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As they struggled with their own rental housing issues this year, a group of Cal Poly students decided to walk door-to-door in San Luis Obispo...

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A group of Cal Poly students spoke during public comment at a San Luis Obispo City Council meeting earlier this month calling for rent

Amid lagging tax revenue, the city of San Luis Obispo wants to add new areas to its cannabis zone—the parts of town where cannabis businesses...

A new proposed zoning change to downtown San Luis Obispo would try to incentivize smaller, denser housing development in the city's core—without overbuilding it. That's...

The San Luis Obispo City Council's approval of 280 new housing units and 12,500 square feet of commercial space on Tank Farm Road on Feb....

HITTING CAPACITY In the next 15 years, San Luis Obispo plans to add 10,000 more people, but housing units currently under construction will help the city reach that growth in the next five. San Luis Obispo could lose its "slow growth" moniker over the next several years, as pent-up demand for housing propels a building surge across town. Five large, new neighborhoods are either under construction or about to break ground in the city, and officials say their product alone will push SLO close...

Hobby Lobby submits application to open San Luis Obispo location and last updated 2021-02-22 22:15:12-05 Another arts and crafts store is making plans to open in San Luis Obispo’s Madonna Plaza. Community Development Director Michael Codron says Hobby Lobby’s first application was received by the city on Sept. 4 of last year. A second plan review was completed last month and needs to be resubmitted. The 48,362 square-foot store would be located next to REI in part of the former Forev...