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Four cities in San Luis Obispo County seeking sales tax hikes

Written on 10 Oct, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 27 comments

By KAREN VELIE Four of San Luis Obispo County’s seven cities are asking voters to increase their local sales tax, primarily because of increased spending on salaries while revenue has declined. Arroyo Grande’s Measure E-24 The Arroyo Grande City Council... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach City Council votes to raise sales tax, needs voter approval

Written on 5 Jun, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Pismo Beach City Council voted 4-1 on Tuesday to place a referendum on the Nov. 5 ballot to increase the sales tax by .5% and to extend a previously approved .5% sales tax measure, which city... (Continue reading)

SLO considering three recreation pot shops

Written on 20 Feb, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

San Luis Obispo’s city staff is recommending that SLO allow up to three brick and mortar marijuana dispensaries under new pot regulations that are currently being drafted. [Cal Coast Times] If the regulations are passed, the city of SLO could... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande council extends city sales tax

Written on 13 Apr, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

The Arroyo Grande City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend the city’s half percent sales tax for five years. The move will keep the tax in place until at least 2022. In Nov. 2006, Arroyo Grande voters approved Measure O,... (Continue reading)

A 1/2 cent or a 1/2 percent sales tax?

Written on 3 Sep, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 34 comments

By LAURA MORDAUNT Words used in the San Luis Obispo County Measure J-16 on the Nov. 8 ballot will mislead voters by stating a ½ cent sales tax instead of what it truly is ½ percent sales tax increase. When... (Continue reading)

Another View of the transportation sales tax hike

Written on 12 Aug, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 9 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE Benjamin Franklin’s famous quote “The only things certain are death and taxes” seems incomplete. These days, it should be modified by adding “and tax increases.” Having read Gordon Mullin’s excellent piece taking on the Tribune... (Continue reading)

Mixing words and deceiving SLO County voters

Written on 24 Jul, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 21 comments

OPINION by GORDON MULLIN Our SLO county council of government (SLOCOG) and seven cities have recently agreed to put a sales tax measure before the citizens this November and the governments and the media are already staking out positions. The... (Continue reading)

Food 4 Less opening in Arroyo Grande

Written on 24 Jul, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

The parent company of discount grocery Food 4 Less has purchased the Haggen lease at the Five Cities Center on Branch Street, according to a press release. The purchase price and the date the new store will open were not... (Continue reading)

SLO County supervisors put sales tax on the ballot

Written on 20 Jul, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 34 comments

UPDATE: Video of the confrontation between supervisors Adam Hill and Lynn Compton at the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisor meeting on July 19 at the bottom of the article. ORIGINAL: Following a brief argument between supervisors Adam Hill... (Continue reading)

District 3 Supervisors debate drug testing, oil and taxes

Written on 30 Apr, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 48 comments

Two San Luis Obispo Supervisor candidates said they would take a drug test if asked, while the third said he was opposed to drug testing because of privacy reasons, during a debate Thursday at the South County Regional Center in... (Continue reading)