Eric Joyce
CA · Deputy Mayor and Oceanside City Council Member, District 1
Oceanside deputy mayor and council member since 2022, and a former Oceanside Unified School District trustee with a master's degree in curriculum and instruction. His priorities are neighborhood safety and affordable housing with responsible growth.
Where Eric Joyce stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (1 record), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record), Civil Rights (2 records)
Opposes
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 1 oppose), Housing Affordability (6 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
Made the motion to set up a city Commission on Sustainability and Climate Action. It failed 2-3.
February 14, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: oceanside.legistar.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 1 oppose
Cast the lone vote against buying up to $300,000 in police software licenses from IREX Inc. It passed 3-1.
January 24, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: oceanside.legistar.com
As an Oceanside Unified school board trustee, voted with the unanimous board to put a $160 million school bond (Measure W) on the November 2020 ballot.
August 4, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: thecoastnews.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 oppose
Cast the lone vote against accepting a $57,403 federal Justice Department grant for police crime suppression. It passed 4-1.
September 2, 2026Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: oceanside.legistar.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 6 support · 1 oppose
Cast the lone vote against an eight-story, 273-unit apartment and shop project at 901 Mission Avenue. It passed 4-1.
October 15, 2025Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: oceanside.legistar.com
Made the motion to adopt Oceanside's Residential Tenant Protections ordinance; it failed 2-3. At the same meeting, made motions to share Know Your Rights information and to bar immigration agents from private areas of city property without a warrant; both passed 5-0.
September 17, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: oceanside.legistar.com
Also on this bill
- September 3, 2025 · Made the motion to introduce Oceanside's Residential Tenant Protections ordinance. It passed 3-2. (Supports Housing Affordability)
Made the motion to introduce Oceanside's Residential Tenant Protections ordinance. It passed 3-2.
September 3, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: oceanside.legistar.com
Also on this bill
- September 17, 2025 · Made the motion to adopt Oceanside's Residential Tenant Protections ordinance; it failed 2-3. At the same meeting, made motions to share Know Your Rights information and to bar immigration agents from private areas of city property without a warrant; both passed 5-0. (Supports Civil Rights, Supports Housing Affordability)
Made the motion to draft a tenant protection ordinance with one month's rent for no-fault evictions. It passed 3-2.
April 9, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: oceanside.legistar.com
Made the motion to require 15% affordable units in new housing citywide and bring back the ordinance. It passed 4-1.
December 20, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: oceanside.legistar.com
Voted against delaying his and the mayor's request to raise required affordable units in new housing from 10% to 20%. The delay passed 3-2.
June 7, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: oceanside.legistar.com
Made the motion asking staff to draft limits on rental housing application fees. It passed 4-1.
March 8, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: oceanside.legistar.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Co-requested a city program for storefront cannabis shops with the tax money going to youth programs; the council voted 4-1 to develop two permits.
April 19, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: oceanside.legistar.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 2 support
Made the motion to adopt Oceanside's Residential Tenant Protections ordinance; it failed 2-3. At the same meeting, made motions to share Know Your Rights information and to bar immigration agents from private areas of city property without a warrant; both passed 5-0.
September 17, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: oceanside.legistar.com
Also on this bill
- September 3, 2025 · Made the motion to introduce Oceanside's Residential Tenant Protections ordinance. It passed 3-2. (Supports Housing Affordability)
Seconded and voted to fly the Pride flag at City Hall each June. It failed 2-3.
May 21, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: oceanside.legistar.com
Track record — General
General · 7 records
Received the San Diego County Democratic Party's endorsement for Oceanside City Council District 1 in the 2026 general election.
September 27, 2026
Source: sddemocrats.org
Voted against raising city water rates 6% and sewer rates 4% a year for 2026 and 2027. The increase failed 2-3.
October 1, 2025
Source: oceanside.legistar.com
As deputy mayor, made the motion to let each council member nominate their own planning commissioner and set term limits. It failed 2-3.
January 22, 2025
Source: oceanside.legistar.com
Cast the lone vote against new rules on homeless encampments and storing belongings in public places. The ordinance was introduced 4-1.
October 9, 2024
Source: oceanside.legistar.com
Cast the lone vote against accepting a staff report on tenant protections and its next steps. It passed 4-1.
April 10, 2024
Source: oceanside.legistar.com
Cast the lone vote against denying a permit for a tobacco and drug paraphernalia shop on Oceanside Boulevard. The denial passed 4-1.
May 17, 2023
Source: oceanside.legistar.com
Won election to the Oceanside City Council for District 1 on Nov. 8, 2022, after serving as an Oceanside Unified School District trustee.
November 8, 2022
Source: thecoastnews.com
Past race Eric Joyce ran in:
- Member of the City Council, District No. 1 · November 3, 2026 · Oceanside city, California · incumbent