Greg Martinez
Candidate for City Council Member, Chula Vista, District 1
Greg Martinez is a Certified Public Accountant with more than 20 years of experience, working as an outsourced controller for multimillion-dollar businesses. He has lived in Northeast Chula Vista for more than two decades and operates a local business that employs staff and serves clients in the community. He has volunteered with youth sports and local schools, currently serves on the City of Chula Vista's Measure P Citizens Oversight Committee, and is president of his homeowners association board. In 2020 he organized a rally at the Chula Vista Police Department in support of police officers. He previously ran for the Otay Water District Governing Board, Division 5, in the November 2024 election and was not elected.
Positions in brief
Martinez's campaign is built around four themes: public safety, affordability, infrastructure and budgeting, and homelessness. He wants to keep politics out of police leadership, oppose new taxes including a proposed regional mileage tax, cut red tape on housing and business permits, and pair anti-camping enforcement with services for people experiencing homelessness.
On public safety, Martinez wants police department leadership focused on protecting residents rather than navigating political disputes, supports a new police substation on the city's east side to improve response times as that area grows, and wants 'balanced, common-sense regulation' of e-bikes to address sidewalk riding and safety concerns. On affordability, he calls housing costs the top affordability issue in the city and opposes new taxes, pointing to a mileage tax he says Sacramento and SANDAG are exploring; he wants to streamline the city's permitting process to lower housing-construction costs and speed small-business permits so the city can attract quality employers. On infrastructure, he prioritizes fixing potholes and repairing deteriorating streets such as Boswell Road before new construction, supports Bayfront redevelopment projects including Pangea Sports Complex, Amara Bay and Bay Point, and backs bringing a university and an innovation/entertainment complex to the city's east side, paired with what he calls disciplined, transparent budgeting. On homelessness, he supports the police department's Homeless Outreach Team and the Chula Vista Village at Otay transitional-housing shelter, wants programs judged by measurable outcomes such as successful moves into stable housing, and backs continued enforcement of the city's anti-camping ordinance alongside compassionate service referrals.
On the issues
Wants police department leadership focused on public safety rather than politics, supports a new east-side police substation, and backs regulating e-bike use for safety.
“Safe neighborhoods. Strong community. We back the men and women who protect Chula Vista—because public safety is the foundation of opportunity.”
Source →Opposes new taxes, including a proposed regional mileage tax, and calls for disciplined, transparent city budgeting.
“Sacramento politicians and Sandag are already exploring a mileage tax”
Source →Wants to reduce fees on housing construction and streamline permitting to lower costs while building affordable housing without disrupting existing neighborhoods.
“Build affordable housing without disrupting neighborhoods”
Source →Wants to streamline the city's business permitting process to attract quality employers and support small businesses.
“Streamline the business permit process”
Source →Prioritizes repairing existing roads, including Boswell Road, before new construction, alongside continued Bayfront-area development and transportation projects.
“Fixing potholes and roads”
Source →Supports the police department's Homeless Outreach Team and transitional shelter programs, paired with continued enforcement of the city's anti-camping ordinance.
“Compassion does not mean ignoring the problem. It means offering help while maintaining safe and orderly communities.”
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