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Which San Luis Obispo County ballot measures are likely to pass?

Written on 10 Nov, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County voters were asked on Nov. 5 to raise sales tax, stop electing a treasurer, stop industrialization, and repeal increases in water bills. With about two-thirds of votes counted what local measures are succeeding?... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay initiative on blocking industrialization qualifies for ballot

Written on 14 Sep, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN An initiative calling for stoping the industrialization of the Morro Bay waterfront will appear on the November ballot in the San Luis Obispo County city. Citizens for Estero Bay Preservation, a group of Morro Bay residents focused... (Continue reading)

Opposing sides battle over language of California gas tax repeal

Written on 29 Oct, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Proponents of Proposition 6, the initiative to repeal California’s gas tax, are sending out mailers to voters who they have dubbed ballot “corrections” in response to alleged misleading wording of the measure that could dampen support for it. Meanwhile, opponents... (Continue reading)

Are Measure G promoters attempting to confuse voters?

Written on 25 Oct, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 7 comments

OPINION by EDIE KNIGHT An Oct. 18 Tribune article reported: “Yes on Measure G proponents have acknowledged that the language of the initiative is confusing.” I’m starting to wonder if the confusing language is on purpose because even Measure G... (Continue reading)

Follow the money on Measure G

Written on 25 Oct, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

OPINION by GREG O’SULLIVAN Measure G is a non-partisan issue, even though the Big Oil companies, and their in-county consultant Supervisor John Peschong’s Meridian Pacific (who has been paid $600,000 to run the no campaign, as well as Jordan Cunningham’s... (Continue reading)

Thousands of California inmates with life sentences could get paroled

Written on 19 Oct, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

As many as 4,000 inmates serving life sentences in California could be eligible for parole following a decision by the state to give up its legal battle over the implementation of a voter-approved ballot measure. [SF Chronicle] In 2016, California... (Continue reading)

Should California legalize magic mushrooms?

Written on 29 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

A Central Coast man aims to parlay the statewide vote to legalize marijuana into making California the first state to legalize psychedelic mushrooms. Kevin Saunders, a mayoral candidate in the Monterey County town of Marina, filed an initiative with the... (Continue reading)

SLO voters shoot down nondiscrimination in housing measure

Written on 23 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

In a special election in which only a quarter of city voters participated, the San Luis Obispo electorate shot down an initiative aimed at permanently putting an end to SLO’s dormant rental inspection program. The ballot measure asked voters whether... (Continue reading)

DA’s office and city of SLO feud over ballot measure

Written on 28 Jul, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

A feud has broken out between the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office and the city of San Luis Obispo over the city’s upcoming special election. The districts attorney’s Office says it appears the city unlawfully repealed the rental... (Continue reading)

Lawmaker files initiative to repeal California gas tax

Written on 6 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

California voters may have a say on the gas tax increase that Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed into law. Assemblyman Travis Allen (R-Huntington Beach) filed an initiative on Friday that calls for the repeal of SB 1, the gas tax... (Continue reading)