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Both Grover Beach citizen initiative measures winning
By KAREN VELIE For several years, Grover Beach resident have successfully promoted citizen initiative measures including recalls, making the city clerk an elected position and limiting the height of buildings in the coastal community. Two of the measures were on... (Continue reading)
California billionaire tax likely headed for defeat
By JOSH FRIEDMAN California voters appear to be rejecting wealth taxes, particularly on billionaires, but an initiative to make it more difficult to raise taxes via ballot measures is currently failing. As of Wednesday morning, Proposition 40, a wealth tax... (Continue reading)
Arroyo Grande considering allowing cannabis businesses
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Arroyo Grande City Council voted unanimously last week to place a cannabis tax measure on the November ballot. Arroyo Grande currently prohibits commercial cannabis activity, with the exception of allowing deliveries by retailers licensed outside the... (Continue reading)
Which San Luis Obispo County ballot measures passed?
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County residents voted to raise sales taxes in three cities, continue electing a treasurer, stop industrialization, and repeal increases in water bills. Here are the final tallies: Arroyo Grande’s Measure E-24, sales tax increase,... (Continue reading)
Which San Luis Obispo County ballot measures are likely to pass?
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
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
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?
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
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
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)