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California still withholding state parks funds

Written on 31 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

California will not return money directly to nonprofits that provided funding for state parks threatened by budget cuts without knowledge of a $54 million agency surplus. [Sacramento Bee] AB 1478, signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown in September, reallocated... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County supervisor accused of threatening state

Written on 26 Dec, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 50 comments

EDITORS NOTE: See Adam Hill’s email calling a state parks official contemptuous, misleading and dishonest at the bottom of this story. By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill’s “scathing emails” have now caught the attention of California... (Continue reading)

California Attorney General files lawsuit against local air district

Written on 16 Nov, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 35 comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: See a brief of the California Attorney General’s lawsuit at the bottom of this story. By KAREN VELIE California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris filed a lawsuit in mid-October against the San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control... (Continue reading)

Air board seeks help from Sacramento on implementing dust rule

Written on 15 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District Board decided Wednesday to go around State Parks and seek help from the Governor’s Cabinet in implementing its Oceano dunes dust rule. [SLO Tribune] District officials have accused State Parks of... (Continue reading)

Second lawsuit filed against the air quality district

Written on 18 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 31 comments

A San Luis Obispo man filed a second lawsuit against the air quality district over its contentious Oceano Dunes dust rule, this one focusing on alleged procedural errors. The lawsuit, filed by Kevin Rice on Tuesday, charges the air quality district... (Continue reading)

Sierra Club loses Oceano Dunes case on appeal

Written on 10 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 63 comments

The local chapter of the Sierra Club lost its appeal on Monday to force off-road vehicles from a portion of the Oceano Dunes that the state rents from San Luis Obispo County. In 2008, the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit claiming... (Continue reading)

Air pollution control board approves Oceano dunes rule

Written on 17 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 31 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District voted 7-4 with one abstention to approve a new regulation that requires state parks to reduce particulate matter blowing from the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area or face fines of... (Continue reading)

Air quality district internal emails expose manipulations

Written on 15 Nov, 2011 in Uncovered SLO | 73 comments

(Editor’s note: This is the second in a multi-part series about questionable activities of the San Luis Obispo County Air Quality Control District. Part one was Air quality district’s bloated salaries. See Alleged flaws in the study at the bottom... (Continue reading)

APCD dunes study is flawed

Written on 14 Nov, 2011 in Featured, Opinion | 11 comments

OPINION By ED WAAGE The Air Pollution Control District has responded to comments concerning the proposed regulation of the Oceano Dunes vehicle riding area which will be considered at the APCD Board meeting this Wednesday. The regulation is based upon... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach Council votes against dunes rule

Written on 2 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The Pismo Beach Council rejected a proposed fugitive dust rule for the Ocean Dunes Vehicular Recreation Area because it determined the study the rule is based on appears flawed. On Tuesday, the council voted 4-0 to send a letter to the... (Continue reading)