Emily Gonzales
Candidate for City Council Member, Oceanside, District 2 · Director/Facilitator/Mother
Emily Gonzales has lived in Oceanside for more than 20 years. She is a mother and military spouse who describes herself as a community connector, and serves on the city's Planning Commission. She is a co-founder and board member of The Swell Collective, a nonprofit focused on professional training, coaching and collaboration to support marginalized communities.
Positions in brief
Gonzales's platform focuses on affordability for working families, community safety including wildfire preparedness, smart and sustainable growth, and government transparency.
Gonzales organizes her platform around four issues: affordability, so that working families, service workers, teachers, military families and young people can afford to stay and build their lives in Oceanside; community care and safety, including wildfire preparedness for District 2 (the city's most wildfire-prone district), traffic calming and safer street crossings; smart growth and sustainability that honors the city's natural resources, infrastructure capacity and climate realities rather than short-term development profit; and transparency and accountability, so residents know what is being decided at City Hall and who is influencing it. As a Planning Commissioner, she has positioned herself as an independent voice pushing back on developer influence.
On the issues
Wants working families, service workers, teachers, military families and young people to be able to afford to stay in Oceanside.
“be able to afford to stay and build their lives in Oceanside”
Source →Focuses on community safety measures including wildfire preparedness for District 2, the city's most wildfire-prone district, along with traffic calming and safer street crossings.
“Community care means actionable, local practices that ensure people feel safe, supported, and connected.”
Source →Supports smart growth that honors the city's natural resources, infrastructure capacity and climate realities rather than short-term development profit.
“honors Oceanside's natural resources, infrastructure capacity, climate realities, and community needs”
Source →Calls for greater transparency about city decisions and who is influencing them, pledging to serve residents rather than developers.
“City Hall works best when residents know what's being decided and who's influencing it.”
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