Government and Politics

Women's March SLO is fundraising to support Ukraine as the local rally celebrates five years of activism.

In today's KCBX News Update: SLO County's coronavirus state of emergency in place since 2020 has been lifted, and a Carbajal bill to improve safe parking programs has been introduced in Congress as part of of a larger bill.

SB 1162 builds on previous legislation as another step toward achieving pay equity in California.

With new district lines drawn in San Luis Obispo County, the League of Women Voters is planning to hold webinars and informational meetings to educate voters on the changes before the next two elections this year.

A legal challenge to San Luis Obispo County’s new district elections map has been dealt another blow.

A San Luis Obispo Superior Court Judge ruled last night that San Luis Obispo County officials can use the redistricting map they adopted in December for this year's elections, despite a legal challenge to the map from a nonprofit.

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted to withdraw from the Black Gold Cooperative Library system, which serves seven public library jurisdictions along the Central Coast. This withdrawal means SLO County will now transition to an independent model this summer.

In today's KCBX News Update: A nonprofit coalition has announced a lawsuit seeking to overturn SLO County's new district lines, and Republican Assemblymember Jordan Cunningham will not run for re-election.

The San Luis Obispo City Council voted last night to pursue a parking permit program for commercial properties in order to address concerns of people parking in front of businesses they aren’t actually visiting.

California voters have the brand new districts they’ll use to elect their members of Congress and state legislators, after the state’s independent redistricting commission voted unanimously Monday night to approve its final maps.