Chris Rodriguez Exits Oceanside Local Politics
Chris Rodriguez ran for mayor of Oceanside in 2010. He served two terms as an elected member of the city council before running again in 2014. During his first term, he focused on issues including homelessness, affordable housing, and public safety. His second term focused on economic development, tourism, and jobs. In 2016, he won election as mayor. As mayor Esther Sanchez was handing out proclamations in the past year to honor women who were movers and shakers from Oceanside, Rodriguez handed Sanchez her own congratulation, stating that they were fellow Hispanics. Rodriguez supports guns and is is pro-life. Rodriguez is expecting his eighth child. Rodriguez utilizes photos of him standing on fields to demonstrate that he's farmer (he additionally sells real estate). A young, well-spoken, and attractive person, Rodriguez positioned himself as an aspiring winner. He was able to prove it when Rodriguez won his first election for city council in the year 2004. He beat his second-place rival in 17 points. "The Republican party asked me to run for Congress against Mike Levin in 2020," Rodriguez boasted in 2019."I decided to decline. I felt that I had too many things to accomplish in the
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The Home Building Industry Is Slowing Down as the Real Estate Market Slows - This Will Not Help Buyers!
Builders of homes are feeling the pinch as costs for construction rise and potential buyers are excluded from the marketplace. Housing starts in June, a measure of the number of homes built in the month, dropped 2percent month-over month and 6.3 percent from a year earlier as per the US Census Bureau. Study Shows That Builder Confidence Has Plunged In addition, a separate study released on Monday revealed that builder confidence in the month of March plunged to the lowest level in the past six months since spring 2020. Its National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo's Housing Market Index intended to assess the market's conditions and examines the state of the market, selling, customer traffic, and the prospects for sales in the next six months. "Production bottlenecks and rising costs for home construction and high inflation are leading numerous builders to stop building due to the fact that the costs of construction, land and financing are higher than the value of the house," said Jerry Konter, NAHB chairman and a developer and builder of Savannah, Georgia. The slowdown in construction is due to rising mortgage rates and the cost of homes keep buyers from
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Rents in California Are Surging At Record Rate!
A new report from Bloomberg has highlighted the way that rents across America are increasing at record rates. They note that the amount of units occupied by renters rose by around 500k in the second quarter which is the largest annual increase since 1993 (according to the data from RealPage) in addition to occupancy hitting a new record of 96.9 In the past, tenants across California could have seen an email posted on their doors, stating that they will be getting a massive rent hike in August. 1. There's something that is familiar in the form of inflation. Landlords can raise the rents on millions of apartments across the state by up to 10% from next month. It's the highest annual increase allowed under the state law that was passed just a few years ago, which was designed to safeguard tenants from being kicked away from homes because of excessive rent increases. The law limits the annual increase in rent at 5 percent and an inflationary amount that differs depending on the region in California. In the early years when this law came into force the maximum allowable increase was between 5.7 percent and 9.9%. (It's been
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Oceanside is Becomming The Best Spot For Surfing in The US
Surfing is the ultimate California sport. In a split second it's possible for everything to come together in a spectacular way or be shattered into an unintentional mess and, after years of playing with the best the surfing pro turned instructor Duran Barr is now ready to help others experience the same excitement. The family was born and raised living in Carlsbad, Barr now lives and is employed in Oceanside managing the North County Surf Academy -an area from where he's seen the massive growth of the region over the past few years. Barr's grandparents first settled in the region due to its close proximity to an army station, and both of his parents lived on the beach in Oceanside as well. His father, David Barr, competed in the 1980s, and is now famous for his surfboard shaping. In a recent interview, Barr stated that the he seemed "destined" to be a surfer due to his family's background. "I began surfing when I was able to walk or perhaps earlier even in the womb of my mother," he said. "My father was an experienced surfer and traveling and he paved the way for the
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4 People Fell off an Oceanside Cliff in Southern California
A woman fell off her feet Monday and fell off the cliff that was 200 to 300 feet high. Then, when others attempted to stop the woman from collapse, they too, fell into the bluff's sheerness, Palos Verdes Estates Police Capt. Steve Barber said. There is no suspicion of foul play Evidence at the scene showed that the group was drinking, police said. A man who fell down the cliff sustained minor or moderate injuries but did manage to climb back to the nearby roadway at which point he was found by a patrolling police officer around 4:45 a.m. On Monday. The woman who fell, as well as a victim of the fall, was rescued from the fall by Los Angeles County firefighters who were able to rappel from a helicopter to take them to the safety of. One was transported by air to the medical center in critical health, and the other was transported by ambulance, both in critical state. Both are stable, Barber said. The person who died was named by the name of Jerardo Huitzil who was 25 years old, The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office confirmed. The group was believed
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