Party: Independent
Professional background: Roy was City Treasurer of Oceanside from 2018-2024. He said he is “the only candidate who has earned California Treasury Certification from the California Municipal Treasurers Association,” and was a supporting and active member of the California Municipal Treasurers Association.” Roy was also a Service Director for United Airlines for 27 years.
During his time as Oceanside City Treasurer, Roy was the subject of an internal investigation over accusations made by a city employee in the Treasury department. As reported by our Public Matters partner Voice of San Diego, the investigation sustained three of the accusations: That Roy had improperly discussed the accusing employee’s job performance at a public meeting, had made derogatory comments about another employee who was recently deceased, and had viewed inappropriate materials on a public computer at Oceanside’s Mission Branch Library.
We reached out to Roy about this investigation. In a lengthy email, Roy said the investigator’s report “is riddled with errors,” and described enduring “bullying and abuse” from the accusing employee. “In this whole process, if I made some mistakes then I am sorry; however, I had a manager go psycho,” Roy wrote.
He also gave an explanation for the library incident, saying he was checking out something he had heard about nude art on some websites being available on library computers. “Sure enough when I looked at ebay and then etsy, there were drawings and paintings of nude men and women who were utilized by art clasess (sic) (both public and private),” he wrote, and said he’d only been on the public computer for a few minutes. “A librarian came over to me and told me to stop looking at these images. I stopped looking,” he said.
The librarian’s statement in the investigator’s report said Roy was asked to leave, and that he removed the images from the screen and continued to download files to a drive. The report noted that because Roy was an elected official, the librarian did not follow the usual rule of suspending him from the library for a day but issued an oral warning instead. The librarian also told the investigator she was not offended by the material “but found it awkward that she had to counsel an elected official not to view inappropriate material in the public library.”
Top three goals for the office:
A smart investment strategy that maximizes returns while protecting public assets and ensuring long-term financial stabilityFiscal responsibility: “I believe government should live within its means — just like the families it serves.”Transparency and accountability: “I am committed to providing regular, easy-to-understand financial reporting and maintaining open communication with residents and leaders.”