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Supreme Court tosses Santa Maria groundwater rights case

Written on 15 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of the disputed Santa Maria Groundwater Basin management plan, ending 16 years of costly litigation over water supplies in Northern Santa Barbara County and Southern San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Plan for a balanced groundwater district

Written on 14 Oct, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 18 comments

OPINION By WILLIAM FROST An apparent consensus reached over the past several months is that a special water district is required to deal with the water crisis in San Luis Obispo’s North County. The day-to-day actions of this district would... (Continue reading)

Oceano needs to replace questionable board member

Written on 9 Oct, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 27 comments

OPINION By JEFF EDWARDS Have you ever met someone who says such outrageous things that you scratch your head and question your own intelligence? For a while, I thought it was me; out of my environment and my comfort zone,... (Continue reading)

Supervisors extend Paso water basin ordinance

Written on 9 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

With the addition of newly sworn in Supervisor Caren Ray Tuesday, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors extended its urgency ordinance that restricts water use in the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin. The board voted 4-0, with Supervisor Debbie... (Continue reading)

SLO County water ordinance not extended

Written on 2 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 72 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday against extending an urgency ordinance that prohibits new development and the planting of crops in the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin area unless proposed projects save as much water as... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles city council moving forward on Gateway Project

Written on 1 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

The Paso Robles City Council is moving forward on a proposal to annex 270 acres south of the city dubbed the Gateway Project. The proposal includes plans to develop three hotels, 62,300 feet of retail space and office space, up... (Continue reading)

Paavo Ogren’s fictional presentation

Written on 30 Sep, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 81 comments

Letter by Julie Tacker the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board At the September 17, 2013 San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors meeting, after considerable public comment, Director of Public Works, Paavo Ogren, gave an impromptu presentation to... (Continue reading)

Creston group pitches two-year water ordinance

Written on 30 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A committee of Creston residents and business owners is suggesting to local lawmakers that the urgency ordinance limiting new water use in the North County be extended for two more years. Members of the Creston Advisory Body (CAB) agreed that... (Continue reading)

Gearhart properties to be auctioned

Written on 30 Sep, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE Three of former north county developer Kelly Gearhart’s properties will be sold at auction in October including the Paso Robles golf course property known as Vista del Hombre. A New York firm will hold the auction on... (Continue reading)

County investigating possible water ordinance violators

Written on 25 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

San Luis Obispo County code enforcement staffers are investigating a dozen reports of people violating a temporary water ordinance that prohibits the planting of new vineyards in the Paso Robles groundwater basin area under most circumstances. On Aug. 27, the... (Continue reading)