San Luis Obispo County has agreed to participate in a statewide study on how to provide better healthcare in county jails.

Supervisors Laura Capps and Roy Lee want to revise the county’s policies related to federal immigration enforcement with a three-part proposal.

The council voted 3-1 to appoint Richardo Batalla to fill the District One seat, which had been empty since Councilmember Carlos Escobedo announced his surprise resignation.

A local cannabis retailer asked the Guadalupe City Council to lower the fees it pays to operate, saying it’s struggling to stay afloat. Now the city may put a cannabis sales tax measure before voters.

The new voting system is designed to keep majority groups from deciding more than one city council election at a time.

The Santa Barbara County Planning Commission voted to approve a plan last week that would eventually phase out onshore oil and gas production. The first phase of the plan would only prohibit drilling for new wells.

This year’s Climate Action Plan Progress Report found that San Luis Obispo isn’t on track to meet the goal of carbon neutrality by 2035. Despite that, the SLO City Council chose to keep the goal in place.

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted to develop a clear policy on ICE agents’ access to county-owned property. Critics called the move unnecessary.

One Tuesday, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors will review policy recommendations that were compiled by a recently formed immigration task force.

State Senator John Laird told KCBX he will make sure funding to local communities is included on any potential bill to extend the Diablo Canyon Power Plant’s operations past the year 2030.