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Lawsuit challenges Paso Robles groundwater ordinance

Written on 19 Nov, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 26 comments

ANNOUNCEMENT By STEVE HOCH On behalf of a group of concerned landowners in Paso Robles, the Los Angeles based firm of Morris Polich & Purdy LLP (MPP) filed a lawsuit in San Luis Obispo County Superior Court on October 30.... (Continue reading)

Price Canyon development agreement gains approval

Written on 14 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

The Pismo Beach Planning Commission voted 3-2 to approve a development agreement with the owners of a Price Canyon development which allows a greater degree of certainty that the project will move forward. Approval of the development agreement requires city... (Continue reading)

Higher water fees set for Paso Robles

Written on 29 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

Paso Robles’ steadily rising water rates are set to spurt again. Under a “user pay” formula, the new increases, scheduled to begin Jan. 1, will apply only to higher uses of water, according to a statement issued by the city’s... (Continue reading)

Oceano CSD update

Written on 3 Oct, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 7 comments

OPINION By JULIE TACKER It’s been awhile since we last talked about the Oceano Community Services District. In August, I explained OCSD General Manager Tom Geaslen had failed to bring the permanent sale of water initiative to an agenda in... (Continue reading)

Wallace Group, cartoon

Written on 26 Sep, 2012 in Discovered, Featured | 8 comments

Check out cartoonist Joseph Rankin’s work at the Kranky Cartoonist.  ... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach reject LAFCO’s request for money

Written on 17 Sep, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

The city of Pismo Beach will not help pay the cost of fighting a lawsuit filed by a developer against members of the San Luis Obispo County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO). The suit contends members of the board abused... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles water battle lingers

Written on 5 Sep, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

A local judge said Tuesday that his decision on the fate of new water rates in Paso Robles will await a higher court ruling on the same matter which is due shortly. A lawsuit brought by resident John Borst and... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach attorney warns council to keep quiet

Written on 31 Aug, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

Grover Beach’s city attorney has warned the council and staff not to provide information to state investigators related to a 2010 sewage spill. Attorney Martin Koczanowicz said that if the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District administration is found... (Continue reading)

Water conservation; an important part of life in California

Written on 31 Jul, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

By JULIE TACKER In Los Osos, water conservation has now become tangled with the sewer saga and, like the project itself, the proposed $5 million water conservation plan as proposed would result in enormous costs, glaring inequities and generally a... (Continue reading)

A new Delta water plan rolls out

Written on 25 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A controversial conveyance project designed to transport more fresh water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta has changed form but it remains the bane of conservation groups and a number of major agricultural interests. The Delta provides water for the State... (Continue reading)