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A new executive order from President Donald Trump aims at changing how the federal government plans to address homelessness, addiction and mental illness. The order says “endemic vagrancy” and hundreds of thousands of people living on U.S. streets are a threat to public safety.

About 100 people gathered outside the San Luis Obispo Veterans Memorial Building Monday morning, holding picket signs and waving American flags in the air. Protesters rallied against a proposal that would slash over 80,000 jobs from the Department of Veterans affairs in the upcoming fiscal year.

An estimated 5,000 people marched through Downtown San Luis Obispo Saturday, according to the SLO Police Department. joining some 2,000 “No Kings” protests in cities throughout the country. Organizers say the demonstrations are a response to what they call 'authoritarian' actions by President Donald Trump—including military deployments and sweeping immigration raids.

A San Luis Obispo business owner is speaking out against tariffs imposed during the Trump administration. This comes as Senate Democrats push a bill that would exempt small businesses.

National Public Radio and three of its Colorado member stations are suing the Trump Administration over an executive order that would cut off federal funding for public media.

After President Trump issued an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, Central Coast school districts entered a “wait-and-see” period. One Paso Robles educator said the loss of federal funding puts his district’s most vulnerable students at risk.

Some Central Coast teachers are worried about the repercussions on local schools after President Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the US Department of Education.

Nearly a thousand people packed a Santa Barbara town hall at the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara over the weekend. Crowds filled the main room, spilling into the courtyard and around the block. Residents pressed local lawmakers on how they would respond to President Donald Trump’s wave of executive orders and billionaire Elon Musk’s DOGE activities.

During Donald Trump’s first week in office, the President spent no time keeping some of his campaign promises and local leaders are reacting. In his first week, President Donald Trump signed more than 200 executive orders on his first day.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week pausing offshore wind leasing and permitting in federal waters. The proposed Morro Bay wind energy project is located in waters affected by the ban.