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SLO County considering $43 million Los Osos conservation plan

December 10, 2024

Morro shoulderband snail

By KAREN VELIE

The San Luis Obispo Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider authorizing a $43 million Los Osos Habitat Conservation Plan, and drawing $2 million from the general fund to jump start the plan.

On Oct. 29, 2024, the Board of Supervisors voted to lift the building moratorium in Los Osos to allow a 1% per year maximum growth rate and to establish a conservation growth strategy. The board also voted to implement the Los Osos Habitat Conservation Plan (LOHCP).

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is requiring the county implement the LOHCP within the first three years. The primary motivation for the conservation plan is the protection of the endangered Morro shoulderband snail and several endanger plant species.

The LOHCP is slated to cost $43 million. For those hoping to build on empty lots, they will need to pay an additional $1.90 a square foot to help pay for the LOHCP, or about $12,000 a lot.

Under item 31 on the agenda, SLO County staff is suggesting the board vote to pull the first $2 million from the county general fund, which is likely to get some opposition.

 


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How about F them snails


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“$2 million from the county general fund, which is likely to get some opposition.” No kidding! I would never have thunk it!


I just spent money getting rid of some snails. Now I have to pay for someone else to get some snails? No! If they want snails in LO, they can either buy their own, or they can come harvest some of mine for free.


Maybe there is a way to extract energy from snails. Are they flammable? Or maybe we can extract energy from the wind resulting from politicians blovating to nurture snails?


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And why do people build without permits?


3

The same Fish and Wildlife Service that just approved equine use in the Morro Dune Reserve which had been horse free for 30 years? Sounds like they just pander to whichever entity pays them the most…


6

Nice,

The BOS just decided that 1400 homes could be built on pristine land in Nipomo and Gibson and his cronies get 43 million dollars to slow growth in LO.

Man,

The graft in this County knows no bounds.

Smart growth is great.

But,

Somebody’s pockets growing with Cash is not the kind this County deserves.

Democrats are killing America.


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Knowing many people in Los osos, most will love this plan because other people will have to pay and it will help strangle development. This will allow many of the old timers to go play with the snails they so love


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How difficult, and how expensive must it be, to say “You cannot build from here to here, ever”. Other than the cost of having the County border drawing guy, draw borders that will encompass said endangered plants and snails, then copy and file this new border. Really, how hard can this be?


Homes already in the new border? Draw around them with access roads.


Complaining about endangered species, and allowing houses to be built anyway in the endangered zone, but charging thousands more to do so, with no indication where that money is going nor what it will do?


“We need the money to save the snails and plants, because houses are being built on top of them!”


I wonder if Adam Hill is directing from hell?


19

The approval is for the 43 million dollars and a plan to spend it.


2

Again, for what, exactly? $43 million would pave a LOT of rotten streets in Los Osos, along with streets that have never been paved.


Or, we could spend it on something we don’t know about, and likely will never know about, while “administrators” of this $43 million mysteriously have new cars, houses, and tax brackets….inside the endangered area, with very few neighbors.


I know this is will sound crazy, but let’s have a detailed and comprehensive plan first, and then we can decide if we really need to go into more debt.


4

Gee why is housing so expensive in California? Dumb shti like this sure doesn’t help. Things just wouldn’t be the same without the majestic morro shoulderband snail.


20

The lack of concern for life outside your own is, concerning…


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Those snails are easily replaced by the Orange County slugs and Los Gatos grub worms…


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