The Arroyo Grande City Council voted on March 23 that it will not sign a multi-city agreement with Grover Beach and Pismo Beach to move forward on the Central Coast Blue water project unless it includes a local hire provision setting up a standoff between the three cities. While Pismo s and Grover s city councils both signed the operating agreement and approved the recycled wastewater project s environmental impact report, Arroyo Grande council members took issue with its lack of commitment to a community workforce agreement, which would guarantee that local skilled workers are hired for the estimated $50 million project. click to enlarge
Carrizo Plain: Where the Mountains Meet the Grasslands On Wednesday, April 14, the Wildling Museum of Art and Nature will host its next virtual program via Zoom, Chuck Graham: Hidden Wonders of the Carrizo Plain, from 4 to 5 p.m. A local photographer and author, Graham recently released his new book,
Carrizo Plain: Where the Mountains Meet the Grasslands. During the Zoom program, Graham will discuss the book and share some of his experiences as an avid photographer of the Carrizo Plain National Monument over the past 15 years. As a photographer, there isn t a bad time for me to visit [the Carrizo Plain]. It doesn t always have to be about the super bloom phenomena, Graham said in press materials from the Wildling Museum. I ve never returned to the grasslands without at least a few quality images.
A once-in-a-generation financial windfall is coming to San Luis Obispo County courtesy of the American Rescue Plan. The $1.9 trillion federal stimulus bill, signed into law on March 11, allocated $130 billion in direct aid to local governments, and SLO County and its seven cities are in line to receive $85 million. More than half of that, $54.9 million, will go to the county. For context, that s close to 10 percent of the entire county budget in 2020-21. The Rescue Plan payments will come in two installments in 2021 and 2022, and must be spent by the end of 2024. Andrew Hackleman, vice president of regional economic think tank REACH Central Coast, called the relief funds the type of opportunity for investment that won t come up again in our lifetimes more than likely.
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Posted By Kasey Bubnash on Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 9:50 AM Cases of COVID-19 continue to decline and, without any curfews or special holiday restrictions planned at the county or city level, local bars and restaurants are gearing up for St. Patrick’s Day. But the San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department is urging community members to keep celebrations brief, outside, small, and among only those without symptoms. click to enlarge FILE PHOTO BY GLEN STARKEY GREEN IN THE RED TIER Local bars and restaurants are gearing up for a pandemic St. Patrick s Day.
“But as all of us get ready for the next holiday that is coming up, St. Patrick s Day, I hope that we will all remember the types of surges that we ve seen with each holiday beg