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Racism allegations lead to $150,000 settlement

Written on 15 Oct, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 4 comments

A black South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District plant operator won a $150,000 settlement after complaining that district officials were discriminating and retaliating against him. The district announced Friday that it had reached a settlement agreement with plant superintendent... (Continue reading)

SLO County repeatedly failed to correct jail deficiencies

Written on 12 Oct, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 6 comments

More than a month before two men died and a third man seriously injured himself while in county custody, a San Luis Obispo County official said the county had corrected inadequacies regarding the treatment of mentally ill inmates. Following a... (Continue reading)

SLO’s more than $148 million in unfunded liabilities

Written on 6 Oct, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 18 comments

Over the past 15 years, the city of San Luis Obispo’s unfunded pension liabilities have gone from $0 to nearly $150 million and rising. And with SLO’s annual payment to the California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS) set to more... (Continue reading)

SLO County’s marijuana decision raises ethics questions

Written on 3 Oct, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 6 comments

As the SLO County Board of Supervisors takes up the Planning Commission’s recommendations to approve a county’s marijuana ordinance, questions are being raised about claims of backroom deals and influence peddling for marijuana operations that will be worth millions of... (Continue reading)

FDA warned about Ibuprofen; inmate died after 3 months

Written on 30 Sep, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 13 comments

For several months before a 60-year-old man died in the San Luis Obispo County Jail, a doctor at the jail prescribed the inmate high doses of a medication the FDA warned that taken regularly could lead to heart attacks in... (Continue reading)

California League of Cities employees win pot dispensary slot

Written on 26 Sep, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 12 comments

The Grover Beach City Council selected two applicants for the city’s coveted medical marijuana dispensaries on Monday evening. Both winners are major donors to political campaigns in the South County city, having given about $4,000 and $5,000 respectively to a... (Continue reading)

Backroom deals, marijuana and Grover Beach politics

Written on 23 Sep, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 17 comments

Amid allegations of threats and backroom deals, Grover Beach has whittled down the list of candidates for two medical marijuana dispensary slots to seven. And at the top of the list of seven are applicants who are political donors to... (Continue reading)

Should North County euthanize cats to save money?

Written on 20 Sep, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 25 comments

In a plan to save money, Paso Robles and Atascadero city official are considering adopting a program where animals would be euthanized three days after being picked up by animal services. [Cal Coast Times] Currently, the county provides legally mandated... (Continue reading)

Attorney costs skyrocketing for AG mayor investigation

Written on 18 Sep, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 29 comments

An investigation into alleged misconduct by Arroyo Grande Mayor Jim Hill has ballooned from an originally approved expenditure of $15,000 to nearly $50,000 and that number is still climbing. [Cal Coast Times] In March, a resident of Arroyo Grande claimed... (Continue reading)

Man allegedly tortured at SLO County Jail, kills himself

Written on 15 Sep, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

A 39-year-old man who was allegedly hogtied, tormented, stripped naked, berated and belittled by staffers at the San Luis Obispo County Jail earlier this year killed himself Sunday morning. [Cal Coast Times] Before he shot himself, Jeremiah Mobley said he... (Continue reading)