SLO Council considering giving itself a pay raise
The San Luis Obispo City Council will consider granting itself a 10 percent pay raise at its meeting on Tuesday. In line with a recommendation from a city council compensation committee, Read More …
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SLO college students are being less noisy, city says
The city of San Luis Obispo has announced that, in 2017, it received the lowest number of noise complaints on record.
Last year, SLO received fewer than 1,500 noise complaints, a reduction of more than 40 percent from 1998, a city press release states. Read More …
High-density micro-housing development proposed in SLO
With two major housing developments currently in the works in San Luis Obispo, plans for a new high-density residential development with compact living quarters are expected to go before the city’s Read More …
SLO mayor reveals love of her life, delivers call to action in TEDx talk
Former Vice President Al Gore changed the trajectory of her life, and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders later became the love of her life, San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon said in a recently published TEDx talk.
In a speech titled “How to Turn Advocacy Into Action,” Harmon detailed her path from political activist to mayor, Read More …
Watermelon rock returns to Bishop Peak
As a Christmas surprise, a “vandal” has again spray painted a rock at Bishop Peak to look like a watermelon. [Tribune] Last month, the watermelon rock appeared for the first time, Read More …
Student sues real estate firms in potential class-action over SLO apartments
A Cal Poly student has filed suit against the owner and property manager of a San Luis Obispo apartment complex, alleging they illegally rented unsafe and unpermitted apartments to local college Read More …
SLO park bench crumbles, breaks child’s ankle
Three months after a concrete picnic table bench crumbled and broke a child’s ankle, the broken slab remains lying at Santa Rosa Park in San Luis Obispo. The city is now Read More …
Avila Ranch home buyers to get hit with $2,000-$3,000 yearly tax
Home buyers who purchase properties at the planned Avila Ranch development near the San Luis Obispo airport will get assessed with a special tax of $2,000-$3,000 a year on top of Read More …
SLO to adopt plastic bottle and straw bans
The San Luis Obispo City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to impose bans on certain uses of plastic water bottles and straws. One ban would prohibit the sale and distribution of single-use Read More …
SLO pension liabilities approaching $190 million
When factoring in upcoming changes in the state retirement system as well as a lingering liability on its books, the city of San Luis Obispo is approaching a total of $190 million in unfunded pension liabilities, an amount city leaders consider stable. Read More …