Sharon Jenkins
CA
Sharon Jenkins is a real estate broker who served 12 years on the San Marcos City Council (2012-2024), six as deputy mayor, and 14 years on the San Marcos Unified school board. Her priorities are public safety funding and road and infrastructure upkeep, with careful spending of tax dollars.
Where Sharon Jenkins stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (2 records), Public Infrastructure (3 records)
Opposes
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (2 records)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 3 oppose), Housing Affordability (2 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 3 oppose
Voted to place a temporary 1-cent city sales tax (later Measure Q) on the November 2024 ballot. It passed 5-0.
July 9, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Made the motion creating the city's COVID-19 Business Sustainability Program, which offered city loans to local businesses during the pandemic. It passed 5-0.
March 24, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Cast the only vote against moving $106,000 from the city's affordable housing fund to help the Solutions for Change homeless family program. It passed 4-1.
June 27, 2017Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Voted to lower the city's minimum cash reserve from 50% to 40% of General Fund operating spending and move the freed money into funds for roads, city buildings, and vehicles. It passed 4-1.
May 12, 2015Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
Voted for a council resolution supporting Proposition 36, the state measure with tougher penalties for repeat smash-and-grab theft. It passed 4-1.
September 24, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Voted for a law banning encampments on city property and updating park rules. It passed 4-1.
July 23, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 2 oppose
Voted for a council resolution supporting Proposition 36, the state measure with tougher penalties for repeat smash-and-grab theft. It passed 4-1.
September 24, 2024Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Voted for a law banning encampments on city property and updating park rules. It passed 4-1.
July 23, 2024Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 support · 1 oppose
Made the motion approving Hall Land Company's plan for 151 condominiums on a 10.6-acre site on Barham Drive. It passed 5-0.
May 10, 2022Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Made the motion backing a proposed state ballot measure to give cities and counties, not the state, control over local zoning and land use. It passed 3-2.
December 14, 2021Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Voted to approve the San Marcos Highlands project, 189 single-family home lots in the hills, after a public hearing. It passed 4-1.
November 15, 2016Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 3 support
Seconded and voted to adopt the city's 2021-22 budget and its five-year plan for building projects. It passed 5-0.
June 8, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Seconded and voted to reject an appeal and approve Kaiser Permanente's 7-story, 206-bed hospital in San Marcos, including its environmental report. It passed 5-0.
October 13, 2020Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Voted to lower the city's minimum cash reserve from 50% to 40% of General Fund operating spending and move the freed money into funds for roads, city buildings, and vehicles. It passed 4-1.
May 12, 2015Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Track record — General
General · 14 records
Moved a resolution opposing large battery energy storage projects in and near San Marcos. The council instead voted 3-2, with her opposed, to send it back for more safety study.
September 24, 2024
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Made the motion to shelve indefinitely a council resolution supporting Proposition 1, the 2022 state amendment on the right to reproductive freedom. It passed 3-2.
September 27, 2022
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Made the motion to keep the uncontested District 1 council race on the November 2022 ballot instead of canceling it and appointing the incumbent. It passed 3-1.
August 23, 2022
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
As deputy chair of the city's Mobilehome Rent Review Commission, moved to let San Marcos Mobile Estates raise space rents 6.15%, equal to 75% of inflation. It passed 4-1.
April 26, 2022
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Made the motion to adopt "Map C" as the new San Marcos council district lines during redistricting. It passed 5-0.
March 8, 2022
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Made the motion backing a proposed state ballot measure to give cities and counties, not the state, control over local zoning and land use. It passed 3-2.
December 14, 2021
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Voted for a council resolution objecting to any new SANDAG (regional planning agency) taxes or fees on drivers for using local roads. It passed 3-2.
October 12, 2021
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Voted against final approval of new rules for sidewalk food and goods vendors after public speakers opposed them, though she backed the rules at first reading. They failed 2-3.
October 12, 2021
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Urged San Diego County's redistricting commission to keep North County together in one supervisor district, citing shared colleges, hospitals, fire service, and transit.
September 2, 2021
Source: sandiegocounty.gov
Was appointed by a unanimous council vote as mayor pro tem, vice chair of the San Marcos Fire Protection District board, and the city's main member on the North County Transit District board.
January 12, 2021
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Won election to the San Marcos City Council District 3 seat over Alan Geraci.
November 3, 2020
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Seconded and voted for a motion to shelve indefinitely a proposed council resolution opposing offshore oil and gas drilling. The motion passed 3-2.
February 12, 2019
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Won re-election to a citywide San Marcos City Council seat, along with Rebecca Jones, over challenger Matt Stack.
November 8, 2016
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Voted to switch San Marcos City Council elections from citywide voting to voting by district, and set the new district lines. It passed 5-0.
October 11, 2016
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Past race Sharon Jenkins ran in:
- Mayor · November 3, 2026 · San Marcos city, California