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San Luis Obispo County’s financial woes continue

Written on 19 Mar, 2026 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 21 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County revealed last week that its more than $13 million projected budget surplus could become a nearly $1 million deficit in the upcoming fiscal year, and more than $10 million in the years to... (Continue reading)

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to slash 10,000 jobs, reduce state deficit

Written on 10 May, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

By KAREN VELIE California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced plans Friday to reduce the state’s budget deficit by slashing 10,000 vacant jobs and cutting spending. Through his revised budget proposal, Newsom plans to close both this year’s remaining $27.6 billion budget... (Continue reading)

Cambria CSD running out of cash

Written on 20 Aug, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

The Cambria Community Services District could run out of operating cash in about three months, District General Manager Jerry Gruber said. [Tribune] The district’s financial troubles center around its emergency water supply project, which costs approximately $13 million, including state... (Continue reading)

SLO County’s disappearing budget surplus

Written on 18 May, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 55 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Less than six months after the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors awarded extra pay to all employees after staff claimed a $30 million budget surplus, the county is running in a deficit. The county is... (Continue reading)

SLO County proposes $494.8 million budget

Written on 15 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

San Luis Obispo County administrators proposed a $494.8 million budget for the 2013-2014 fiscal year at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting. The proposed 2013-2014 budget represents a $3.9 million increase from the 2012-2013 budget and currently contains a $2.2 million... (Continue reading)

SLO council plans slight increase in CAPSLO funding

Written on 10 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 37 comments

San Luis Obispo’s city council plans to slightly increase its funding to Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo (CAPSLO) for the upcoming fiscal year, despite recent reports of the nonprofit mismanaging accounts and donations belonging to the homeless. At... (Continue reading)

California’s untapped $285.5 million

Written on 5 Aug, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

California auditors discovered an additional $119 million in untapped monies bringing the total to $286.5 million that lawmakers were unaware of while cutting government funded services and programs, California Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration announced on Friday. [LATimes] The review of... (Continue reading)

Oceano district doesn’t get it

Written on 20 Jul, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 10 comments

OPINION By JULIE TACKER If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?  If the Brown Act is not followed and no one is there to observe it, was... (Continue reading)

Capps on the Republican budget

Written on 21 Mar, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 25 comments

STATEMENT By CONGRESSWOMAN LOIS CAPPS The House Republican budget is a disappointing, but not too surprising proposal. Instead of reforming programs that protect our most vulnerable, their plan would end or dismantle critical investments in our children, families, and seniors... (Continue reading)

SLO management to take a pay cut

Written on 7 Dec, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

San Luis Obispo City Council voted 3-2 to approve an upper level employee proposed pay cut on  Tuesday night. The move is slated to save the city $807,000 annually. Councilwoman Kathy Smith and Councilman Dan Carpenter voted against the proposed... (Continue reading)