OCEANSIDE
The San Diego Rescue Mission will operate Oceanside’s new 50-bed homeless shelter, despite recommendations by the city staff and Housing Commission to go with Interfaith Community Services.
The Rescue Mission will provide “the broadest benefits at the most efficient cost,” said Councilman Peter Weiss at Wednesday’s Oceanside City Council meeting. He said the Interfaith proposal for the shelter was “impressive,” but it comes with $1 million in annual operating costs to the city while the other offer does not.
“We are not here to pick a winner or a loser,” Weiss said, before the 3-2 vote to approve the contract. “We are here to help our homeless population.”
Brian Maryott Congressional campaign headquartered in same Oceanside complex as Chris Rodriguez mayoral campaign.
“The Republican party asked me to run against [Congressman] Mike Levin in 2020.” That’s what Oceanside city councilman Christopher Rodriguez said two years ago when the Latino ex-Marine who served in Iraq was viewed as a GOP up-and-comer.
“I turned them down,” says Rodriguez about his party’s request for him to represent the GOP in Congress. “I just felt I had too much to do for the city of Oceanside.”
Rodriguez could win a kind of electoral lottery this September.
Rodriguez for Congress
So Rodriguez instead ran for mayor of Oceanside. He was trounced in November by fellow councilmember Esther Sanchez who topped him with an 11 percent spread. Rodriguez retains his city council seat.