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San Luis Obispo County cannabis cultivators will see their tax rate drop back to 6 percent this fall after operators told county supervisors that an automatic increase to 8 percent is putting additional pressure on an already struggling industry.

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors adopted an ordinance on Aug. 4 reducing the Cannabis Business Tax for bu...

The owner of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park in Nipomo isn’t ready to back down despite the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors and the Mobilehome Rent Review Board twice rejecting its rent increase requests.

On July 31, Buena Vista Mobile Home Park LLC filed a petition with the SLO Superior Court asking it to command the supervisors and the rent review board ...

Last year, Cambria secured nearly $1 million in federal funding to replace one of its aging fire engines.

Now, the Cambria Community Services District (CCSD) has purchased the roughly $1.17 million replacement, but firefighters could wait up to five years for it to arrive.

U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Monterey) visited Cambria on Aug. 6 to highlight the $93...

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors earmarked more than $3 million in state funding to alleviate homelessness and make a plan to plug existing funding gaps in the future. 

The money comes from Round 5 of the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) program administered by the California Department of Housing and Community Development.

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“What do you think San Luis Obispo needs?” 1986: Credit: FILE IMAGE FROM NEW TIMES 2026: Credit: PHOTO BY BULBUL RAJAGOPAL

Marcus Juarez, Paso Robles high school student:

“I think they need to make it less annoying to get on and off from the highway. It’s kind of confusing when people are trying to get o...