Josh Friedman
Writer Josh Friedman may or may not live in San Luis Obispo County.
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Oceano dumping television airings of board meetings
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Following the hiring of a $200,000 general manager for its six-employee community services district, the Oceano Community Services District Board has started the process to eliminate television coverage of its bimonthly meetings. Last week, the Oceano board hired San Luis Obispo County Public Works Director Paavo Ogren as its new general manager […]... (Continue Reading)
Measure Y renewal moving toward SLO voters
By JOSH FRIEDMAN After Councilwoman Kathy Smith switched her position earlier this month on renewing Measure Y, four out of five members of the San Luis Obispo City Council continue to support placing the half cent sales tax on the November ballot. State law requires a two-thirds vote of the council to send a general […]... (Continue Reading)
SLO council gives CAPSLO $250,000 for homeless center
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo City Council awarded the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo (CAPSLO) $250,000 Tuesday to use for the development and construction of a new homeless services center. The council had previously budgeted the money to aid CAPSLO in its bid to purchase a Prado Road property on which […]... (Continue Reading)
SLO Council votes for pay increases
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo City Council awarded itself a pay raise Tuesday evening, and a couple hours later, also gave its top attorney a bump in pay. The council twice voted 3-2, with council members Dan Carpenter and Kathy Smith dissenting to award the raises. Council members can now earn $4,800 more […]... (Continue Reading)
Ashbaugh and Carpenter debate Measure Y
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo Property and Business Owner’s Association hosted a panel discussion on Measure Y renewal Thursday that featured opposing views expressed by councilmen John Ashbaugh and Dan Carpenter. Ashbaugh said the city has properly handled the taxpayers’ half-cent sales tax dollars and that voters deserve the right to choose whether […]... (Continue Reading)
Oceano hires Ogren as new general manager
By JOSH FRIEDMAN In an attempt to boost its agency’s credibility, the Oceano Community Services District board opted to hire San Luis Obispo County Public Works Director Paavo Ogren as the new district general manager and award him a base pay of nearly $200,000 a year. The CSD board of directors voted 4-1 Wednesday night, […]... (Continue Reading)
SLO code enforcers eye landlord housing the poor
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A San Luis Obispo property owner contends that multiple tenants of his are facing the threat of homelessness as a result of unwarranted action city code enforcers are taking against him. John Holloman, an 84-year-old retired medical doctor who owns a five-acre mountainside property that extends upward from the base of Cerro […]... (Continue Reading)
Cal Poly blanks Irvine to even series
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Cal Poly pitching has struggled on Saturdays throughout the 2014 season. But on Saturday night with just one run of support, Mustang pitchers shut out first-place UC Irvine, and Cal Poly beat the Anteaters 1-0. The Mustang victory evened the Big West Conference series which may decide the conference champion. Irvine is […]... (Continue Reading)
Cal Poly loses pitchers’ duel to Irvine in series opener
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Cal Poly lost the opening game of a crucial Big West Conference series 3-2 to UC Irvine Friday night at Baggett Stadium. Anteater Ace Andrew Morales beat Mustang ace Matt Imhof in a duel of pitchers expected to be selected in the early rounds of June’s Major League Baseball Draft. Both Morales […]... (Continue Reading)
SLO criticized over poor investment return rates
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The city of San Luis Obispo is earning less than $300,000 annually in return on its $90 million investment portfolio. Even so, several city staffers are battling to leave the assets in highly liquid low rate of return investments. San Luis Obispo is currently earning an approximately .3 percent return on the […]... (Continue Reading)
