Oceanside City Council · Nov 3, 2026
Esther Sanchez
Mayor; re-elected November 2024City of Oceanside
Esther Sanchez (Mayor) is not on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot and will stay on the Oceanside City Council after the election.
Attorney for more than 30 years who retired from the Public Defender's Office in 2008. First elected to the City Council in 2000 and elected mayor in 2020.
Where Esther Sanchez stands: positions on the record
Measure R (prevailing wage)1 sourced position
Signed the ballot argument in favor of Measure R.
Own statementArgument in favor of Measure R (City of Oceanside)
Measure S (sales tax)1 sourced position
As reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune
Said the city may have to close the pier for lack of funding.
“We may actually have to close the pier because of a lack of funding,”
Own statementSan Diego Union-Tribune · Jun 25, 2026
Rent stabilization1 sourced position
Voted no on introducing the Residential Tenant Protections ordinance (passed 3-2) and no on moving forward a local rent stabilization ordinance (failed 2-3, Sept. 2025).
Council voteOceanside City Council minutes, Sept. 3, 2025 · Sep 3, 2025
Affordable housing1 sourced position
Voted no on having staff plan raising the affordable-housing share in the general plan's corridor program from 15% to 20% (failed 2-3, June 2026).
Council voteOceanside City Council minutes, June 24, 2026 · Jun 24, 2026
General plan1 sourced position
Moved to adopt the Onward Oceanside general plan update and climate action plan update (passed 5-0, June 2026).
Council voteOceanside City Council minutes, June 24, 2026 · Jun 24, 2026
Homelessness1 sourced position
Voted no on adding three in-house outreach workers to the HEART homeless outreach program (failed 2-3), then moved to create HEART as staff proposed (passed 5-0, May 2026).
Council voteOceanside City Council minutes, May 20, 2026 · May 20, 2026
Immigration enforcement1 sourced position
Voted no on adding a community trust resolution to the city's response to federal immigration enforcement (failed 2-3, Oct. 2025); the council accepted staff's report on steps already taken.
Council voteOceanside City Council minutes, Oct. 15, 2025 · Oct 15, 2025
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