San Luis Obispo City Council

The San Luis Obispo City Council has unanimously approved the city’s nearly $225 million budget for the next fiscal year. Officials say the spending plan avoids staff layoffs and major service reductions.

The San Luis Obispo City Council held a special meeting this week on code enforcement, housing safety and fraternities that have racked up repeated noise violations.

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

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.

At a community workshop last week, the Office of Sustainability previewed their 2026 Climate Action Progress Report to the public. The report identifies what’s working and which areas still need improvement to meet the city’s climate goals.

The City of San Luis Obispo decided not to join a county-wide letter in support of Diablo Canyon, and instead voted to write their own letter asking the legislature to reinstate a long-standing tax on the nuclear power plant.

The San Luis Obispo City Council removed a member of the Housing Authority’s Board of Commissioners yesterday, citing allegations of misconduct and racially discriminatory remarks. The Housing Authority of San Luis Obispo, or received reports alleging Tenant Commissioner Nancy Welsh misrepresented her role as a member of the board to her fellow tenants at her housing site.

San Luis Obispo city leaders are exploring new ways to make rental housing safer, while supporting both tenants and landlords.

A controversial affordable housing project in San Luis Obispo survived the most recent effort to halt the project's current design plan. In a unanimous vote Tuesday night, the San Luis Obispo City Council denied an appeal submitted by neighbors that could have blocked the project before the council casts its final vote.

San Luis Obispo City Council is moving forward with a proposal to build 276 new housing units on an empty lot at San Luis Ranch, replacing plans for a commercial development. The council voted 4-0 in favor of the housing plan, with Councilmember Jan Marx recusing.