A recent series of City Council appointments in North County is frustrating some residents who want to directly vote for their representatives. Encinitas, Carlsbad and Escondido have all filled vacant council seats this year through appointment.
Housing, infrastructure, the environment and unity were common themes among three incoming Encinitas City Council members who were sworn in Dec. 13 after a contentious election season in November.
Encinitas has an odd reputation for being a home base of questionable news websites. Since 2021, we have a third — and it’s troublesome enough that the city of Encinitas has put a disclaimer about it in the footer of its own website.
Oceanside District 1 City Council member Kori Jensen was just behind candidate Eric Joyce as of early Nov. 8 election results released Wednesday morning by the San Diego County Registrar of Voters.
Encinitas Councilman Tony Kranz appeared headed toward a mayoral victory after voting wrapped up for the midterms on Tuesday, Nov. 8, but at least one City Council seat was in close contention, according to early results.
Carlsbad’s Measure J — which sought voter approval of a million-dollar increase for the updating of a city pool — was running just about 50/50 based on early results from the Nov. 8 elections.
A growing number of electoral candidates and activists in Encinitas are expressing concern over what’s being described as an unusually vitriolic and hostile political climate heading into next week’s midterm election.
On Nov. 8, Encinitas residents will weight two candidates in District 3 and four candidates in District 4 for the City Council. What are the candidates’ most important issues for their districts and the city at large?
What do this year’s Oceanside City Council candidates consider to be the single most important issue facing their respective districts? And, as a whole, what’s the single most important issue for the city at large?
