Josh Friedman
Writer Josh Friedman may or may not live in San Luis Obispo County.
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San Luis Obispo city attorney’s brother-in-law gets a job without any competition
CLARIFICATION: Ted Green is Christine Dietrick’s brother-in-law. By KAREN VELIE and JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo city officials provided a job to a key employee’s brother-in-law without making the position available to current city employees or the general public. City Attorney Christine Dietrick’s brother-in-law Ted R. Green needed a job. On July 25, Community Development […]... (Continue Reading)
CCN reporter arrested on DUI charge for .06 blood alcohol level
By JOSH FRIEDMAN and DANIEL BLACKBURN CalCoastNews reporter and co-founder Karen Velie was taken into custody on Aug. 13 after a San Luis Obispo police officer arrested her on suspicion of driving under the influence. Officer Josh Walsh placed Velie under arrest after her blood alcohol test showed a .06. California’s drunk driving laws require […]... (Continue Reading)
Torres untruthful in slander case documents, new court filings say
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The slander suit filed by CAPSLO’s Homeless Services Director Dee Torres took a new turn when defendant Mike Brennler submitted a case document on Friday saying that Torres was not truthful in her sworn statement to the court. Ralph Almirol, an ex-boyfriend of Torres who claims she has pilfered from the homeless, […]... (Continue Reading)
SLO seizes homeless property days after LA loses legal bid
By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo calls the tents, bikes and personal belongings of homeless people “found property.” Workers for the company that gets $1,600 a day to seize and send the property to the landfill call it “homeless trash.” The people whose belongings are taken call it “everything” – from items for their young […]... (Continue Reading)
AWOL Hill meets with Ray
By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill, who caused the cancellation of an Air Pollution Control District board meeting Wednesday by saying he could not attend, was spotted appearing incognito at a San Luis Obispo coffee shop with a political friend while the meeting would have been occurring. Around 11 a.m. Wednesday, […]... (Continue Reading)
CAPSLO clients afflicted with staph infections
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo ignored a bed bug infestation at the Maxine Lewis Memorial Shelter for at least three weeks, while numerous people accessing homeless services were bitten by the staph promoting insects. CAPSLO officials repeatedly claimed they did not learn of the bed bug problem until July […]... (Continue Reading)
Supervisors accused of violating Brown Act
By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County government watchdogs are accusing the Board of Supervisors of violating California’s Ralph M. Brown Act during a discussion last week on North County water issues that did not appear on the agenda. At the July 9 Board of Supervisors meeting, about 20 speakers during public comment requested that […]... (Continue Reading)
Bed bugs invade SLO homeless shelter
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Bed bugs have moved into the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo’s (CAPSLO) Maxine Lewis Memorial Homeless Shelter, causing staff to temporarily shut down the facility. On Monday evening, some homeless people seeking a bed for the night were told to sleep outside at the Prado Day Center or find another […]... (Continue Reading)
SLO rates rising despite abundance of water
By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo water rates will increase next month for the eighth consecutive year even though the city currently only uses about 55 percent of its annual supply of water. As the city continues to raise rates, it has amassed an abundance of water that it could use to generate more sales […]... (Continue Reading)
San Luis Obispo adopts $111 million budget
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo City Council adopted a $111 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year Tuesday night. Ten years ago, the council adopted a $72 million budget for 2003-2004. In that past ten years, the population of San Luis Obispo has increased by 2.6 percent from 44,359 to 45,525, yet the […]... (Continue Reading)
