Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Thursday, April 7, 2022

Program Year

2022

Achievement

Signatories

2022

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CITY OF OCEANSIDE

Oceanside, CA

Esther Sanchez

Mayor

Pledge Summary

The City of Oceanside, founded in 1888, is a coastal city located between San Diego and Los Angeles. We are a designated "California Cultural District" and have a highly-rated thriving downtown scene, plenty of open space, miles of beautiful beaches, unique architecture and historic buildings, and an efficient transportation hub. Mayor Sanchez is committed to urging the community to create and maintain essential monarch habitat so that monarchs and other pollinators will thrive!

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Community Spotlight

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The Mayor initiates a proclamation

Mayor Esther C. Sanchez introduced her proclamation on the Monarch Butterfly at a City Council meeting on April 21, 2021.

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Oceanside Pier, Oceanside, California

The iconic Oceanside Pier is loved by locals and visitors alike. Any season, there's no better place to stroll.

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Oceanside Harbor

The Oceanside Harbor is primarily known for its water activities including deep-sea fishing, whale watching cruises, and boat rentals, but it also has wide, sandy beaches and incredible surf conditions.

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Oceanside Arts & Culture

Oceanside’s creative arts and culture scene is a cornerstone of the city’s O’riginal spirit! As one of California’s first designated cultural districts, O’side celebrates diversity and artistry for people of all ages to enjoy.

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Action Items Committed for 2022

Communications and Convening

  • Issue a proclamation to raise awareness about the decline of the monarch butterfly and the species’ need for habitat. This proclamation must incorporate a focus on monarch conservation.
  • Engage with city parks and recreation, public works, sustainability, and other relevant staff to identify opportunities to revise and maintain mowing programs and milkweed / native nectar plant planting programs.
  • Launch or maintain a public communication effort to encourage residents to plant monarch gardens at their homes or in their neighborhoods. (If you have community members who speak a language other than English, we encourage you to also communicate in that language; Champion Pledges must communicate in that language.)

Program and Demonstration Gardens

  • Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.
  • Initiate or support community science (or citizen science) efforts that help monitor monarch migration and health.
  • Plant milkweed and pollinator-friendly native nectar plants along roadsides, medians, or public rights-of-way.

Systems Change

  • Launch, expand, or continue an effort to change municipal planting ordinances and practices to include more native milkweed and native nectar producing plants at city properties.