businesses

Bill seeks to allow permanent to-go cocktails from restaurants

By • Feb 18, 2021
The Mark Bar & Grill

A new proposal would allow California restaurants to permanently offer to-go cocktails. 

Some SLO County businesses reopen as regional stay-at-home orders lift

By • Jan 26, 2021
Novo San Luis Obispo

A sweeping motion by California’s governor lifting regional stay-home-orders now puts the state back into a four-tier system, with Central Coast counties returning to the most restrictive purple tier. 

'Dry January' an added headache for restaurants, breweries during pandemic

By • Jan 17, 2021
Figueroa Mountain Brewing

Over the past decade, people around the world have started to observe 'Dry January,' abstaining from alcohol for the month for a healthier start to the new year. But one Central Coast brewery is hoping people place that goal on hold this year.

Faced with painful choices, local businesses opt to stay open

By • Dec 9, 2020
Courtesy photo

Businesses defying state-mandated COVID-19 closures are speaking out, after SLO County's district attorney issued a statement Tuesday saying he will not press criminal charges against those who choose to keep their doors open.

Small Business Saturday has new meaning during pandemic

By • Nov 27, 2020
Angel Russell

Locally-based stores and companies are hoping for big crowds this weekend on Small Business Saturday, with many of them looking to recoup for losses due to the pandemic.

Election 2020: How would Prop. 15 impact California’s housing crisis?

By Matt Levin/CalMatters • Oct 20, 2020
Urban Institute, "Housing and Land-Use Implications of Split-Roll Property Tax Reform in California," October 2020

When Californians approved Proposition 13 in 1978, critics of the landmark ballot measure say voters did not foresee many of the unintended consequences of capping property taxes on both residential and commercial land: lower school funding, cash-strapped cities, major corporate tax benefits.