Lawsuit threat pressures SLO to shift to district voting
San Luis Obispo has become the latest local city to receive a legal threat that may require it to switch to a by-district voting system for electing council members. Read More …
Tag: San Luis Obispo City Council
SLO Council approves downtown parking garage and theater
The San Luis Obispo City Council approved a project on Tuesday night that will bring a large parking garage and theater to a downtown SLO corner. Read More …
SLO council votes for rules phasing out natural gas
The San Luis Obispo City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday night in favor of an ordinance and energy policy that would ban the fitting of new residential and commercial buildings with natural gas-powered appliances. Read More …
SLO trying to phase out natural gas appliances
The San Luis Obispo City Council is considering adopting an ordinance that would amend the building code to ban the fitting of new residential and commercial buildings with natural gas-powered appliances. Read More …
SLO to stop erecting monuments that honor people
Following objections lodged by San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon to a proposed monument honoring President Teddy Roosevelt, the SLO City Council decided on Tuesday to adopt a new policy mandating that monuments honor ideas, rather than people. Read More …
SLO council approves water and sewer rate hikes
As it has done repeatedly in recent years, the San Luis Obispo City Council on Tuesday approved water and sewer rate hikes. Read More …
SLO city budget doubles over eight years, surpasses $200 million
The city of San Luis Obispo’s budget has more than doubled from approximately $100 million to more than $200 million over the last eight years. Read More …
SLO awards pot shop permits to political donors, including local mogul
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The city of San Luis Obispo has selected the three dispensaries that will receive permits to operate marijuana shops in SLO, all three of which are major donors Read More …
SLO council endorses another mixed-use development
Amid an ongoing wave of mixed-use and high-density housing projects coming to San Luis Obispo, the SLO City Council gave initial approval on Tuesday to another planned development, this one consisting of nearly 250 small to mid-sized apartments, as well as commercial space. Read More …
SLO receives nine permit applications for pot shops
The city of San Luis Obispo has received 12 applications for marijuana businesses, nine of which are for brick and mortar dispensaries. Two of the applications are for delivery services and one is for a micro-enterprise. Read More …