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Supervisors declare drought emergency in SLO County

Written on 12 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors declared a county drought emergency Tuesday. San Luis Obipso became the 17th county in the state to declare a drought emergency. The declaration allows the county to easier shift its use of... (Continue reading)

Cambria Community Services District director officially files to run For Supervisor

Written on 5 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Muril Clift, a director with the Cambria Community Services District, formally filed his paperwork Tuesday to run for supervisor in San Luis Obispo County’s District 2. He is challenging incumbent supervisor Bruce Gibson. “With my extensive record of public service... (Continue reading)

Supervisors vote for Paso Robles water district

Written on 19 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday in favor of creating a water district for the Paso Robles groundwater basin. Supervisors Frank Mecham, Adam Hill and Bruce Gibson voted to support legislation to create the district while... (Continue reading)

Nuanced definitions muddy water debate

Written on 18 Feb, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 17 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN and KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County supervisors are preparing the framework for facilitating a North County-based water district even while advocates scramble to describe what such a district would, or could, do. A widening rift over... (Continue reading)

Water district supporters criticize POWR and PR-WIN

Written on 13 Feb, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 11 comments

OPINION by JERRY REAUGH and SUE LUFT We urge the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors to approve the Legislative Platform Policy Statement on February 18, supporting special legislation that would advance the process to create an independent water... (Continue reading)

Do not force a water district on Paso Robles

Written on 10 Feb, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 24 comments

OPINION By CAROL ROWLAND The formation of the proposed PR Basin Groundwater District would be by votes based on acreage. There are 4,906 landowners. It would only take an estimated 30 to 50 large landowners to establish it, 30 to... (Continue reading)

Los Osos sewer bid award costs residents and local jobs

Written on 6 Feb, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 30 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Los Osos residents will have to foot a bill for nearly $2 million beyond expected costs and local electrical workers will lose thousands of man-hours because San Luis Obispo County staff recommendations were approved by the board.... (Continue reading)

Super Bowl and the purview of SLO County supervisors

Written on 1 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 98 comments

At Tuesday’s San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors meeting, board chairman Bruce Gibson attempted to restrict public comment about fellow Supervisor Adam Hill. Gibson interrupted two speakers who were commenting on a letter published by the New Times in... (Continue reading)

Jim Erb announces candidacy for county tax collector

Written on 28 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Jim Erb, the sitting San Luis Obispo County Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector-Public Administrator, announced today he will run for the office he was appointed to lead at the end of 2012. “This office may have one of the world’s longest titles, but... (Continue reading)

Mayor Debbie Peterson elected as Coastal Commission nominee

Written on 9 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

The San Luis Obispo County City Selection Committee elected Grover Beach Mayor Debbie Peterson on Jan. 3 as its nominee for an open seat on the California Coastal Commission. Less than two weeks after the Grover Beach Council removed Peterson... (Continue reading)