San Marcos City Council · Nov 3, 2026
Ed Musgrove
Councilmember, District 4; term 2024–2028City of San Marcos
Ed Musgrove (Councilmember, District 4) is not on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot and will stay on the San Marcos City Council after the election.
District 4 councilmember since 2020 who previously worked for the San Diego Sheriff's Department. He served on the San Marcos Traffic Commission and as a city planning commissioner.
Where Ed Musgrove stands: positions on the record
Homeless encampments1 sourced position
Voted yes on adopting an ordinance on encampments on city property (passed 4-1, July 2024).
Council voteSan Marcos City Council minutes, July 23, 2024 · Jul 23, 2024
License plate readers1 sourced position
Voted yes on joining the Sheriff's Safe San Marcos program and using automated license plate readers (passed 5-0, May 2024).
Council voteSan Marcos City Council minutes, May 14, 2024 · May 14, 2024
Senior mobile home parks2 sourced positions
Voted yes to introduce an ordinance creating a Senior Mobilehome Park Overlay Zone over seven senior mobile home parks (passed 5-0, Sept. 2026).
Council voteSan Marcos City Council minutes, Sept. 8, 2026 · Sep 8, 2026
Called the senior mobile home park overlay an excellent adjustment to the city's ordinance.
“This is an excellent adjustment to our ordinance”
Own statementThe Coast News · Sep 9, 2026
Housing near transit (SB 79)1 sourced position
Voted yes on an urgency ordinance implementing SB 79 with site exemptions and phased implementation areas (passed 4-0, July 2026).
Council voteSan Marcos City Council minutes, July 14, 2026 · Jul 14, 2026
Budget1 sourced position
Moved and voted yes on the 2026-27 operations and capital improvement budget (passed 4-0, June 2026).
Council voteSan Marcos City Council minutes, June 9, 2026 · Jun 9, 2026
Measure Q sales tax1 sourced position
Voted yes on placing a 1% general sales tax measure on the November 2024 ballot (passed 5-0, July 2024).
Council voteSan Marcos City Council minutes, July 9, 2024 · Jul 9, 2024
Proposition 361 sourced position
Voted yes on a resolution supporting Proposition 36, the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act (passed 4-1, Sept. 2024).
Council voteSan Marcos City Council minutes, Sept. 24, 2024 · Sep 24, 2024
Battery storage1 sourced position
Moved and voted yes on a substitute motion sending a resolution opposing battery energy storage projects back to staff to research safety (passed 3-2, Sept. 2024).
Council voteSan Marcos City Council minutes, Sept. 24, 2024 · Sep 24, 2024
Past candidacies2 sourced positions
Ran for San Marcos City Council, District 4 in 2020 (won).
Council voteSan Diego County Registrar of Voters
Ran for San Marcos City Council, District 4 in 2024 (won).
Council voteSan Diego County Registrar of Voters
What Ed Musgrove said vs. how Ed Musgrove voted
Senior mobile home parks
In their words
Called the senior mobile home park overlay an excellent adjustment to the city's ordinance.
Sep 9, 2026 ·The Coast News · Sep 9, 2026
On the record
Voted yes to introduce an ordinance creating a Senior Mobilehome Park Overlay Zone over seven senior mobile home parks (passed 5-0, Sept. 2026).
Sep 8, 2026 ·San Marcos City Council minutes, Sept. 8, 2026 · Sep 8, 2026
On the ballot this time
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