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Affordable housing: What works and what doesn’t

Written on 20 Apr, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 12 comments

OPINION by RON CUFF I’ve spent my career in residential real estate, affordable housing, and private construction lending. I’ve personally housed hundreds of families below market rate without a single taxpayer dollar. That experience has convinced me that most government... (Continue reading)

The answer is not blowing in the wind

Written on 18 Apr, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 28 comments

OPINION by SARO RIZZO California is gripped by an electricity crisis. A “perfect storm” of structural and policy failures has saddled citizens with the highest residential rates in the contiguous United States—reaching up to 36 cents per kWh as of... (Continue reading)

Is coalition concealing dark money in effort to buy SLO County election?

Written on 17 Apr, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

Statement from the Adam Verdin campaign for San Luis Obispo County District 4 supervisor Today, the Adam Verdin for Supervisor campaign issued a demand for transparency from the newly formed “South County Coalition,” calling on Treasurer Dorothy Hines to immediately... (Continue reading)

Support fire protection in Los Osos, not the purchase of a dilapidated school

Written on 13 Apr, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 9 comments

OPINION by JULIE TACKER “Los Osos CSD unanimously approves continued Cal Fire Services” — an April 9 New Times article —speaks only to the action the board took at their monthly board meeting the week before. The reality is the... (Continue reading)

Time to amend California’s elderly parole program

Written on 11 Apr, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 3 comments

Statement from the California District Attorneys Association The California District Attorneys Association (CDAA) is committed to protecting public safety and is proud to support AB 2727, as amended on April 7, as an important step in protecting Californians by limiting... (Continue reading)

A proud Cal Poly moment

Written on 6 Apr, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 9 comments

OPINION by CAL POLY PRESIDENT JEFFREY ARMSTRONG In my 15 years at Cal Poly, I have had countless moments of pride — but some events stop you in your tracks and remind you, unmistakably, why this university exists. This past... (Continue reading)

Putting the waste in SLO County Integrated Waste Management Authority

Written on 25 Mar, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | One comment

OPINION by JULIE TACKER After years of financial missteps, greed, and corruption, the San Luis Obispo County Integrated Waste Management Authority (IWMA) just can’t stop themselves. Frittering away our money seems to be all they know how to do. Now,... (Continue reading)

The collateral damage from the war on oil

Written on 24 Mar, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 36 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL I am hoping that none of you are fooled into believing that the recent gasoline price spikes at the pump are due to the war with Iran, because nothing could be further from the truth as... (Continue reading)

San Simeon’s five-year plan from a regional perspective

Written on 23 Mar, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 4 comments

OPINION By HANK KRZCIUK After several months of delays, San Luis Obispo County is reviewing a draft report from the quarter-million-dollar consultants’ assessment of the San Simeon situation. The concern is that it will be more of an elaborate rate... (Continue reading)

A burr underneath the saddle

Written on 21 Mar, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 44 comments

OPINION by GARY KIRKLAND In 1935 Common Era, Italian troops invaded Ethiopia. The rest of the world did little. In 1937, Japanese troops invaded Manchuria, part of China. In 1939, German troops invaded Poland. England and France declared war on... (Continue reading)