Let's make Oceanside's potential a reality, together.
I'm Ricky James, and I'm running for Oceanside City Council in District 2. Not to play politics — but to take on the challenges we all see every day, with honest leadership that answers to residents and negotiates with developers through relationships, not contributions.
Real problems deserve real solutions — not empty promises. Here's what I'll fight for on day one.
Compassionate, accountable solutions for homelessness along the River Trail — connecting people to real services while restoring the trail as a safe place for families to walk, ride, and enjoy.
Preserve the farms, open space, and rural character that make Oceanside special. I'm pro-growth — but growth that respects residents, not unchecked sprawl creeping toward Highway 76.
Clean, safe, well-maintained parks — and transparency about how grant money meant for our community actually gets spent.
Connected, functional routes — including the long-promised links between our neighborhoods and parks — so it's safe to get around Oceanside on two wheels.
No other North County coastal city has what we have. We should treat these as the competitive advantage they are — maintaining them, showcasing them, and building our identity and economy around them:
Municipal politics should run on honest relationships and reasonable compromise that protects residents. I won't take contributions from developers seeking approvals or vendors chasing city contracts. When I sit at the dais, I'll answer to you — not to whoever wrote the biggest check.
I love this city — its coastline, its open space, and the working families who make it home. But lately I've watched decisions get made that leave residents out of the conversation: land carved up behind closed doors, promises to our community quietly dropped, and trails and parks left to decline.
I'm not a career politician. I'm a neighbor who got tired of hearing "that's just how politics work." I believe you can be pro-growth and still demand that developers negotiate in good faith and deliver projects our community actually wants — instead of bulldozing past the people who live here.
I also know our trails, parks, and paths in a way most candidates don't. I navigate them from a wheelchair — and I'm out there with my family, towing my son behind my handcycle on the San Luis Rey River Trail. When I say our paths need to actually work and our public spaces need to be safe and accessible for everyone, I mean it from experience.
Over the coming months I'll be knocking on doors, showing up at your events, and listening. This campaign isn't about me — it's about us.
— Ricky James
This is a starting draft — tell me what you'd like to add about your background, family, or roots in Oceanside and I'll revise it.
From the River Trail to the harbor to our kids' ballfields — this is the Oceanside I'm fighting for.
I believe you have a right to know who's funding the people who represent you. Every contribution to every Oceanside campaign is public record — and you can look it up yourself in seconds.
For the current race, we monitor the Re-Elect Rick Robinson City Council 2026 committee and the PACs active in it — capturing monetary and nonmonetary contributions, independent expenditures, and any other reported activity — updated automatically as new Form 460s and related filings post to NetFile.
My campaign has accepted $0 in contributions to date — I seeded it with a small $100 personal loan and pledge not to take money from developers seeking approvals or vendors chasing city contracts. Robinson's 2026 figures will appear here once his first 2026 statement is filed.
Contribution amounts and dates are from public California Form 460 filings via NetFile. Notes identify each contributor's publicly known business, role, or project before the City. 2022 and 2025 totals are final/amended and stay fixed.
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