "holding developers accountable." No stated position on just-cause, relocation assistance, or rent stabilization.
“An independent leader who listens to YOU, not to the big money developers.”
Not found. No stated position on CalFresh enrollment, food-access funding, or the food-security allocation in the countywide sales tax measure.
Not found. Frames safety as "investing in local resources that keep our neighborhoods safe, healthy, and thriving," without a policing policy.
Not found. General inclusion language only.
“everyone deserves care and safety here.”
Not found beyond that same general inclusion line.
Documented in part. Supports city-owned affordable housing and centering residents in City Hall decisions. Extensive lived experience with homelessness, expressed as outreach philosophy rather than policy. Nothing on tenant protections.
“I'm not trying to 'fix' someone. I'm just trying to guide somebody to the path.”
Documented as a record, not a policy. The only candidate in the four cities with an operating food program: Lived Experiences has distributed over one million pounds of produce through three weekly sites in Libby Lake, Crown Heights, and Eastside Capistrano, and runs a mobile laundry service. He has not stated a position on CalFresh, city food funding, or the countywide measure.
Indirect. Lived Experiences hosts a "Care Not Cages" event and he has appeared with the Oceanside Justice Coalition. No stated position on oversight or surveillance.
Not found. No statement on any LGBTQ+ question was located.
Documented as a plank. The only Oceanside challenger with an explicit immigration commitment. No specifics.
“protecting families from aggressive immigration policies”
Documented on homelessness and land use. Opposes "unchecked sprawl creeping toward Highway 76." Nothing on tenants.
“compassionate, accountable solutions for homelessness along the River Trail — connecting people to real services while restoring the trail.”
Not found. His platform covers homelessness, farmland, parks, and bike infrastructure.
Not found. His platform covers homelessness, farmland, parks, and bike infrastructure.
Not found. His platform covers homelessness, farmland, parks, and bike infrastructure.
Not found. His platform covers homelessness, farmland, parks, and bike infrastructure.
Not found. No campaign website, social media, or press coverage located. We have sent him the questionnaire.
Not found. No campaign website, social media, or press coverage located.
Not found. No campaign website, social media, or press coverage located.
Not found. No campaign website, social media, or press coverage located.
Not found. No campaign website, social media, or press coverage located.
Vista · Mayor
Made the 2022 motion to reinstate inclusionary housing. Campaigns on "balanced development that creates workforce housing while preserving open space." Was on the council for the 4–0 encampment-ban vote and has not publicly explained his vote. Nothing on tenant protections.
“If you come into my city, then we're going to have you do the density bonus to provide inclusionary housing.”
Not found. No stated position on CalFresh enrollment, food-access funding, or the food-security allocation in the countywide sales tax measure.
Documented on resources, not found on accountability. Proposes more patrols, "technology like body cameras and crime analytics," and a Mayor's Public Safety Advisory Council focused on mental health and youth programs, not investigative oversight. Endorsed by the Sheriff's Association (indirect).
“Public safety is my number one priority.”
Indirect. Was on the council for the unanimous 2022 Pride flag vote. No statement in his own words.
Documented in 2018 only. At a 2018 mayoral forum he opposed Vista joining a lawsuit against California's sanctuary law. He left the council before the November 2025 resolution and has taken no position on it.
“I feel the California Values Act could just as easily be called the Vista Values Act... It's not about being a Republican or Democrat, it's about being a Vistan.”
The most detailed platform in Vista: expand permanent supportive, interim, and sober housing; ban private-equity purchases of single-family homes; prioritize workforce housing with union labor. He names no specific tenant-protection mechanism. He has not stated a position on the 2024 encampment ban despite his commission seat.
“strengthening renter protections, holding bad landlords who violate the law accountable”
Not found. No stated position on CalFresh enrollment, food-access funding, or the food-security allocation in the countywide sales tax measure.
Documented on approach, not found on mechanisms. Favors "noncarceral approaches to crime prevention," youth and anti-violence programs, and reentry services. Says he has "pushed back against surveillance technologies that threaten residents' privacy."
The only candidate in the four cities with an affirmative LGBTQ+ platform.
“expanding and protecting gender-affirming care, making Vista an LGBTQ+ sanctuary city, and hiring new city staffers dedicated to uplifting our LGBTQ+ residents.”
Pledges to keep ICE out of public facilities without a warrant and to ensure "the sheriff's department does not collaborate with ICE." He has not explained how a city that contracts with the Sheriff would enforce the second commitment.
“No one in Vista should live in fear of going to work, dropping their kids off at school, or calling the sheriff for help.”
Vista City Council · District 1
Documented in part. Voted to reinstate inclusionary housing. Abstained on the 2024 encampment ban, warning the definition could sweep in napping or picnicking and that citations would damage people's job and housing prospects. In eight years on the council she has not introduced a tenant-protection ordinance.
“affordable housing for seniors and locals, rental assistance, tenant protections”
Not found. No stated position on CalFresh enrollment, food-access funding, or the food-security allocation in the countywide sales tax measure.
The strongest record in Vista. Led the 2025 rejection of license plate readers, pressing on "the strength of safeguards to prevent illegal data sharing with federal agencies." Has not proposed codifying the ALPR rejection as an ordinance.
“The only way I'd ever get there is through many, many community workshops where we are ensuring folks that their rights are preserved.”
Documented by role. Openly LGBTQIA+; Resource Center board member; on the council for the unanimous Pride flag votes. Has not authored a municipal nondiscrimination or gender-affirming-care measure.
Authored and voted for the November 2025 due-process resolution. Signed the February 2026 letter urging Escondido to cancel its ICE firing-range agreements. Has not publicly addressed federal immigration access to SANDAG's ARJIS law-enforcement database, which her board oversees.
“I believe that it's the duty of the City Council... to ensure that people's rights are protected.”
Documented on homeownership and homelessness. On homelessness: "get our unhoused neighbors indoors quickly and connect them with stable housing and the support they need." Nothing on renters. No position on the encampment ban.
“I will support responsible development that creates more housing opportunities, so more families can achieve the dream of homeownership.”
Not found. No stated position on CalFresh enrollment, food-access funding, or the food-security allocation in the countywide sales tax measure.
Documented on resources. Nothing on accountability.
“I will ensure Vista's firefighters and law-enforcement officers have the resources, training, and competitive pay they deserve.”
Not found. No statement on any LGBTQ+ question was located.
Not found. No statement on the November 2025 resolution or immigration enforcement. His two lead endorsers cast the votes against that resolution. His platform includes "opposing unnecessary tax and fee increases" without naming any measure on the ballot.
Not found. Her stated focus is resident communication, underserved communities, traffic, and "enforcement of city rules for neighborhood safety."
Not found. No stated position on CalFresh enrollment, food-access funding, or the food-security allocation in the countywide sales tax measure.
Not found. No statement on policing was located.
Not found. No statement on any LGBTQ+ question was located.
Indirect. Her biography states she has "advocated for immigrant justice"; no specifics and no position on the November 2025 resolution.
Vista City Council · District 4
Documented in part. Credits himself with securing $5 million in state funding for the Buena Creek Navigation Center and with "implementing affordable housing policies." Voted for the 2024 encampment ban (the vote was 4–0 with one abstention). Nothing on renters.
Not found. No stated position on CalFresh enrollment, food-access funding, or the food-security allocation in the countywide sales tax measure.
Documented on resources. Voted for additional deputies and EMTs. Was on the council for the 2025 ALPR rejection but is not quoted on it.
Not found. On the council for the 2024 Pride flag vote; not individually quoted.
Documented by vote. Supplied the third vote that passed the November 2025 due-process resolution, 3–2. He has not been quoted on why.
Supports building "truly affordable homes" near the Sprinter corridor with nonprofit developers, security-deposit assistance, expanded Housing Choice vouchers, and down-payment support. His renter proposals are subsidies rather than protections; nothing on just-cause or rent stabilization.
Not found. No stated position on CalFresh enrollment, food-access funding, or the food-security allocation in the countywide sales tax measure.
The most explicit anti-surveillance commitment by any candidate in the four cities, from someone who works in the industry that sells such systems. He also supports increasing Sheriff, fire, and EMT staffing. Nothing on oversight.
“Mass video surveillance technology has no place in Vista. I'll fight to ensure this never happens.”
Not found. No statement on any LGBTQ+ question was located.
Not found. No statement on the November 2025 resolution.
San Marcos · Mayor
Voted for San Marcos's SB 79 ordinance exempting high-fire-severity parcels. Emphasizes local control over "how we build, how much we build and where we build." Claims credit for "prohibiting camping in our parks, on sidewalks, and near schools" and seconded the 2025 expansion. Nothing on tenant protections or the Affirmed Housing project.
“The City Council thought it was a wise approach to try and maintain some local control.”
Not found. No stated position on CalFresh enrollment, food-access funding, or the food-security allocation in the countywide sales tax measure.
Documented on resources, not found on accountability. Lists license plate readers and a new Sheriff's office in San Elijo Hills among his accomplishments; commits to keeping law enforcement "adequately resourced." Endorsed by the deputies' union (indirect). Nothing on oversight, stop data, or surveillance policy.
Not found. Joined the council after the 2022 Prop 1 vote; no LGBTQ+ matter has come before the council since.
Not found. San Marcos has never put immigration on a council agenda.
In December 2021 voted to endorse the "Our Neighborhood Voices" initiative to let local zoning override state housing law. Was on the council for the 2024 encampment ban, reported as 4–1 with Nuñez the only no. Twelve years on the council with no tenant-protection ordinance adopted; no position on SB 79 or Affirmed Housing.
“Invest in our neighborhoods, maintain our roads and infrastructure, and be a careful steward of every taxpayer dollar.”
Not found. No stated position on CalFresh enrollment, food-access funding, or the food-security allocation in the countywide sales tax measure.
Documented on resources. Led the successful Yes on Measure Q sales-tax campaign. Was on the council for the Sheriff contract and the ALPR approval. Nothing on accountability.
“our firefighters, sheriffs, and emergency services have the resources needed”
Not found directly. Her school board tenure ended in 2012, before the district's transgender-student policy controversies. On the council, she voted in 2022 to table the Prop 1 resolution, saying the issue "should be left to voters to decide."
Not found. San Marcos has never put immigration on a council agenda.
San Marcos City Council · District 1
The strongest record in San Marcos. Voted against the 2021 "Our Neighborhood Voices" resolution. Sole no on the 2024 encampment ban. Her candidate statement cites "the challenges of affordable housing and food insecurity" and says she has "championed housing accessibility." Eight years in office with no tenant-protection ordinance introduced.
“Making the possibility of criminalizing these individuals and families, I don't think will help their situation.”
Documented in part. The only San Marcos candidate, and one of two in all four cities, to name food insecurity in a filed statement. No specific proposal.
“the challenges of affordable housing and food insecurity”
Documented as a pattern of dissent. Voted no on the 2024 Prop 36 resolution. Voted for the unanimous ALPR program. Voted against a 2022 street-vendor restriction in her district. Nothing on oversight or surveillance policy.
“I don't have the confidence that this is the right solution.”
Indirect. Voted against tabling the 2022 Prop 1 resolution. No LGBTQ+-specific statement.
“This is an issue that directly impacts our residents — this is a health and safety issue.”
Documented in part. The only San Marcos candidate with any statement, on community response to ICE activity. She has not proposed a council policy.
“We rely on the community. People are on high alert. If they see anything, hear anything, if ICE is in the area, they'll let us know.”
Not found. No website, endorsements, press coverage, or filed candidate statement. This entry will be updated if he responds to the questionnaire.
Not found. No website, endorsements, press coverage, or filed candidate statement.
Not found. No website, endorsements, press coverage, or filed candidate statement.
Not found. No website, endorsements, press coverage, or filed candidate statement.
Not found. No website, endorsements, press coverage, or filed candidate statement.
San Marcos City Council · District 2
Documented, thin. Priorities are updating the General Plan, wise Measure Q spending, and youth advocacy. No position on affordable housing, Affirmed Housing, tenants, or encampments.
Not found. No stated position on CalFresh enrollment, food-access funding, or the food-security allocation in the countywide sales tax measure.
Indirect. Career public-safety background; no stated position on the Sheriff contract, oversight, or surveillance.
Not found. No statement on any LGBTQ+ question was located.
Not found. No statement on immigration was located.
Documented, general. Favors local development control and "diverse housing options that support our workforce." No position on Affirmed Housing, tenants, SB 79, or encampments.
“I am pro-smart growth... housing and small business growth that complements what our community needs”
Not found. No stated position on CalFresh enrollment, food-access funding, or the food-security allocation in the countywide sales tax measure.
Documented on resources. Favors "smart, proactive approaches that keep neighborhoods safe" and first-responder resources. Endorsed by the deputies' union (indirect). Nothing on accountability.
Not found. No statement on any LGBTQ+ question was located.
Not found. No statement on immigration was located.
Carlsbad · Mayor
Voted for Village Plaza while denouncing the state. On rezoning: "We're damned if we do, damned if we don't." In 2020 warned of "unintended consequences" of COVID rent deferments. Nothing on tenant protections.
“The state has come in and started bullying us. I think it's overreach.”
Not found. No stated position on CalFresh enrollment, food-access funding, or the food-security allocation in the countywide sales tax measure.
Supported creating the engagement commission. On COPPS: "an investment in the quality of life." Opposed defunding in 2020. Nothing on independent investigative authority, stop data, or surveillance policy.
“It is extremely important that every police department has accountability.”
Voted no on the Pride flag.
“I just can't say 'yes' to one group and then have to say 'no' to other groups.”
Documented in 2018. Agendized and voted for Carlsbad's opposition to SB 54. No subsequent statement revising it.
Documented, general. Pillars are "Protecting Carlsbad's Character" (manage growth, preserve the Village) and "Business & Smart Growth" without "excessive regulation or overdevelopment." No housing, affordability, or homelessness page.
Not found. His Meals on Wheels volunteering is background, not a policy.
Documented, general. Nothing on accountability.
“Leverage first-responder experience to ensure adequate resources and preparedness.”
Not found. No statement on any LGBTQ+ question was located.
Not found. No statement on immigration was located.
Not found. His six stated priorities are city responsiveness, senior safety, public safety, infrastructure, technology, and quality of life; none states a housing position.
Not found. No stated position on CalFresh enrollment, food-access funding, or the food-security allocation in the countywide sales tax measure.
Not found. His public safety priority — "crime, homelessness, and community safety with practical action" — names no policing policy.
Not found. No statement on any LGBTQ+ question was located.
Not found. No statement on immigration was located.
Not found. No website, endorsements, or press coverage located. This entry will be updated if he responds to the questionnaire.
Not found. No website, endorsements, or press coverage located.
Not found. No website, endorsements, or press coverage located.
Not found. No website, endorsements, or press coverage located.
Not found. No website, endorsements, or press coverage located.
Carlsbad City Council · District 1
Sole no on Village Plaza, citing impacts on local businesses and Village character; the project included 27 affordable units. Voted against placing the 2024 Prop H spending-threshold measure on the ballot. Has opposed raising taxes as disproportionately affecting "lower-income residents in the Village and Barrio." Nothing on tenant protections.
Not found. No stated position on CalFresh enrollment, food-access funding, or the food-security allocation in the countywide sales tax measure.
Documented as posture. From her 2020 Assembly campaign she supported a "tough love" approach with treatment services. Nothing on oversight, stop data, or surveillance.
“Homelessness is the biggest threat to public safety.”
Voted no on the Pride flag, calling the issue "not a unifying topic" and, twice, framing it as needing a neutral policy first. Carlsbad still has no flag policy.
“absent a flag policy, I certainly don't want to be the arbiter of free speech in Carlsbad, California.”
Not found. No statement on immigration was located.
Not found. No website, statements, or press coverage located. The party's endorsement process requires a completed candidate questionnaire, so positions exist on paper; this entry will be updated as they become available.
Not found. No website, statements, or press coverage located.
Not found. No website, statements, or press coverage located.
Not found. No website, statements, or press coverage located.
Not found. No website, statements, or press coverage located.
Carlsbad City Council · District 3
Documented, and in tension. Voted for Village Plaza and for the rezoning ("We're trying to balance the community's comments and the state"), while her campaign site pledges to "protect Carlsbad from overdevelopment" and revisit the Growth Management Plan. Her priorities page does not mention affordable housing or homelessness. Nothing on tenant protections.
“If we all could do what she could, we would, but I think this project is going to be moving forward.”
Not found. No stated position on CalFresh enrollment, food-access funding, or the food-security allocation in the countywide sales tax measure.
Documented by vote. Voted to create the engagement commission and for the vehicle-camping ordinance. Spoke at a George Floyd vigil on "police brutality that affect[s] our country." Nothing on independent oversight authority or surveillance.
“a very comprehensive and balanced approach”
Voted to fly the Pride flag and prevailed. After the Resource Center rejected the proclamation: "I heard it loud and clear that they don't feel safe." No position on a formal flag policy.
“I would hope that we are seen as policymakers that actually do want to represent our entire community.”
Not found. Was not on the council in 2018. Has not addressed federal access to SANDAG's ARJIS database, on whose board she is an alternate.
Not found. No website, endorsements, or press coverage located. This entry will be updated if he responds to the questionnaire.
Not found. No website, endorsements, or press coverage located.
Not found. No website, endorsements, or press coverage located.
Not found. No website, endorsements, or press coverage located.
Not found. No website, endorsements, or press coverage located.
Carlsbad · City Treasurer
Not found, and out of scope: the Treasurer does not vote on housing policy. Has updated the investment policy and created an Investment Review Board. Whether the city's roughly $900 million portfolio is screened on social criteria is the one open question in his lane.
“safety of principal, sufficient liquidity, and responsible yield.”
Not found, and out of scope: the Treasurer does not vote on food policy.
Not found, and out of scope: the Treasurer does not vote on policing policy.
Not found, and out of scope: the Treasurer does not vote on LGBTQIA+ policy.
Not found, and out of scope: the Treasurer does not vote on immigration policy.
Not found, and out of scope: the Treasurer does not vote on housing policy. Criticizes prior investment losses and pension underfunding.
“The job description of Carlsbad City Treasurer is almost entirely focused on the direct investment management of the city's $900 million reserve fund.”
Not found, and out of scope: the Treasurer does not vote on food policy.
Not found, and out of scope: the Treasurer does not vote on policing policy.
Not found, and out of scope: the Treasurer does not vote on LGBTQIA+ policy.
Not found, and out of scope: the Treasurer does not vote on immigration policy.
Carlsbad · City Clerk
Out of scope: the Clerk runs elections and records and does not vote on housing policy.
Out of scope: the Clerk runs elections and records and does not vote on food policy.
Out of scope: the Clerk runs elections and records and does not vote on policing policy. One clerk-adjacent note: Carlsbad's public records portal is not usable without cookies and JavaScript, which makes council minutes hard for residents to reach.
Out of scope: the Clerk runs elections and records and does not vote on LGBTQIA+ policy.
Out of scope: the Clerk runs elections and records and does not vote on immigration policy.
How this guide was made
This is a compilation of findings from the public record for every candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot in North County: the two U.S. House races (Districts 48 and 49), the County Supervisor District 5 race, and every local race in Oceanside, Vista, San Marcos and Carlsbad — 37 candidates across 16 contests. School board and special district races are not covered. Each finding is a position the candidate has stated or a vote the candidate has cast, with a source attached. It contains no endorsement and no evaluation of candidates; where the record is empty, it says so. Three of the four federal candidates also hold city or county office; a local vote is reported as a local record and never converted into a federal position.
The evidence standard
Nothing here is inferred from party registration, occupation, endorsement, or general disposition. A Sheriff's Association endorsement is not a policing position; a Meals on Wheels route is not a food-security policy; a candidate's own family immigration story is not an immigration position. Where a candidate's biography points one way and their record is silent, the silence is what gets reported.
How the research was done
Parallel research passes, one per jurisdiction. Sources: House roll-call and bill records for the two federal races; official council and county board minutes and legislative databases (Legistar for Oceanside and San Marcos; city clerk portals elsewhere); city clerk candidate logs and filed candidate statements; candidate campaign websites fetched directly; local press (The Coast News, Voice of San Diego, KPBS, inewsource, North County Pipeline, Times of San Diego, North County Daily Star, North Coast Current, NBC 7, 10News, qVoice News); party and organizational endorsement pages; and the certified ballot measure text from the Registrar.
Roll-call quality varies by city
Roll-call quality varies sharply by city. Oceanside's Legistar minutes are the strongest records in this set — machine-readable, directly linkable, and they name individual voters; every Oceanside vote in this guide is sourced to them. San Marcos and Vista publish no machine-readable roll calls: San Marcos's Legistar API stores no vote data and its minutes are scanned images, and Vista's minutes sit in a Laserfiche portal that returns 403; Carlsbad's minutes are likewise unreachable. Every individual-vote attribution in those three cities therefore rests on contemporaneous journalism, or on arithmetic where a five-member council's tally plus named dissenters makes an individual vote logically necessary — and the guide says which, each time.
Verification
The twelve highest-stakes vote attributions went through an independent verification pass: ten were confirmed against primary sources, two were corrected, and several were softened where a second pass could not reach the document a first pass relied on. Those points are flagged inline with ⚠️, and anything still marked "verify before printing" has not cleared that bar.
What we could not reach
Read these before treating any “Not found” on this page as final.
| Blocked resource | Consequence |
|---|---|
| All filed candidate statements in Oceanside, Vista, San Marcos and Carlsbad are scanned image PDFs with no text layer | The only self-authored public statement by roughly a third of these candidates is unreadable by any automated tool. A person opening these in a browser is the single highest-value remaining task in this project. URLs are listed in Part 5. |
| Carlsbad minutes (Laserfiche, records.carlsbadca.gov) — requires cookies/JS | No Carlsbad roll call in this document is sourced to official minutes. All are from contemporaneous journalism. Village Plaza, the January 2024 rezoning, and COPPS all lack a full recorded tally. |
| Vista minutes, municipal code, and campaign finance (all Laserfiche) | Green's and O'Donnell's encampment votes are established by arithmetic, not by name. The Community Safety and Due Process Resolution number is unknown. No campaign finance data was obtained for any Vista candidate. |
| NetFile campaign finance portals (Oceanside aid=OCN, Carlsbad aid=CAR, San Marcos MRCS) — JavaScript apps | Money figures appear only where a candidate published them. Most are "not retrieved," not "none exists." |
| SANDAG agenda portal (pub-sandag.escribemeetings.com) — 403 | The ARJIS question could not be closed. See Part 4. |
| Oceanside ballot-argument PDFs — scanned images, egress-blocked for OCR | Who signed the argument against Measure S is still unknown. |