The declaration releases state and federal funds to the city and expands the city manager’s powers to address the coronavirus outbreak.
2021 City Council members will receive a raise
The San Luis Obispo City Council voted unanimously to increase council member salaries beginning January 2021. The city will implement the salary adjustments after the next election, according to a news release. The mayor will receive a 46 percent salary…
E-cigarette ban in SLO to start May 4
City Council voted 5-0 to approve an ordinance banning all e-cigarette products, including vape juices, at a city council meeting Tuesday, Feb. 4.
Potential e-cigarette & FDA flavored nicotine product ban will affect local businesses
By Feb. 6, companies will no longer be allowed to sell flavored e-cigarette products because they are attractive to minors.
City Council to consider giving themselves significant raise
The San Luis Obispo City Council will consider raising their salaries at the Feb. 4 council meeting. The compensation committee is recommending a 63 percent salary increase for council members and a 46 percent increase for the mayor, according to…
City Council allows Taqueria Santa Cruz to stay open 30 minutes later after noise violations
The San Luis Obispo City Council voted Tuesday night that the downtown Taqueria Santa Cruz Express location can stay open until 9:30 p.m. Earlier this year, the restaurant was mandated to close at 9 p.m. because of noise complaints from…
A 30-year-old SLO city law is causing more students to live “off lease” — and it may be illegal
It was mid-November 1989, and San Luis Obispo City Council members were hearing the same complaints they always heard. In a classic town-and-gown battle, locals were concerned about the increasing number of Cal Poly students, and how those students went…
San Luis Obispo swears in historic majority-female city council
About 100 people gathered at City Hall Monday, Dec. 3 to see San Luis Obispo history in the making as the first-ever majority-female city council was sworn in. Mayor Heidi Harmon and Councilmembers Erica Stewart and Carlyn Christianson were sworn…
Tiny Homes are approved in SLO: how a new type of student housing could be on its way
Tiny homes have been approved in San Luis Obispo, but there are some small hoops homeowners must jump through.
Meet the 5-time SLO mayor candidate who plans to run for the rest of his life
“I promised that if I continued to be silenced I would run for mayor,” mayoral candidate Donald Hedrick said. “Ever since, I’m honor-bound to run for mayor.”
Meet the 7 candidates running for two SLO City Council seats
San Luis Obispo’s city council has four council seats, half of which are on the ballot for Nov. 6. City council members work with the mayor to help shape San Luis Obispo’s future and work toward city goals, from infrastructure…