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Supervisors agree to compromise on redistricting

Written on 7 Sep, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Following public outrage over a proposal by the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors to adopt an unpopular redistricting option, the board voted unanimously on Tuesday to change their plans. More than two dozen Templeton residents spoke against supervisors... (Continue reading)

Warding off water wars

Written on 7 Sep, 2011 in Uncovered SLO | 59 comments

People in northern San Luis Obispo County are running out of water—some faster than others. And, unless a community effort to stabilize the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin is successful, it could mean letting a judge decide who has a right... (Continue reading)

What the community needs to know about homelessness

Written on 5 Sep, 2011 in Featured, Opinion | 20 comments

OPINION BY BECKY JORGESON I am organizing a protest rally for this Wednesday (September 7) at 8 a.m. on the steps of the county courthouse in downtown San Luis Obispo. Please come if you can. I am organizing the protest... (Continue reading)

Homeless protest planned for Wednesday

Written on 5 Sep, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 44 comments

A local activist is organizing a protest Wednesday morning, Sept. 7, on behalf of homeless people in San Luis Obispo County. Becky Jorgeson of the recently-formed Homeless Project says the protest is planned for 8 a.m. on the steps of... (Continue reading)

SLO County redistricting plans violate laws

Written on 1 Sep, 2011 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

OPINION by WILLIAM PELFREY The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors’ plan to split Templeton into three supervisory districts is not only impractical, but it appears to break laws set to keep lawmakers from setting boundaries for their own... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County’s redistricting process under fire

Written on 23 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote to adopt a controversial redistricting plan that would separate both Templeton and San Luis Obispo into three different districts, according to Tuesday’s consent agenda. Supervisors Adam Hill, Jim... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County Supervisors’ redistricting fiasco

Written on 23 Aug, 2011 in Opinion | 10 comments

OPINION By STEW JENKINS Media coverage of the Board of Supervisors re-drawing their own election districts for the coming decade has missed the crucial defect in the process. Templeton is right to complain that its division deprives that community of... (Continue reading)

SLO County unemployment rises with government lay offs

Written on 19 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

San Luis Obispo County lost 5,600 jobs in July increasing the unemployment rate from 9.9 percent in June to 10.5 percent in July, according to a report released Friday by the California Employment Development Department. Much of last month’s bump in... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County Superior Court to cut $1 million from budget

Written on 15 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

State budget cuts will leave San Luis Obispo Superior Court about $1 million short of its $19 million 2011 operating budget. [The Tribune] Cuts of $350 million, the largest in state’s history, from judicial the branch’s budget for fiscal year... (Continue reading)

SLO County political consultant accused of plagiarism

Written on 2 Aug, 2011 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 59 comments

Controversial San Luis Obispo County political consultant Cory Black, who helped Ian Parkinson win the local top cop position, is being accused of plagiarism. Andrew Russo of Paramount Communications said Black plagiarized the content of his website, reproducing his words in... (Continue reading)