Ian N. OglesbyIncumbent
Candidate for Mayor, Seaside · Incumbent
Ian Oglesby is a Seaside-area public servant who served in the U.S. Army, reaching the rank of Sergeant (P), and spent 27 years with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, retiring as a correctional officer. He served on Seaside's Planning Commission for more than seven years and on the City Council from 2008 to 2016, including two appointments as mayor pro tem. He chairs the Seaside Housing Collaborative and the Monterey Bay Division of the League of California Cities, sits on the Cal Cities board of directors, chairs the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District board, and serves on the boards of the Transportation Agency for Monterey County and the Local Agency Formation Commission, as well as an alternate seat on the California Coastal Commission. He also serves on the CSU Monterey Bay Foundation board and the Veterans Transition Center of California. He is married to Rita Cummings-Oglesby and has four adult children and six grandchildren.
Positions in brief
Oglesby's platform centers on public safety through investment and accountability, expanding housing choices across income levels citing recently completed developments, sustainable economic development that creates living-wage jobs, and continued infrastructure investment in streets, sidewalks, and fire services.
Oglesby says safe communities are built by investing in people, creating opportunity, and ensuring accountability, and points to code enforcement and strengthened fire and police staffing. On housing, he wants to expand housing choices for all income levels, citing the completed 106-unit Seagrove project and the 1,400-plus-unit Campus Town development, and says he supports policies that protect renters. On the economy, he supports sustainable economic development that creates local jobs paying livable wages, pointing to ongoing hotel, retail, office, and courthouse projects. On infrastructure, he is committed to rebuilding streets and sidewalks and completing the design of Fire Station No. 2. He says he will protect the environment the community shares, and notes the city's budget is balanced with fully funded reserves. He also points to investments in youth, families, and older adults through park improvements, community events, and summer job opportunities, including a Summer Youth Jobs Program and a CSU Monterey Bay partnership.
On the issues
Emphasizes reducing crime through investment in people, code enforcement, public-works investment, and strengthened fire and police staffing.
“Safe communities are built when we invest in people, create opportunity, and ensure accountability.”
Source →Wants to expand housing choices for all income levels, pointing to the completed 106-unit Seagrove project and the 1,400-plus-unit Campus Town development as examples.
“expand housing choices for all income levels”
Source →Supports policies that protect renters.
“policies that protect renters”
Source →Supports sustainable economic development that creates local jobs paying livable wages, pointing to ongoing hotel, retail, office and courthouse projects.
“grow local jobs that pay livable wages”
Source →Committed to rebuilding streets and sidewalks and completing design of a new fire station.
“rebuild streets and sidewalks”
Source →Says he will protect the environment the community shares.
“protect the environment we all share”
Source →Notes the city's budget is balanced with fully funded reserves.
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