When Governor Gavin Newsome announced the most recent round of Homekey grants on Friday, Jan. 19, the City of San Luis Obispo was awarded $19.4 million to aid in their project.
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SLO City’s annual “Buy Local Bonus” program to offer financial incentives for shopping locally
The City of San Luis Obispo’s fourth annual “Buy Local Bonus” is returning on Nov. 24. The month-long program in partnership with the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce provides financial incentives to the community for shopping locally.
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City of San Luis Obispo aims to hire inaugural DEI manager by end of January
The City of San Luis Obispo is nearing the end of the hiring process for its inaugural diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) manager. This comes a year after a task force of residents and Cal Poly community members helped draft diversity goals for the city. Deputy City Manager Greg Hermann told Mustang News the city […]
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City of San Luis Obispo and Resilient SLO to host a community energy resilience webinar
The city of San Luis Obispo will virtually host Re-energizing SLO – Building an Energy Resilient Future, a free community webinar discussing the future energy system of the city on Thursday, May 13, according to a press release. The webinar, taking place from 6:30 – 7:30 pm, is open to the public and is part […]
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Small businesses receive second round of relief grants
Small businesses in San Luis Obispo have received a second round of COVID-19 relief grants from the City of San Luis Obispo and the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce.
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Letter to the Editor: The City of San Luis Obispo responds to lack of street lights
Daryl Grigsby is the public works director for the City of San Luis Obispo. This letter has been edited for clarity. Today, Mustang News published an article titled, “Despite city goal, only one new street light is to be installed in 2019.” The article accurately pointed out the need for additional street lighting in areas […]
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Despite city goal, only one new street light is projected to be installed in 2019
It was 8:03 p.m. Dusk had settled in, but not so much that one’s eyes could adjust to the darkness. Industrial technology and packaging juniors Ben Simon and Ryan Meffert stood on Hathway Avenue talking on the sidewalk. As they were talking, a biker rode by on the other side of the street. The […]
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SLO Box Art and Watershed Awareness Through Art calls for local artists
The city of San Luis Obispo is looking for students to help paint 27 utility boxes scattered across the city.
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Boom town: San Luis Obispo’s 65+ development projects
Currently, the city has more than 65 projects either under review or construction.
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San Luis Obispo reports lowest number of noise complaints in recorded history
In 2017, SLOPD allowed parties to be registered with the city in advance, resulting in no party citations that year.
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Downtown parking garage project that will add 445 new spaces awaiting City approval
The proposed project still must be approved by City Council and even then, construction will not begin for at least one year.