Oceano Parks and Recreation Committee Founder Charles Varni is now on the outside looking in after the Oceano Community Services District twice turned down requests to appoint him to an advisory body. After his election win, Varni and fellow board members Allene Villa and Beverly Joyce-Suneson voted in favor of creating the committee. Setting up the parks and rec committee was a “fight” since remaining board members Austin and Shirley Gibson were against it, he added. After Varni lost his reelection campaign in 2024, he applied to serve on the parks and rec committee as an Oceano resident representative. Despite letters of support from other parks and rec committee members, Austin, Gibson, and Rose once again rejected Varni’s appointment.