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Lacking management staff, San Simeon asks the county for help

Written on 3 Aug, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE Grappling with a shortage of leadership, San Simeon Community Services District is seeking help from San Luis Obispo County under a mutual aid agreement. Less then two weeks ago, both the interim general manager and a director... (Continue reading)

San Simeon Community Services District in dire straits

Written on 22 Jul, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE Amid a financial crisis, the San Simeon Community Services District general manager and one of four remaining board members quit effective immediately during the past two days. Former Interim General Manager Geoff English submitted a letter of... (Continue reading)

San Simeon working on dissolution while officials jump ship

Written on 17 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE Amid a more than one year attempt to close the San Simeon Community Services District, the interim general manager announced plans to resign in April while only four board members remain, several of whom plan to leave... (Continue reading)

Contractor loses position for illegal practices, Cambria hires him

Written on 16 Jan, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 18 comments

By KAREN VELIE Less than two years after Charlies Grace settled a lawsuit with the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office for illegal business practices and false advertising, Cambria hired his company Grace Environmental Services to install water meters.... (Continue reading)

San Simeon teen killed in crash near Cambria

Written on 15 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE A San Simeon teen was killed in a single vehicle crash near Cambria on Saturday evening. CHP officers identified the deceased driver as 16-year-old Eric Aguilar. At approximately 8 p.m., Aguilar took his father’s Ford truck, possibly... (Continue reading)

Running the bureaucratic gauntlet in San Simeon

Written on 30 Jul, 2024 in Featured, Opinion | 8 comments

OPINION by HANK KRZCIUK Bob Hather, an individual property owner in San Simeon, has been trying to get a permit to build 15 lower-cost condominiums in San Simeon. In 2022, after years of trying, he took San Simeon Community Services... (Continue reading)

San Simeon Community Service District administrator misleads board

Written on 21 Jul, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE The interim general manager for the San Simeon Community Service District misled his board at their July meeting claiming he had collected all sewage processing payments from Hearst Castle, one of California State Parks most profitable properties.... (Continue reading)

Hearst Castle agreement with San Simeon throws wrench into dissolution

Written on 9 Jul, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE For nearly a year, Hearst Castle, one of California State Parks most profitable properties, has not paid its disadvantaged neighbor for processing its sewage. Issues and complexities with San Simeon Community Services District and State Park’s agreements... (Continue reading)

Is San Simeon’s end game a county service area?

Written on 1 Apr, 2024 in Featured, Opinion | One comment

OPINION by HENRY KRZCIUK The district board proposes dissolving San Simeon Community Services District and transferring services and governance to the San Luis Obispo county. If the dissolution is approved by LAFCO and the County Board of Supervisors, a county... (Continue reading)

One person killed in single vehicle crash in San Simeon

Written on 11 Dec, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE One person was killed on Monday morning after a vehicle crashed head-on into construction equipment on Highway 1 in San Simeon, according to the CHP. Shortly after 8 a.m., a full-side SUV was headed northbound on Highway... (Continue reading)