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San Luis Obispo City Council approves eminent domain for roundabout

September 22, 2025

By KAREN VELIE

The San Luis Obispo County City Council voted 5-0 on Tuesday to allow eminent domain proceedings against two property owners in order to build a roundabout at the intersection of California Boulevard and Taft Street.

By building a roundabout, the city seeks to reduce collisions and improve walkability in the heavily used corridor near Cal Poly. City staff has attempted to work with the property owners and has made financial offers.

If needed, the city will move forward with the capital improvement plan project by initiating eminent domain proceedings.

“The project supports community safety and community priorities related to infrastructure and sustainable transportation and is an important part of the City’s overall plans to improve traffic safety and circulation in San Luis Obispo,” according to city staff.

 


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Excellent. Get rid of all the idiotic stoplights. Glad SLO.gets it – roundabouts are so much nicer.


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I agree that this intersection is not the best, but the City sure has a hard on for roundabouts!


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Many cities do, including Arroyo Grande and Mayor Russom, her goal is her roundabout near Halcyon.


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So, who is being put out of business by this frivolous taking (almost certainly) absent “just compensation”.


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California and Taft is a dangerous intersection, I’m glad they’re doing something to reduce the dangerous speeds + risky turns while keeping traffic flows going.


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just wish drivers wouldn’t come to a complete stop at them. get in behind the next guy or right after the next guy coming through. keep moving! so easy.


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Traffic lights will always be needed for the students. There is also a need to reduce the student head count, maybe eliminate all the foreign students.


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Seriously? What a diagusting comment regarding foreign students. Last name is Estrada ya? Where do you think your relatives came from? What makes you think you’re not fruther down the list of “foriegners” that need to be “eliminated”? How can you be so blind to your own plight?


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I would love for you to share more details on Jorge’s plight.


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Can you be a little more racist, Pers? Perhaps Mr. Estrada has direct relations to family from Spain, which would put him in the “White” category.


One can easily infer that Jorge means that “foreign students” do not have the necessary drivers training qualifications that is required of new drivers in the USA. Many countries will simply give out a license when a person reaches a certain age, making their driving skills questionable, at best.


Remember, we all came from somewhere else, and that puts us all on your list for “eliminations”. Don’t be blind to your own plight.


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