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Man dies across from Paso Robles shelter, hours before body found

Written on 15 Jun, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 6 comments

  By KAREN VELIE A man checking out a discarded barbecue grill standing amongst a pile of trash across from the ECHO homeless shelter in Paso Robles on Friday night found the grey, stiff body of a homeless man. Anthony,... (Continue reading)

Homeless union drops lawsuit against SLO County but plans new complaint

Written on 18 May, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A group of homeless individuals who formerly lived at the safe parking site off Highway 1 near the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office has dropped its lawsuit against the county and the Community Action Partnership of... (Continue reading)

Homeless leave, San Luis Obispo County closes safe parking site

Written on 7 May, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments
Homeless parking site

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County officially closed the safe parking site off Highway 1 on Monday, after the last 10 people left. County staff started dismantling the safe parking site on Tuesday, which includes the removal of fencing,... (Continue reading)

Survey shows decline in San Luis Obispo County’s homeless population

Written on 7 May, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County’s homeless population dropped by 19% from 2022 to 2024, according to a newly released county preliminary report. This January, officials counted 1,171 homeless individuals in SLO County. In 2022, the county’s homeless population... (Continue reading)

SLO County offers remaining 10 homeless at safe parking site $60,000

Written on 30 Apr, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 21 comments

By KAREN VELIE On the day the remaining 10 homeless people were to leave the safe parking site off Highway 1 near the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office, the county agreed to give the group $60,000 and an extra... (Continue reading)

Court stops closure of homeless parking site amid infestation at San Luis Obispo shelter

Written on 30 Mar, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 9 comments

By KAREN VELIE A judge on Friday extended a temporary restraining order that blocks the closure of a safe parking site off Highway 1 after receiving reports of a lice infestation at the 40 Prado Homeless Services Center in San... (Continue reading)

SLO County stopped from removing homeless from safe parking site

Written on 19 Mar, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments
Homeless parking site

By KAREN VELIE A judge approved a temporary restraining order on Friday that blocks the closure of a safe parking site off Highway 1 near the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office, where 16 people currently reside. The site was... (Continue reading)

SLO County ordering homeless to leave safe parking site

Written on 10 Dec, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments
Homeless parking site

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County is ordering homeless individuals remaining at the safe parking site on Oklahoma Avenue to soon leave the location, with seven residents receiving orders to move out by Dec. 15. [Tribune] Earlier this year,... (Continue reading)

SLO County offering homeless $1,000 to leave safe parking site

Written on 7 Oct, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

San Luis Obispo County is offering $1,000 to homeless individuals who leave the safe parking site on Oklahoma Avenue. [Tribune] Earlier this year, SLO County announced plans to close the Oklahoma Avenue homeless parking site, which is located near Highway... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo drops plan for homeless parking, unsure about future plans

Written on 7 Sep, 2023 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 25 comments

By KAREN VELIE The city of San Luis Obispo and a nonprofit dropped plans on Wednesday to provide an overnight parking area for homeless people on Palm Street near the Veterans Memorial Building after neighbors raised procedural, safety and legal... (Continue reading)