Building out: The city of SLO has enough housing under construction to reach its growth cap ahead of schedule
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 to its "build-out" population of 57,200 residents—10,000 more than it has now—well ahead of a 1...