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California ballot measure would force lawmakers to reveal lobbyist ties

Written on 2 Aug, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

  By JOSH FRIEDMAN A voter initiative that may appear on the ballot in California next year would overhaul the state’s Public Records Act, requiring unprecedented scrutiny into lobbying occurring at the Capitol, as well as more access to government... (Continue reading)

IWMA credit card used for personal costs, audit shows

Written on 7 Aug, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 24 comments

By Cal Coast Times staff The San Luis Obispo County Integrated Waste Management Authority spends thousands of dollars of taxpayer money every month on a US Bank credit card “for what appear to be personal uses,” reported Carl Knudson, an... (Continue reading)

Police transparency bill dies in California Legislature

Written on 20 Jun, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

As multiple police scandals swirl around Northern California, including an Oakland sex scandal that has infected several Bay Area agencies, there is little hope citizens and journalists in the state will obtain access to officer personnel records. A bill that... (Continue reading)

Are Seitz’s days numbered in Los Osos?

Written on 10 Apr, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 18 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Los Osos Community Services District is considering parting ways with longtime district legal counsel Shipsey & Seitz. In 1998, Shipsey & Seitz was first hired to represent the district during its formation. However, in the past... (Continue reading)

California keeping lawmakers’ emails secret

Written on 14 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

California has stiff rules against viewing state legislators’ emails, the results of recent record requests show. Many other states also make it difficult to obtain lawmakers’ emails.  [OC Register] The Associated Press recently requested a week’s worth of calendar entries... (Continue reading)

SLO tale of falsified documents, code violations and water theft

Written on 13 Aug, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 58 comments

By KAREN VELIE Editor’s note: This is the second in an exclusive series about developers Ryan Petetit and John Belsher, their development projects, their failures to abide by building requirements, legal troubles, and unpaid monies owed to subcontractors and investors.... (Continue reading)

Criticize the mayor, get sued

Written on 3 Jun, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 7 comments

OPINION By PETER SCHEER Inglewood CA doesn’t have much to commend it. To the various reasons not to live there–like high crime rates and bankrupt schools—the city government has added this threat: if you criticize the mayor or other officials,... (Continue reading)

SLO police chief facing administrative leave

Written on 8 May, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 57 comments

By CalCoastNews Staff San Luis Obispo Police Chief Steve Gesell will be placed on paid administrative leave by the end of the work day, today, Friday, May 8, sources say. It is the first step in what reliable and informed... (Continue reading)

Here’s the best motive to love or hate a new water district

Written on 22 Apr, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments

OPINION by DANIEL BLACKBURN Advocates of a proposed Paso Robles basin water district trooped to the microphone Tuesday like dutiful crusaders, all to inform San Luis Obispo County supervisors of the many reasons for their support. Here’s a really good... (Continue reading)

Did lack of oversight lead to jail deaths?

Written on 1 Jan, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 43 comments

By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo County Jail inmate, who died from a heroin overdose, had not been seen by jail personnel for more than 10 hours when deputies became aware of his death, according to the coroner’s report.... (Continue reading)