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SLO grants more than $200,000 to CAPSLO

Written on 6 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 45 comments

The San Luis Obispo City Council approved more than $200,000 in funding to the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo Tuesday evening after acknowledging allegations that the nonprofit is fraudulently handling homeless clients’ accounts. The council unanimously approved $125,988... (Continue reading)

SLO tries to parlay its legal losses to CAPSLO

Written on 23 Jan, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 29 comments

The San Luis Obispo City Council is threatening that if the two attorneys who sued for unconstitutional treatment of the homeless do not agree to donate half of the $133,880 award of fees to the San Luis Obispo Community Action... (Continue reading)

SLO transient burglarizes shop and passes out in gas station across the street

Written on 15 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

A 29-year-old transient was arrested for burglary after he insisted on sleeping inside a downtown San Luis Obispo gas station Sunday evening. When San Luis Obispo police arrived around 7:30 p.m., officers discovered that the man had burglarized a popular... (Continue reading)

Marx’s martial arts and Hill’s “kumbaya” highlight SLO homeless meeting

Written on 13 Jan, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 42 comments

San Luis Obispo Mayor Jan Marx recalled getting punched in the arm outside city hall, Councilman John Ashbaugh proposed video surveillance of the homeless and County Supervisor Adam Hill delivered a “kumbaya” moment during a city workshop Saturday on the... (Continue reading)

SLOCOG turns on Hill and picks Mecham for president

Written on 9 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

County Supervisor Adam Hill overwhelmingly lost his bid to become the next president of the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments on a day he did not attend the regional board meeting. Supervisor Bruce Gibson nominated Hill for the presidency... (Continue reading)

SLO residents voice budget concerns

Written on 9 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Members of the public voiced their concerns during a San Luis Obispo City Council community forum Tuesday on city priorities for the upcoming two-year budget cycle. Council members listened to multiple hours of public comment from a large crowd at... (Continue reading)

California city snubs president, victims of Pearl Harbor

Written on 10 Dec, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 135 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo staffers accuse city officials of snubbing the president, the “greatest generation,” and victims of Pearl Harbor after they ordered employees to raise flags lowered in honor of Pearl Harbor patriots to full-staff. President Barack... (Continue reading)

Incumbents win sizably in SLO

Written on 7 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

According to incomplete results, the incumbents will remain on the San Luis Obispo City Council. Mayor Jan Marx won reelection in a landslide victory and councilmen Dan Carpenter and John Ashbaugh each finished well ahead of their challengers. Marx received... (Continue reading)

Carter challenges Marx for mayor

Written on 25 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 34 comments

San Luis Obispo Mayor Jan Marx announced Tuesday she plans to run for reelection in November and within 24 hours Councilman Andrew Carter challenged her as expected. “I have shown I have the know how, experience, long time community involvement... (Continue reading)

SLO Council approves $760,000 downtown renovation

Written on 17 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

The San Luis Obispo City Council approved a $761,500 renovation project of a two-block stretch of Higuera Street downtown to be started next year. By a 3-2 vote Tuesday, the Council awarded a $646,000 contract to the Madonna Construction Company to... (Continue reading)