San Luis Obispo’s successful zero tolerance operation
March 16, 2025

Quiet street in San Luis Obispo on St. Fratty’s Day 2025
By KAREN VELIE
San Luis Obispo officials successfully conducted a zero tolerance operation focused on stopping the rowdy and destructive St. Fratty’s Day parties that have frustrated neighbors of the Cal Poly’s campus for years.
The street party had grown exponentially over the past several years with major impacts to the neighborhood, including property damage, personal injuries, and illegal and dangerous behavior. Last year, an estimated 6,500 people gathered on residential streets where they broke mutiple car windows, fences and alcohol bottles.
The SLO Police Department conducted a coordinated operation to end the yearly street party on Saturday, along with 23 allied agencies. Some roads were blocked while other streets were lined with no parking signs.
The San Luis Obispo Police Department and its allied agencies took a “zero tolerance” approach. Officers order people not to gather in the roadways. They also immediately addressed illegal behavior as it was observed.
Even though there was a large number of people throughout the neighborhoods, no gatherings were permitted.
Law enforcement arrested four people for misdemeanor public intoxication on Saturday. Citation and arrest information for the entirety of the safety enhancement zone will be provided after the enforcement operation ends.
The SLO Police Department wants to thank city staff, Cal Poly and agency partners that participated in the operation:
- California Highway Patrol
- California State Fish and Wildlife
- Ventura County Sheriff’s Office
- Arroyo Grand Police Department
- Morro Bay Police Department
- Atascadero Police Department
- Atascadero State Hospital
- Guadalupe Police Department
- California State Parks
- San Francisco Police Department
- Kings County Sheriff’s Office
- Shafter Police Department
- Pismo Beach Police Department
- California Department of Alcohol Beverage Control
- San Luis Obispo County Probation
- California Department of Corrections
- Oxnard Police Department
- Santa Maria Police Department
- Lompoc Police Department
- Santa Barbara Police Department
- San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office
- Santa Barbara Police Department
- Grover Beach Police Department
- California National Guard
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