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November 12, 2025

Oceanside Speaks Out has been the voice of the community for three long years in the fight against the Eddie Jones project that is proposed just off Benet Road near the Prince Skate Park. As many remember, we won the appeal of the Planning Commission’s approval of the 500K sq ft commercial complex on May 21, 2025 with a 3-2 vote from the Oceanside City Council.  But in a shocking twist of events, the item was pulled for discussion on August 6, 2025 and instead of a formal recording of the previous vote, our appeal was flipped in a last-ditch effort by the developer who offered the city $2.5M to spend however they wanted, persuading Jimmy Figueroa to change his vote.

It was a great injustice to the citizens of Oceanside that the City Council gave a majority vote to benefit developer interests rather than the 6,000 Oceanside citizens behind the petition to reject the project, especially after such a hard-earned win. Mayor Esther Sanchez firmly asserted “this council should not be bought… And that is what the message is going to be if there is a change on the vote… that we can be bought.”

The fight continues! We refuse to allow our community to fall victim to environmental injustice. Our health, road safety and wellbeing cannot be bought.  Join us to set a precedent in Oceanside and tell the City Council that citizen interests should have priority over commercial interests that will clog our roads, pollute the air we breathe, and destroy our quality of life. 

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