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Affordable housing: What works and what doesn’t

Written on 20 Apr, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 17 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)

San Luis Obispo County ranked fourth least affordable

Written on 18 Apr, 2026 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE While home ownership is a key part of the American dream, there is a dramatic gap between what the middle class can afford and actual home prices on the Central Coast. San Luis Obispo County is ranked... (Continue reading)

State awards San Luis Obispo $750,000 for affordable housing

Written on 3 Aug, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

By KAREN VELIE The state recently awarded San Luis Obispo $750,000 to support the development of affordable housing projects through the city’s affordable housing fund. “It is so encouraging to me to see 50 communities have put in the work... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles celebrates groundbreaking for low-income senior housing

Written on 19 Jul, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE Locals and public officials gathered at the groundbreaking ceremony for Paso Robles’ latest low-income senior housing project on July 18. The development, located near the Walmart shopping center on Niblick Road, is slated to open in 2024.... (Continue reading)

Nearly $11 million grant awarded for Grover Beach housing project

Written on 15 Feb, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

  By JOSH FRIEDMAN The state of California has decided to award People’s Self-Help Housing a grant of nearly $11 million for a Grover Beach affordable housing project. California’s Department of Finance is awarding $10.85 million to People’s Self-Help Housing... (Continue reading)

Harmon and Christianson’s poorly made plans for SLO

Written on 1 Sep, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 11 comments

OPINION by ALLAN COOPER Mayor Heidi Harmon and Council Member Carlyn Christianson are campaigning on the premise that they have made significant strides in addressing San Luis Obispo’s “climate action plan” by adopting the Community Choice Energy program, by forcing... (Continue reading)

SLO County staff identifies eight rural areas for new housing

Written on 21 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors will discuss Tuesday the possibility of new housing being built in eight unincorporated areas of the county ranging from west Paso Robles to southeast Nipomo. [Cal Coast Times] Last year, the board... (Continue reading)

Rent control measure is California’s costliest initiative battle

Written on 13 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

The campaign for and against an initiative that would allow cities and counties to adopt rent control ordinances has emerged as the biggest fundraising battle over a 2018 California ballot measure pitting a large healthcare foundation against the real estate... (Continue reading)

Shame on the Tribune

Written on 12 Aug, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 24 comments

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE Shame on the Tribune for its latest editorial on the Housing Accountability Act. That our own newspaper would defend the State’s top-down, autocratic act to “build baby build” regardless of the consequences couldn’t be more... (Continue reading)

County supervisors vote to support workforce housing

Written on 23 Nov, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 on Tuesday to approve a program aimed at providing more workforce housing. Supervisors Lynn Compton, Debbie Arnold and Frank Mecham voted in favor of the program while... (Continue reading)