Forgoing special election, Oceanside appoints District 1 member
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OCEANSIDE After a tense Oceanside City Council workshop on Jan. 27 to interview candidates and choose who would represent District 1 until 2022, members decided that Oceanside resident Kori Jensen was right for the role.
Jensen has deep roots in Oceanside starting with both sets of grandparents. On her mother’s side, her grandparents immigrated to Oceanside from Mexico, and on her dad’s side, her grandfather came from Minnesota.
Her mother worked for The Blade-Tribune, Oceanside’s former newspaper.
Jensen recalled walking to South Oceanside Elementary School from her grandmother’s house on Tremont Street between Kindergarten and third grade. After that period of her early life, Jensen moved around a lot but always seemed to find her way back to Oceanside.