Lompoc on Track for a Mayoral Unseating
LOMPOC, Calif – Lompoc is on track for a shake-up in city leadership.
Though final certification is still three weeks away, current results show James Mosby holding a steady lead to win the Lompoc mayoral race, on track to unseat Jenelle Osborne.
Mayor Osborne says she is satisfied with her legacy, and proud of the accomplishments of her term.
Though she does have some vacation plans, she isn’t leaving Lompoc, and will continue to serve her community.
"I will seek, you know, employment in and use the talents that i have and that i've developed on council and put them to use for my community. and, you know, just continue to contribute and hold accountable and also hold the county accountable," says mayor Osborne.
Mosby, a former city councilman, says he plans to take an assertive stance on what he sees as the biggest issue facing Lompoc: crime.
"We're going to address the crisis on the street here with the the drug overdoses that are happening and a lot of what i like to call the urban terrorists that are out there. we're going to rectify that problem here," says the leading mayoral candidate.
While they agree that homelessness, crime, and public safety are a top concern, some voters have an entirely different chief concern.
If you live in the census-designated place known as mission hills, your kids may attend school at Lompoc Unified School District, but Lompoc’s mayoral candidates were not on your ballots.
"It's just a bit disappointing that we don't get a say in who is forming the decisions for our children, for school boards, having impact on our kids who are in L.U.S.D. but not in the city. we don't have a voice on mayor or city council, anything like that," says Gillian Esparza, who lives in Mesa Oaks, a neighborhood within Mission Hills.
"If the numbers stay the way they are, the reason we have this change is county politics have decided to mess around in local politics," says mayor Osborne.
Officials have thirty days from the election to tally all submitted votes, so on December fifth, we’ll see if this mayoral unseating will in fact take place.
