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Pismo Beach to install 210 new downtown parking meters

Written on 22 Feb, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The city of Pismo Beach will soon install 210 new downtown parking meters along Price Street. On Jan. 17, the Pismo Beach City Council adopted a resolution authorizing the purchase of 210 parking meters and associated equipment... (Continue reading)

SLO parking, one hour is not enough

Written on 9 Nov, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 31 comments

OPINION by PETE EVANS The San Luis Obispo City Council decided to provide immediate relief from the new parking rates. Starting Nov. 23, parking downtown will be free of charge in the following ways: For one hour every day in... (Continue reading)

SLO City Council agrees to bring back limited free parking

Written on 8 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 31 comments

BY KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo City Council voted 5-0 on Tuesday to provide limited free parking downtown during a contentious meeting. The council agreed to provide one hour free parking in the city’s parking structures and free parking... (Continue reading)

SLO City Council to consider lowering parking rates

Written on 6 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

BY KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo City Council is scheduled to discuss parking rates and the impact the increased costs have had on downtown visitors during a meeting on Tuesday, according to the agenda. The council plans to discuss... (Continue reading)

SLO’s draconian parking measures harm our community

Written on 4 Nov, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 22 comments

OPINION by PETE EVANS There has been growing outrage at the new draconian parking measures put in place by the San Luis Obispo City Council to pay for their past mistakes. Lots of average Joes (like me) and many local... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach parking lot closes over eminent domain dispute

Written on 27 Jun, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Amid a dispute between Pismo Beach and a property owner over an eminent domain clause in a contract, a popular downtown lot has closed to the public, exacerbating the South County city’s parking problems. [KSBY] The 75-space... (Continue reading)

Hype springs eternal in San Luis Obispo

Written on 9 May, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 26 comments

OPINION by RICHARD SCHMIDT The news e-blast from San Luis Obispo city‘s department of propaganda announced the “long-awaited” 396-space downtown parking garage at Nipomo and Palm streets is about to start taking shape. “Starting this week, the City . .... (Continue reading)

SLO City Council votes to remove multiple parking spaces

Written on 5 Sep, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 23 comments

Correction: SLO City Council voted to take away one side of Broad Street on Tuesday, not both sides of the street. In the staff report, the city stated option C, which the city council voted for, included both sides of... (Continue reading)

Poor planning is destroying SLO

Written on 28 Jul, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 10 comments

Opinion by Ben DiFatta I was driving through San Luis Obispo at about 2 p.m.on a Thursday on my way to a doctor’s visit when I hit just about every red light making me almost late for my appointment. I... (Continue reading)

SLO parking rates going up

Written on 9 Jun, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

Following a decision by the San Luis Obispo City Council this week, SLO’s parking rates are set to rise over the next few years. Metered parking rates in downtown San Luis Obispo will start increasing at the beginning of next... (Continue reading)