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SLO voters shoot down nondiscrimination in housing measure

Written on 23 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

In a special election in which only a quarter of city voters participated, the San Luis Obispo electorate shot down an initiative aimed at permanently putting an end to SLO’s dormant rental inspection program. The ballot measure asked voters whether... (Continue reading)

Stew Jenkins takes aim at Guadalupe’s rental inspections

Written on 15 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The leader of the movement to repeal and replace San Luis Obispo’s rental inspection program is threatening to overturn a similar ordinance in Guadalupe. San Luis Obispo attorney Stew Jenkins describes Guadalupe’s ordinance as “more extreme” than the one recently... (Continue reading)

SLO to hold special election as city battles to keep inspecting rentals

Written on 19 Apr, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 29 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Rather than adopting a non-discrimination in housing ordinance and staving off a special election, the San Luis Obispo City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to send the ongoing dispute over a rental inspection program to the voters. The... (Continue reading)

Special election on SLO rental inspections still looms

Written on 13 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Though the San Luis Obispo City Council is currently in the process of repealing the city’s controversial rental inspection ordinance, it appears the council must soon choose between adopting an alternative ordinance pushed by opponents of the inspection program and... (Continue reading)

SLO Council votes to repeal rental inspection ordinance

Written on 9 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Faced with a looming special election, the San Luis Obispo City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to repeal the city’s controversial rental inspection ordinance. A second vote at an upcoming council meeting is necessary for the ordnance to formally be repealed.... (Continue reading)

Harmon vows to battle climate change as SLO’s mayor

Written on 29 Nov, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

At a press conference on the city hall steps, San Luis Obispo Mayor-elect Heidi Harmon reaffirmed her intent to battle climate change while in office. Harmon said she plans to push for SLO to become a net-zero emissions city. On... (Continue reading)

Rizzo amends his SLO rental inspection lawsuit

Written on 14 Nov, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE Local activist Kevin Rice has joined a property owners association and several landlords in filing a lawsuit against the city of San Luis Obispo over its controversial rental inspection program. On Oct. 28, attorney Saro Rizzo filed... (Continue reading)

Lawsuit filed against SLO over rental inspection program

Written on 15 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A property owners association and several landlords filed a lawsuit Thursday against the city of San Luis Obispo contending the city’s controversial rental inspection program is unconstitutional. A month earlier, another group started the process to have the program stricken... (Continue reading)

SLO’s rental housing ordinance treads on people’s rights

Written on 8 Mar, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 40 comments

OPINION by DAN CARPENTER In 2015, the majority of San Luis Obispo City Council passed a new Rental Housing Inspection Ordinance. I was one of two council members who opposed it, with the majority — Jan Marx, John Ashbaugh, and... (Continue reading)