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Controversial contributions mar SLO County’s supervisorial campaigns

Written on 8 Feb, 2022 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE With the majority of seats on the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors up for grabs, special interest groups and individuals are donating large amounts of cash to the candidates who support their agendas. Seven candidates... (Continue reading)

Cayucos Elementary superintendent to retire following controversial raise

Written on 4 Feb, 2022 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 34 comments

By KAREN VELIE Cayucos Elementary School Superintendent Scott Smith announced on Friday plans to retire, less than a month after he received a controversial 10% pay raise. Smith, the superintendent of both Cayucos Elementary and Coast Unified school districts, received... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo wins first round against Dayspring’s pot shop

Written on 4 Feb, 2022 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE A judge on Tuesday denied Natural Healing Center’s request to continue operating in San Luis Obispo while the court determines if the city properly terminated the retail pot shop’s permit based on Helios Dayspring’s criminal history and... (Continue reading)

Defendant in Kristin Smart murder case seeks change of venue

Written on 2 Feb, 2022 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE Paul Flores’ trial on charges he murdered Kristin Smart in 1996 is scheduled to start on April 25 in San Luis Obispo. But it is possible the trial could end up in Santa Maria or elsewhere. Paul... (Continue reading)

Water board slaps Morro Bay with multiple notices of violation

Written on 31 Jan, 2022 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 20 comments

By KAREN VELIE The City of Morro Bay has received several notices of violations for failing to abide by pollutant discharge requirements at the city’s water reclamation facility construction site. The city failed to “to implement effective erosion and sediment... (Continue reading)

Black Lives Matter protester again ordered to face trial or diversion

Written on 29 Jan, 2022 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 31 comments

By KAREN VELIE A Black Lives Matter protester was again ordered to either agree to diversion or face trial for false imprisonment related to detaining a driver during a July 21, 2020 BLM march through the streets of San Luis... (Continue reading)

Judge in the SLO County redistricting lawsuit disqualified himself

Written on 27 Jan, 2022 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 9 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo Superiors Court Judge Hernaldo Baltodano disqualified himself on Tuesday from hearing a lawsuit challenging SLO County’s redistricting map. Erica Baltodano, the judge’s wife, represents SLO County Supervisor Dawn Ortiz-Legg on the Civil Service Commission.... (Continue reading)

Coastal Commission’s authority over Oceano Dunes in litigation

Written on 26 Jan, 2022 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE Friends of the Oceano Dunes recently slapped the Coastal Commission with another lawsuit, this one for allegedly overstepping its authority to permit the state park and for continuing with legal actions based on Rule 1001, which the... (Continue reading)

SLO County’s open judge seats, 2 judicial candidates emerge

Written on 23 Jan, 2022 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE For the first time in decades, there are two open seats for judges in San Luis Obispo County, meaning the voters will select two judges. Judges Linda Hurst and Dodie Harman are not expected to run for... (Continue reading)

Attorneys seek temporary restraining order against SLO County’s redistricting map

Written on 21 Jan, 2022 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE Attorneys for a group challenging San Luis Obispo County’s new redistricting map are seeking a temporary restraining order against the supervisors’ adoption of the Patten map. SLO County Citizens for Good Government and three SLO County residents,... (Continue reading)