SLO County supervisors vote 3-2 to return elections to pre-COVID-19 procedures
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On Tuesday, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to return to pre-COVID-19 voting procedures in 2022.
That means having around 76 polling stations and people will need to request a mail-in ballot.
San Luis Obispo County supervisors return back to traditional voting
May 6, 2021
By JOSH FRIEDMAN
The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 during a contentious hearing on Tuesday to return to return to pre-pandemic voting procedures with traditional polling stations and distribution of mail-in ballots upon request.
In 2020, all registered voters automatically received mail-in ballots. Voters could also cast ballots at a limited number of voting centers, which remained open over the span of days, rather than just on Election Day.
Following hours of public comment and deliberation, the board of supervisor voted in favor of a return to individual polling places for neighborhood precincts and elections officials only sending voters mail-in ballots upon request. SLO County is expected to have approximately 76 polling places in the next election.
The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors sent a letter to the California Water Resources Control Board on May 4 formally opposing the Shandon-San Juan Water District s (SSJWD) two recent applications for water from Lake Nacimiento and Santa Margarita Lake a move that puts two partners on the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin at odds with one another. click to enlarge File Photo By Jayson Mellom
PRIVATE OR PUBLIC WATER? SLO County sent a letter to the state opposing the Shandon-San Juan Water District s efforts to secure water from Lake Nacimiento and Santa Margarita Lake. In January, the SSJWD, which represents about 135,000 acres of irrigated agriculture east of Paso Robles, applied to the state for up to 28,000 acre-feet per year of mostly overspill flood water from the two reservoirs, wh
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SAN LUIS OBISPO The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors held a regularly scheduled meeting on May 4 from 9 a.m until 11:35 p.m. The meeting opened with public comment, which focused mainly on item 13, the request for the Board of Supervisors to sign and send a letter to the State Water Resource Control Board opposing two applications to appropriate water for the Shandon-San Juan Water District.
Supervisor Bruce Gibson moved for approval of the consent agenda with exception of item 13. His discussion on item 13 indicated that there was not enough information on the item for the Board to make a decision and should be tabled for future discussion.