Heidi Harmon was elected for mayor in 2016, and is running for a third term this election. In San Luis Obispo, the mayor has equal voting power as the rest of the city council, and they’ve worked together to manage the city’s pandemic response, address the Black Lives Matter Movement, pass policies to protect the environment and more. […]
Four Years of Heidi Harmon
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Cal Poly students consider affirmative action
This year, California voters have an opportunity to revive affirmative action in the state. With the growing push for diversity on campus, the Cal Poly community is weighing whether or not it’s an opportunity worth taking. In 1996, Californians passed Proposition 209 — a ban on affirmative action in public employment and education, which prohibited […]
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Here’s what you need to know about the 12 props on the California ballot
There are 12 propositions on the ballot in California.
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What makes this election “extremely unique” according to Cal Poly Democrats
As Election Day draws closer, Cal Poly Democrats treasurer Brian Kragh explains the impact the pandemic has on the election and how it makes this election “extremely unique.”
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Student suspended for party said punishment is racially motivated
Business administration sophomore Ray Chan — a first-generation Cal Poly Scholars student with a full-ride scholarship who said he has never gotten in trouble with the university — has been suspended for the entirety of Winter quarter after breaking COVID-19 orders over Labor Day weekend.
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Sweeney outraises Harmon; candidates split city’s business, political donors
Update Nov. 3: Mustang News removed the word “eccentric” as a descriptor for candidate Donald Hedrick This Tuesday, Nov. 3, San Luis Obispo residents will head to the polls to vote for mayor. Incumbent mayor Heidi Harmon has served since 2016 and is nearing the end of her second two-year term. Harmon’s main challenger in […]
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Measure G: an increase in local sales tax
This year, San Luis Obispo City Council proposed a 1% sales tax increase. The tax, called Measure G-20, would produce more than $21 million annually and would filter into the city’s general fund. After tax, Measure G would raise the cost of a $10 shirt from $10.75 to $10.88. The city currently has a 7.75% […]
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Halloween during a pandemic: How students are celebrating and following COVID-19 guidelines for the holiday
Students will be forced to get creative this year for October’s annual Halloween celebration. Due to COVID-19, regulations have been enforced to ensure a safe weekend for students and residents alike.
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University performs more than 1,200 COVID-19 tests in one day
Due to potential COVID-19 exposure in University Housing, 36 on-campus students were ordered to quarantine-in-place since Oct. 29. This is the highest number of new quarantine-in-place residents since Friday, Oct. 16, bringing the total number of students quarantined-in-place to 131. The university performed 1,237 COVID-19 tests since Oct. 29, according to the university’s coronavirus dashboard […]
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Watch: Meet San Luis Obispo’s City Council candidates
Two seats on the San Luis Obispo City Council are up for election Nov. 3.
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Record number of Cal Poly students enter quarantine, county case rate remains constant
Cal Poly saw a record of on-campus residents enter quarantine this week. On Oct. 28 alone, 28 students were told to quarantine, the highest single-day increase on record, resulting in 31 total students quarantined.