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n anticipation of the warm weather throughout San Luis Obispo County, Lopez Lake Marina posted on its Facebook page that its restaurant, store, and boat rentals would be opening on April 24 with some restrictions on the number of visitors. According to the San Luis Obispo County parks department, Lopez and Santa Margarita lakes have been open during the shelter-at-home order and have experienced overcrowding issues with patrons not observing physical distancing guidelines. In order to mitigate the issue, the department established a safe carrying capacity for vehicles at both parks until the order is lifted. Lopez Lake is allowing 320 vehicles, 50 of which may be boats with trailers. Santa Margarita Lake now has a capacity of 86 vehicles, 26 with boats with trailers. Over the last weekend in April, both lakes had a large number of visitors from other counties. Supervising park ranger for Lopez Lake Matt Mohle told New Times the lake reached capacity at 7:45 a.m. on April 24 and reached capacity the following day around noon. “I wasn’t working that day, but I spoke to the other rangers that were on staff and they said most people were understanding. I mean I think everyone gets it that there’s a new normal right now and there are regulations everywhere,” Mohle said. “There were a few individuals that were upset and [it’s] understandable, you know, we’re a little ways off the beaten path.” Summer Scott, the general manager of the
lake’s restaurant, store, and boat rentals, said that most patrons were doing their best to follow the socialdistancing guidelines. Scott said she spoke to a lot of people who were locals and enjoying their first time at the lake and also to individuals from San Diego and Monterey counties. “A lot of them were cooperative. They wore their own masks, and we had other stuff in the store they could use. So they complied, but some of them were very rude about it and just not seeing the need OPEN WITH GUIDELINES Lopez (pictured) and Santa Margarita to wear anything because Lakes are open to the public but have restrictions on the number of they were fine,” Scott said. cars allowed at a time. She said she and her staff explained to these Margarita Lake, said they’ve seen the lake individuals the social-distancing guidelines and reach capacity over the weekend and during the masks were a request that the establishment week as well. was asking of customers who wanted to come “We’ve been getting a lot of people from out into the store and restaurant. of the area that want to come and recreate out “The worry of the owner is the marina store, here at the lake, and I think a lot of that has to restaurant, and rentals is that we don’t want to do with the fact that there are other counties pass [the virus] along to someone else, and we that have closed down their fishing and lake don’t want to be the reason why it got passed use,” Wemple said. Δ along to somebody else,” she said. Ryan Wemple, a park ranger at Santa —Karen Garcia
Port San Luis fishermen’s market pilot approved
soon to be vacated by the Olde Port Fish and Seafood Company. The program, according to Harbor Manager Andrea Lueker, would give the Central Coast’s commercial fisherman an opportunity to sell directly to customers in a new way, while also offering a chance to find out if a more permanent market could be possible. “I’ve talked to a few of our fishermen that seem to be interested,” Lueker said at the meeting. “There is certainly a great opportunity for fish markets and fishermen’s markets to work cooperatively together to provide a variety of seafood.” The pilot program would allow Central Coast fishermen to operate a market similar to those run in other ports in California, including one that opens every Saturday in Santa Barbara. While commercial fishermen are already allowed to sell fish directly from their boats in the Port San Luis Harbor District, Harford Pier is unusually tall, according to a staff report, making it particularly difficult for fishermen to conduct efficient transactions. With the Olde Port Fish and Seafood Company’s plans to move from its current location to another on the pier sometime this spring or early summer, district staff say, once vacated, the building could provide the kind of space necessary to test run a fishermen’s market. Although harbor commissioners were generally supportive of the project, there were some concerns over whether the Olde Port Fish and Seafood Company facility could truly support a fishermen’s market and what it would take to meet the stringent health and food safety standards required at such events.
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Harbor Commissioner Mary Matakovich, the only commissioner to vote against the pilot program, said she didn’t see how the project could get up and running before July, with the state’s stay-at-home order in place and the Olde Port Fish and Seafood Company’s undecided moving plans. And considering all the upcoming construction plans for the Harford Pier, Matakovich said she’d rather come up with a way to better help fishermen sell directly from their boats, and sooner rather than later. Vice President Jim Blecha disagreed, and said he’d like to at least give commercial fishermen a shot at making a market work. “I’d like to see what our local guys could come with given these guidelines,” Blecha said. “I’m two thumbs up on this thing.” —Kasey Bubnash
Most SLO businesses lost at least half their revenue, didn’t get federal loans
A San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce survey of more than 200 local businesses found that a majority have experienced at least a 50 percent decline in revenue since the onset of COVID-19, and most have not had any success receiving loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The survey, which ran online from April 20 to 27 (and will be repeated in the future), asked 13 questions to businesses about the impacts of the coronavirus shutdown, including their experiences applying for forgivable loans from NEWS continued page 6
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the SBA that were funded by the first federal COVID-19 stimulus package. The intent of the survey was to gather data and feedback from the local business community amid the economic shutdown, according to Jim Dantona, CEO of the SLO Chamber. “Normally, we’re running events where we can connect with our business owners and hear from them directly about what’s happening. Now it’s becoming incredibly difficult to get that direct feedback from them,” Dantona said. “A lot of people want to know what’s happening.” Of the 235 businesses that completed the survey, 73 percent were SLO-city based and 59 percent had 10 employees or fewer. The top represented industries were professional service (23 percent); food, beverage, and hospitality (13 percent); nonprofit (12 percent); and “other” (20 percent). Three in 5 business owners said their revenues have declined by at least 50 percent, with 2 in 5 reporting even steeper losses of 75 percent or more. A third said they’d temporarily closed due to the pandemic, about one quarter said they’d laid off or furloughed at least one employee, and 2 in 5 have been unable to pay their rent in full. While those numbers didn’t surprise Dantona, given the magnitude of the crisis, he said they were still “shocking to see.” He noted that reality is probably even worse than the survey indicates. “I think that the number [of businesses with 75 percent revenue losses] is much higher, because you probably didn’t respond to this if your business was shot,” he said. SBA loans—one critical lifeline available for small businesses—were popular among businesses, but few reported success with them. According to the survey, 4 in 5 SLO companies applied for at least one emergency loan through the SBA (the Economic Injury Disaster Loan or the Paycheck Protection Program). Yet only 28 percent of those applications were approved, and only 8 percent have actually received the funds. The SBA ran out of funding for the programs on April 17. Congress recently replenished them with $370 billion in a new stimulus bill. The rollout of the loan programs received widespread criticism for funding big corporations, including some publicly traded firms. Many of the companies that were awarded multi-million-dollar loans, like Shake Shack and the Los Angeles Lakers, returned them amid public pressure. Dantona said that while the survey shows many local business owners were unsuccessful with the SBA, he was pleasantly surprised by the approval numbers. “I thought our numbers were going to be almost zero,” he said. “I was actually excited to see there’d been that many [approvals].” He said he’s hopeful that business owners will have an easier time during the second iteration of the SBA programs. “I’m hoping in the second round, the money gets down to the small-business owners, who are the keystones to this community’s economy,” he said. —Peter Johnson
San Simeon receives Brown Act violation notice While conducting its first Zoom meeting, the San Simeon Community Services District (CSD) says it accidentally posted the wrong login
information. However, the SLO County District Attorney’s Office found that it failed to hold an “open and public” meeting, violating the Brown Act. On March 20, the district held a special meeting with one agenda item, “declaration of emergency and resolution of the San Simeon Community Services District to temporarily authorize increased authority of the general manager and temporary relief for nonpayment of water/sewer bills.” The agenda listed a Zoom link and conference number as the location of that meeting. According to a letter the District Attorney’s Office sent to San Simeon on April 10, about 27 minutes into the 38-minute meeting, district board Vice Chair Gwen Kellas asked whether anyone else in the public had a comment. That was when the board realized there was only one public commenter and acknowledged it was a result of the Zoom link and conference number not working. “Well, OK this is our first go-around, and all I can say is that we’ll get better,” Kellas said during the meeting. Yet, the district continued with the meeting and unanimously voted to declare an emergency. In its letter, the District Attorney’s Office deemed that the “error was not incidental”—the error being the Brown Act violation. “The record of the meeting indicates at least some knew of the issue before the meeting started. Yet the staff failed to take steps to correct the error before the start. No effort was made to update the notice, post the correct information on the website, or even delay the special meeting,” the letter stated. Kellas told New Times that “the normal people that are normally at the meeting physically were the people that were on the call.” Being the first Zoom meeting the district conducted, Kellas said she wasn’t aware that members of the public had an issue with accessibility to the meeting until after she asked for more public comment. She said San Simeon is a small enough community that if someone was having trouble with participating in the meeting they could have walked over to the district office or called and asked for help. After the meeting, the district held six days of Zoom training that was open to the public. Kellas said the district did not receive any correspondence from the SLO County District Attorney’s Office other than the notice of Brown Act violation and didn’t feel the assessment was fair. Assistant District Attorney Eric Dobroth told New Times there is no legal requirement that the District Attorney’s Office contact a community services district in advance of sending a demand to “cure and correct” under these circumstances. “The district’s March 2020 meeting was recorded and available for public viewing after the meeting was concluded. There was sufficient information presented in the recorded meeting to determine a violation occurred,” he said. Additionally, Dobroth said the District Attorney’s Office did not send the demand for cure until April 10, “providing the district sufficient time to self-cure the violation.” Due to the Brown Act violation, the original emergency declaration didn’t count and the district was forced to vote on it again at a later meeting, the district must provide the District Attorney’s Office with agenda packets for the rest
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Recreation employees particularly hard hit by COVID-19
Millions of Americans have lost wages or were laid off entirely within the last month due to coronavirus-related closures, and within SLO County’s cities, recreation employees are among the hardest hit. Since the state implemented a shelterat-home order in mid-March, parks and trails throughout the county have closed or are open only for restricted uses. Public facilities are closed, city-run classes and events are canceled, and recreation programs—like league sports and kids’ after-school programs—are on pause. That’s left scores of part-time and seasonal employees, many who work in SLO County’s recreation departments, suddenly without work. In San Luis Obispo city alone, about 100 such employees are currently out of work, according to James Blattler, a spokesman for the city of SLO. “The temporary closure of city facilities and suspension of some city services, primarily in the Parks and Recreation and Parking divisions, had an immediate impact,” Blattler wrote in an email to New Times. “The workforce in these program areas are mainly seasonal or temporary in nature and routinely fluctuate depending on time of year or program demands.” Although the city was able to keep some recreation employees on as “trail and park ambassadors,” who help enforce social distancing regulations in city parks and on trails, Blattler said most of the city’s recreation facilities and programs are closed. Closures include programming and events at the Ludwick Center, SLO Swim Center, Laguna Lake Golf Course, Youth Services programs at five different school sites, youth and adult sports, and contract classes. Several of Arroyo Grande’s facilities and programs closed on March 18, according to Arroyo Grande Recreation Services Director Sheridan Bohlken. That led to 21 employees from Recreation Services being furloughed, along with 17 part-time staff who work in Children’s Services and the city’s preschool programs, two part-time office staff, and two part-time facilities employees. The only other city employees furloughed due to COVID-19 were two part-time employees in the Arroyo Grande Police Department, Bohlken said. Although four recreation employees are still on the clock working to provide virtual recreation opportunities, Bohlken said the others rely on events and programs for work. To offer some assistance to these employees, Arroyo Grande created an emergency sick leave program that lasted until March 31. Other cities are facing similar challenges. A recent report released by the League of California Cities found that because of coronavirus-related revenue shortfalls, 90 percent of cities project that cuts in services or furloughs and layoffs will have to be made. Three in 4 cities say they might have to do both. In Morro Bay, which relies heavily on tourists for revenue and is facing significant fiscal challenges because of COVID-19, City Manager Scott Collins said the city is implementing a number of revenue-saving measures. A number of public officials and city employees are taking pay cuts, city hiring and travel is frozen, and more than 70 temporary and part-time staff—many in recreation—are out of work.
At least two SLO County cities, Grover Beach and Pismo Beach, haven’t had to make any major cuts to recreation staff. Both have tiny recreation divisions— Pismo only has one full-time recreation employee and Grover has two—and mostly use contracted instructors for city classes, camps, and other events. While those instructors aren’t currently working, neither city has had to lay off or furlough employees because of COVID-19 losses, according to Pismo Beach City Manager Jim Lewis and Grover Beach City Manager Matt Bronson. In both cities, the few existing full- and part-time recreation staff are working on building virtual recreation activities and planning for the future. “While the city faces sizable revenue losses related to COVID-19,” Bronson of Grover Beach said, “we anticipate balancing our budget for the remainder of this fiscal year and next year without reducing services or staffing levels at this time given our overall revenues.” —Kasey Bubnash
Hotel occupancy sinks during COVID-19
While large beach crowds over a hot weekend of April 24 raised questions among locals about whether tourism is making a comeback during COVID-19, officials say that hotel occupancy rates in general remain extremely low throughout San Luis Obispo County. Hotel occupancy has averaged around 15 percent for the past several weeks, when it would normally be 60 percent or higher at this time of year, according to Visit SLO CAL, the marketing agency for SLO County tourism. Nineteen hotels and motels have opted to temporarily close their doors. “Those numbers should be pretty obvious,” said Clint Pearce, CEO of Madonna Enterprises, whose Madonna Inn is open but has struggled financially. “We’re losing money every day ... [but] we feel like it’s our community duty and service to provide that essential service.” Lodging properties—including Airbnb rentals—are considered essential businesses under the state’s shelter-at-home order. Since the crisis, hotel guests have been primarily essential service workers and locals, according to Chuck Davison, president and CEO of Visit SLO CAL. “Many of these hotels are housing emergency service and medical personnel that need a place to stay that doesn’t potentially put their own families at risk,” Davison said. While data on Airbnb properties is less available, Davison said “we are hearing from our partners that occupancy is at about 16 percent.” He added that many vacation rentals, especially on the North Coast, are being occupied by their primary owners who are Bay Area or LA residents. “We are seeing an uptick of those individuals opting to shelter at home in their homes here in the county rather than in a major metropolitan area,” he said. Despite the data showing overall low occupancy, coastal officials and hoteliers acknowledged an uptick in guests enjoying the warm weather of the April 24 weekend. On April 28, the city of Morro Bay issued a warning to hotels and vacation rentals against hosting non-essential, out-of-area guests. Hotels could be subject to $1,000 fines if they are found in noncompliance, the city said. ∆ —Peter Johnson
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Unique needs in a unique time The transition to distance learning brings different challenges for parents and teachers of children with special needs
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hen SLO County’s schools first announced plans to close in mid-March, it was a Friday, and within the window of a weekend, administrators, teachers, and parents like Sara McGrath were forced to adapt to an entirely new model of education. Teachers transformed their classrooms to virtual forums, administrators worked to identify families in need of computers and wireless internet, and parents were suddenly tasked with schooling their children from home. It’s been chaotic for everyone involved, but even more so for parents like McGrath, who is juggling work and homeschooling her two kids, one a sixth grader and the other an 8-year-old with Down syndrome, Liam. “The first couple of weeks I was overwhelmed and feeling crazy,” McGrath told New Times, “like so many parents are.” When it comes to educating children with special needs, the approach varies greatly, but it tends to be much more hands-on and individualized than in general education. Many students with special needs require constant one-on-one care, some have unique medical needs, and others attend various counseling and therapy sessions through their schools. The normal mode of individualized education made the transition to distance learning more intense for those teaching and parenting children with special needs. McGrath’s daughter is old enough to work mostly on her own, but Liam needs a lot of attention. He’s enrolled in a general education second grade class at Pacheco Elementary School, where he works oneon-one with an instructional assistant throughout the day and sees a speech language pathologist and an occupational therapist a few times each week. So on top of helping him complete his usual assignments and coordinating with his general education teacher, McGrath is in constant communication with his occupational therapist, speech pathologist, and instructional assistant, all who have their own Zoom sessions to set up and tasks to assign. It’s a lot, and compared to some other local families of children with special needs, McGrath says her family has it easy. Her husband was laid off as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, so, even though they’re losing income, he’s had plenty of free time to help their son with schoolwork. And the instructional assistant who works with McGrath’s son has gone above and beyond anyone’s expectations—staying in touch, helping out, and even dropping off treats.
Going the distance
But the transition to distance learning hasn’t been so simple for everyone, and McGrath knows that better than most. As a family resource specialist at Parents Helping Parents of SLO, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children with special needs and their families,
McGrath consistently works to connect families of children with special needs to local resources, and she’s heard from some parents who are really struggling with distance learning. One parent McGrath works with is taking college courses online while homeschooling an energetic 4-yearold and a 7-year-old with autism. The parent has to be at her 7-year-old’s side for everything—virtual class meetings, behavioral therapy sessions, classwork. Sometimes they work together nonstop from early morning until dinner and still can’t get to everything. Another parent McGrath knows has a junior high school student with special needs who normally attends six general education classes and completes modified assignments. When schools closed, the district dropped three of the student’s classes to make his distancelearning workload more manageable for everyone involved. But the parent worries her child is losing an important part of his education. That’s a concern for a number of parents of children with special needs, who McGrath said feel like they can’t make it to every therapy session, assignment, and Zoom meeting their children are supposed to attend. Some, including McGrath herself, have given up on doing every single little thing. “Our mental health and our kids’ mental health is most important,” McGrath told New Times. “So we’re not going to sweat it too much.” That’s the attitude the SLO County Office of Education is taking as well, according to Katherine Aaron, assistant superintendent for student programs and services. When schools closed in March, it happened suddenly, and Aaron said it forced districts to move rapidly to a distance-learning model. That changed everything about how students with special needs will meet their learning goals, and in some cases, changed the goals entirely. The SLO County Office of Education runs highly specialized education programs compared to the school districts throughout the county, from programs for deaf and blind students to courses offered in juvenile detention.
Building while flying
For some families of children with special needs, especially those with unique needs, homeschooling wouldn’t be realistic without the appropriate technology and materials. So Aaron said the first few weeks of the shutdown were dedicated largely to identifying any families in need of special accommodations and getting those needs met. But every family and situation is different, and Aaron said every classroom is too. For some, the main focus is ensuring there’s enough food to survive. For others, just making contact is a challenge.
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PARENTS HELPING PARENTS Family Resource Specialist Sara McGrath leads a virtual bilingual reading session with her 8-year-old son, Liam. McGrath works at Parents Helping Parents of SLO, an organization that helps connect the families of children with special needs to available resources.
“To me, education is the third focus,” Aaron told New Times. “If we can get to some education, I think that’s a bonus during this time. My biggest thing, especially with these specialized populations, is that we don’t lose any students.” Aaron worries that with school closed, students with tough home lives might fall through the cracks. If students can’t log into school or their parents don’t encourage it, their learning could regress. Or worse, if children are being abused or neglected and they aren’t seeing teachers every day, the abuse could go unnoticed and unreported. Although Aaron said the county Office of Education has been able to contact 100 percent of its students, other districts are larger and can’t say the same. Liz Smith is the director of SLO County SELPA, the organization that oversees all the special education programs in the county. She, too, is most focused on ensuring that every child has his or her basic needs met during the school closures. Throughout the county, Smith said school districts are reporting that about 75 to 80 percent of special needs students are logging in and participating in school. That number is OK, she said, but it leaves a pretty large chunk of students who either aren’t regularly participating in school or haven’t even been accounted for. Distance learning isn’t standardized, she said, and each district, school, and teacher is going about it differently. So Smith said she hopes to see participation increase as everyone becomes more comfortable with the new model. “There is a lot of building the plane while we’re flying it,” she said. But there was uniformity in the way the county’s schools handled
individualized learning programs (IEP). Every student who needs special education has an IEP, a legal document that maps out the goals for a child’s education and strategies for achieving them, along with ways to fulfill the child’s unique needs. IEPs are detailed and created through a lengthy, thorough process by a team of educators, therapists, and children’s families. The needs and goals of students are different from a distance than they would be in the classroom, so Smith said the county’s special education programs decided to do something drastic: They pinpointed each student with an IEP, looked at every plan, and amended each one to coincide with the new online and distance-learning model. It was a massive undertaking, and one that Smith said wasn’t mandatory. On April 9, the California Department of Education released guidelines for California special education programs outlining that IEPs would not necessarily have to be amended due to coronavirusrelated closures. But Smith said SLO County districts were already deep into their amendment work by that point, and she doesn’t regret doing it. It gave everyone involved, staff and parents alike, some much-needed clarity at a time filled to the brim with uncertainty. “There are some opportunities here,” Smith said, “and one of those opportunities is that staff really do have this chance to work in a closer partnership with parents.” The way children learn changed and it changed quickly, but, Smith said, “that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s synonymous with a lower quality.” Δ Staff Writer Kasey Bubnash can be reached at kbubnash@newtimesslo.com.
News BY PETER JOHNSON
Feeding families As COVID-19 cripples the economy, SLO County works to meet an unprecedented surge in food need
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hen the San Luis Obispo County Food Bank makes its regular monthly trip to distribute free groceries at Baywood Elementary School in Los Osos, about 30 families typically show up to take food home. For its April 14 distribution, the first at the school site since the coronavirus shutdown, the Food Bank planned for a higher turnout by bringing enough food to serve more than three times that number of households. It still wasn’t enough. That afternoon, as many as 250 cars lined up outside of Baywood Elementary—and about half went home with empty trunks as supplies ran out. The Food Bank returned the next day with more than 100 extra grocery bags to serve the unmet need, but that line of cars spoke volumes about the economic impact of COVID-19 on SLO County. “It gives you a sense of the scale and scope of just how tragic this is for so many members of our community,” said Garret Olson, COVID-19 emergency operations manager for the SLO Food Bank. “I think what we’re seeing is an absolutely unprecedented need.” As the pandemic puts millions of Californians out of work—with nearly 20,000 SLO County workers filing for unemployment between mid-March and mid-April—and forces seniors and the medically fragile to stay home, people are increasingly turning to friends and family, neighbors, and community nonprofits for help putting food on the table. From the Food Bank to food stamps, school districts to churches, homeless service groups to domestic violence shelters, a helpful neighbor to a helpful stranger on Facebook—SLO County has mobilized in a variety of ways to feed themselves and others. “It’s very overwhelming to realize the kinds of needs that are out there. And there really aren’t mechanisms to help fill those fast,” said SLO resident Leah Wood, founder of the HelpSLO Facebook group, which after one month as a community hub has grown to 7,000-plus members. “A lot of the traffic was people writing through the website: ‘I have a car. I’m unemployed. How can I help?’ … It’s really neat. It’s a new way to imagine this system of helping.” And the need is off the charts. At the Food Bank, demand for its inventory from 77 agency partners throughout the county is up 252 percent in April compared to January. At its “direct distribution” sites, like Baywood Elementary in Los Osos, pickups are up 285 percent. All together, the Food Bank is projecting that more than a half-million pounds of groceries will be dispersed to the community during this month. “When COVID struck, we had six months’ worth of inventory on premise,” Olson explained. “In less than three weeks, by throwing open our doors and feeding people, our six months went to seven weeks.”
The Food Bank is able to continue to meet the demand, Olson said, thanks to an injection of emergency funding provided by SLO County. At COVID-19’s onset, the county quickly made $650,000 available to the nonprofit to purchase food. With those funds now completely spent, the nonprofit and the county— which are working together to deliver groceries and medicine to hundreds of elderly and medically vulnerable residents—are in discussions about another round of funding. “We don’t know what the ceiling is,” Olson said. “But we also recognize that on the other end of this emergency, the Food Bank still needs to be a resilient community resource.” Supplementing the larger entities like the Food Bank and the school districts are smaller community groups trying to do their part. The Five Cities Christian Women’s Food Pantry has seen its daily food program grow by as much as 50 percent during COVID-19. The 46-year-old pantry on 9th Street in Grover Beach is open weekdays for pickups by car from 2 to 3:30 p.m. “We definitely see more people coming by, and that’s good,” said Marlene Jeung, a longtime pantry volunteer. “Anyone that is food insecure is welcome to drive through, no questions asked. You just have to pop your trunk.” Like many community food banks and social service groups, Jeung said the pantry had to first navigate the loss of several elderly volunteers who were forced to shelter at home due to the coronavirus. But after one Facebook post on the HelpSLO page, the nonprofit was inundated with offers for help. “Boy, I couldn’t even call everybody back, we had so many people,” Jeung said. “These volunteers are just wonderful. They’re very upbeat and willing to do anything I ask of them.” Throughout the county, nonprofits and faith-based groups are working quickly
to mobilize and adapt their services to social-distancing requirements. In North County, Loaves and Fishes is providing outdoor grocery pickups (between 1 and 3 p.m. in Atascadero and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. in Paso Robles). “We’ve changed our procedures,” said Kathleen Aragon, an Atascadero Loaves and Fishes volunteer. “In the past they had to come in for an interview. They don’t have to do that anymore. They come to the door and do not enter the building.” Aragon added that the store— which serves residents of Atascadero, Templeton, Santa Margarita, Creston, and Cal Valley—has Spanish-speaking volunteers available on-site. Other organizations that are providing opportunities for food pickups and deliveries include: Meals that Connect, Grace Church SLO, Los Osos Cares and Womenade, the El Camino Homeless Organization, Salvation Army, New Life Community Church, Nipomo Food Basket, People’s Kitchen of the South County, St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Stand Strong and RISE SLO, Transitions-Mental Health Association, Meals on Wheels, Estero Bay Kindness Coalition, Shoreline Church, El Morro Church of the Nazarene, Trinity United Methodist Church, and Hope’s Village SLO. The COVID-19 crisis has also inspired startups. Gift of Grub is a small team of Los Osos residents making homemade soups in pressurized, reusable Mason jars, and delivering them free of charge to dozens of households. Cal Poly student Walter Lafky, of the local startup AgriConnect, is leveraging his connections with local farmers to deliver free produce boxes to residents in need. All of these efforts need donations to continue. Whether it’s the Food Bank or Lafky’s produce project, every dollar goes a long way to keep the community fed during the pandemic. “We anticipate it’s not going to be weeks, and probably not months,” said Olson of the Food Bank. “It’s going to be years before the food insecurity in this county returns to what was already a tragically high level before COVID-19.” Δ Assistant Editor Peter Johnson can be reached at pjohnson@newtimesslo.com. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SLO FOOD BANK
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n the initial aftermath of the March 19 shelter-at-home order taking effect, panic buying ensued at supermarkets across the county. Toilet paper, hand sanitizers, frozen foods, staple items— all of them were flying off shelves as everyone filled their carts. But SLO Oriental Market co-owner Fani Gau, said her store might have been San Luis Obispo’s one exception during that period. The grocery store, specializing in selling Asian groceries and ingredients, is tucked away near the corner of Monterey and Johnson streets. Hidden on first glance from street view, Gau said people initially didn’t know where the store’s location is “or even that we’re a store in town.” “We were kind of forgotten in a way, I feel,” Gau told New Times. “At the beginning, I feel it was a little quieter because people were purchasing toilet paper and paper towels … I don’t think there was much of a need yet for other things.” New customers have been making their way to the store since then, Gau said, which happened through word-of-mouth from other clients. The store’s specialized inventory has brought first-time clients to get items they may not find at other stores. But new clientele has brought new difficulties, according to Gau. Some of the store’s inventory has not been restocked for a while because of high demand across the board, which she called one of the biggest difficulties the store now faces. Tofu, for instance, was out of stock for a month. There are upsides, however. The store offers curbside pickup for those who want to minimize interaction, Gau said, and the market allows older clients to shop when nobody is in the store to give them ease of mind. “It helps that our store is not very big,” she said. “Compared to big groceries, we don’t get that much traffic so it makes it a little bit better for people who are trying to watch the [social] distancing and not being around a lot of people. That’s been helping out a lot, too.” SLO Oriental Market had to change its hours and days of operation as well. The store is now open weekdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., which is a reduction from its typical 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. business hours and being open weekends. Gau made the decision to reduce hours.
She said she and her husband wanted to protect their health and well-being, as she noticed more customers shopped during weekends. “I feel like we cannot afford—for either of us—to get sick,” she said, “because if we do, we’d have nobody to work our store.” But Gau noted the positive response from her customers amid the current situation to help the store out. Some clients call ahead to make sure items are available so they can purchase them later. Social media outreach has been big as well, with the store posting on its Instagram and Facebook pages when items are restocked. And longtime customers have bought more than usual to make sure the store stays afloat, according to Gau. “We’re super grateful for all those customers that continue to shop with us during this pandemic,” she said. “We appreciate all the support, we appreciate that they’re sharing our store with their friends and their family. And we’re just super grateful that we get to stay open and keep our store for now.”
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• The El Camino Homeless Organization (ECHO) is offering “safety bags” to the North County homeless community prevent the spread of COVID-19 among the community. These bags include face masks, gloves, and hand sanitizer, along with food and safety products. ECHO representatives will hand out safety bags in areas where homeless people congregate, according to the organization. • The Boys & Girls Club of South San Luis Obispo County is organizing a pen pal project for the club’s youth members to interact with volunteers and mentors during the pandemic. Those in the project are encouraged to share their favorite indoor and outdoor activities, books, shows, sports, and more. Those interested in volunteering as a pen pal should contact bgcsloathome@gmail.com for more information. Δ Editorial intern Francisco Martinez wrote this week’s Strokes and Plugs. Send tidbits to strokes@newtimesslo.com.
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BY JOHN SUMMER
Unmasking the media Take a peek behind what national broadcast reporters convey while covering themselves and the pandemic
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h, I just love it when a “national” broadcast news reporter submerges himself or herself in the hoary depths of a debacle. This is where they gain their stripes. This is raw reporting at its finest. Over the ages, news reporters have strived to hurl themselves into the teeth of a storm, or war, or a Justin Bieber concert. The finest moments come with a trench coat while clutching a telephone pole as the category 5 hurricane scours the surrounding terrain like a “freight train” leaving a “war zone” with “trees snapping like matchsticks.” And there, in the middle of it all … is the intrepid reporter, body waving horizontally, lips flapping in the 157 mph wind. And throughout it all, they are appropriately dressed. Mujahideen turbans in Afghanistan. Burkas in Iraq. And trench coats everywhere. So it is with the virus I call “Phil.” This is “war” in the absence of war, and national broadcast news reporters are embracing it with the full measure of zeal and appropriate dress. In this case, with the face mask. Now don’t get me wrong. I’m not dissing face masks. Worn in the appropriate setting along with at least a 6-foot zone of demarcation and a Taser, face masks can help to prevent the spread of Phil. But that’s not the case with the national TV reporters I’m watching at this moment on
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the evening news as the anchor appears with a Zoom meeting/Brady Bunch display next to him where every reporter is wearing a mask. The face mask has been hijacked as a virtue-signaling device like a bumper sticker on a Subaru. Reporters are visibly demonstrating their “high moral standards,” when in most cases where they report from the mask is about as useful as a goose-down parka in a summer grassfire. Come to think of it, the mask would be a good thing in a grassfire. But that’s not where these important broadcast people are. They’re in the middle of a Kmart parking lot in Secaucus. Or on an empty beach in Lavallette or Neptune. Or in desolate midtown Manhattan. You could fire an Exocet missile down Broadway these days and never hit anyone except perhaps the Naked Cowboy. But they’re there. Fearless reporters all, wearing the mask. (Insider’s note: Most of these dufuses don’t even write their own copy. They have producers who march to the orders of the East Coast Blue Blood Elite Network Managers, who have an agenda. Oh yes they do.) And come to think of it part deux: They’re all on the East Coast, and that’s the problem. Most national media reside in the New York/Washington, D.C., corridor, and that’s the lens through
which they view the rest of the country. They think they are us. Since they’ve got it bad, they just assume the rest of us should suffer along with them. Well, I feel bad for them, but I don’t suffer with them. I’ve got my own stuff to deal with. It’s like denying the whole fourth grade class peanut butter sandwiches because one student has an allergy. I get it. But what about the rest of us out here in the hinterlands? You know, “If we can prevent just one death” ... from despair, fear, anxiety, joblessness, homelessness, alcoholism, domestic abuse, heart attack, stroke, drug addiction, suicide. Post those statistics in bold print alongside the anchor, instead of virus stats, as if they’re doing body counts during the Vietnam War. Aren’t those economic lost lives equal in value to lives lost to the virus? The reality is, we had it first. This is pretty clear now. I can’t tell you how many people have said that they had a nasty unexplained illness here on the Central Coast long before we even heard of this virus thing called by many names. That includes my own family and friends. And there’s a good explanation. California has/ had a robust air bridge between us and China, where the virus began. And since it comes from China, on the other side of the Pacific, we would naturally be the first to be infected, as recent studies out of Stanford and USC are confirming. Then it travels all the way to the East Coast. And to the East Coast from the other side of the Atlantic as well. So we’ve had it. Now they’ve got it. Such is life.
Well, here’s the deal. Don’t listen to these broadcast numbskulls. They spew negativity and divisiveness. Take charge of your own life. You know what is best for you. Wear a mask if you wish. But no mask can protect us from fear and despair and putting our lives on hold while the illuminati lecture us from afar. Respect your neighbor. Exercise common sense and cleanliness and responsibility. If you are among the “vulnerable,” stay home. But for God’s sake, let’s get back to business. The more we learn, the less we have to fear. And we’ve learned a lot. But not from the myopic mask-wearing posers on the “national” TV news. And I guarantee you the mask comes off once the camera is off. Δ John Summer spent many years imbedded in the world of broadcast journalism and managed to survive unscathed. At least he thinks so. He writes from San Luis Obispo. Send your thoughts, comments, and opinionated letters to letters@newtimesslo.com.
Letters It’s too soon to open
Great Shredder column in New Times (“Free-dumb,” April 23)! This week, I participated in a Zoom meeting with state Sen. Bill Monning (D-Carmel) and SLO County Public Health Director Dr. Penny Borenstein. It was a short session but you certainly covered the sense I had of SLO County asking Gov. Gavin Newsom to retreat from shelter-at-home much too soon. There will be an immediate influx of people coming to the county for respite from their homes elsewhere. I know that many people are suffering from lack of income, LETTERS continued page 12
Russell Hodin
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BY ANDREW CHRISTIE
Voter suppression goes viral A mong all the “did-he-just-say-that?” moments triggered by the words that come out of the mouth of our commander in chief, Donald Trump’s March 30 chat with Fox & Friends stands out. Trump was voicing alarm over Democrats’ proposal to include funding in the coronavirus stimulus package to help states adapt their election systems to the crisis by expanding options for vote-by-mail, early voting, and online registration. “The things they had in there were crazy,” he said. “They had things, levels of voting, that if you ever agreed to it you’d never have a Republican elected in this country again.”
its historical fondness for voter suppression into a pandemic is still appalling. Wisconsin’s recent primary election was both a low point and a high point in that history. The state’s Republican Party got a court ruling overturned that would have allowed Wisconsin to take the sensible course of postponing the election, and forced its citizens to risk their lives and turn out in long lines to exercise their right to vote. Then all five Republican appointees to the U.S. Supreme Court joined in, refusing to extend Wisconsin’s deadline for absentee ballots by six days. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in her dissent
... the preferred electoral environment of someone who lost the popular vote by 3 million votes is one in which voting is made as difficult as possible. Just to make sure his meaning was clear to all, a week later he tweeted that voting by mail “for whatever reason, doesn’t work out well for Republicans.” And just to make sure the president’s meaning was clear to the president, the Washington Post headlined: “Trump just comes out and says it: The GOP is hurt when it’s easier to vote.” It should probably come as no surprise that the preferred electoral environment of someone who lost the popular vote by 3 million votes is one in which voting is made as difficult as possible. But the spectacle of the Republican Party carrying
from the ruling, noted that the many absentee voters who had not yet received their ballots either “will have to brave the polls, endangering their own and others’ safety, or they will lose their right to vote, through no fault of their own.” That low point was immediately followed by a high point: The vote suppression strategy backfired in spectacular fashion when that election resulted in a Trump-backed state Supreme Court judge, an odds-on favorite to retain his seat by a comfortable margin, was swept out of office in a wave of voter outrage, the first time in 12 years
LETTERS from page 11
90 percent of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 had at least one underlying health condition, while statistics from New York City demonstrate that 88 percent of hospitalizations had two or more chronic illnesses. While the governor is resisting the call for local control, claiming accurately that the virus knows no jurisdiction, it’s also true that vulnerable populations can be easily identified and protected with continuing shelter-at-home support, while the rest of us return to earning a living. Even in the best of times, many in our county are on the brink financially, and I am concerned about severe and longlasting financial consequences to these individuals. Economic hardship comes with a well-documented array of negative health outcomes, and I support Mr. Cunningham’s actions to prevent “catastrophic public health issues” that will result from a prolonged shuttering of our economy. Nicole Dorfman Morro Bay
but putting people’s health in jeopardy is a much larger concern. As I venture out for groceries every couple of weeks, I still see people ignoring social distancing and refusing to wear a mask. These protections are for everyone and have made a huge difference in the incidence of COVID-19 infections in the county. How ironic that “watching trends” is the excuse. Short-term gain for long-term loss! Gee, since the virus is invisible, we aren’t able to see a trend except afterward. Those who signed the letter to Newsom should be ashamed of themselves. They may think they’re being proactive, but it is a misplaced belief. I hope Newsom continues the strong stand he has taken and denies the request. Susan Crosson Arroyo Grande
It’s time to phase in a reopening
I want to thank Assemblymember Jordan Cunningham (R-San Luis Obispo), along with supervisors and mayors of SLO County, who signed his letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom advocating for a loosening of shelter-at-home restrictions in our county. Given the paucity of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths, coupled with our high health care capacity, Mr. Cunningham’s request for a “phased reopening of our economy” is reasonable. According to recent reports from Journal of the American Medical Association and the Centers for Disease Control, nearly
What’s up with the pier embargo?
I drove the PCH way up north on Friday, April 24, so I could enjoy my favorite Central Coast pastime: taking a walk on the San Simeon pier. The park was open, the picnic areas were open, the beaches were open, and there was even a uniformed park employee in the kiosk at the front gate. It was a glorious day, and the place had a full complement of outdoor pleasure-seekers being extra careful to
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that an incumbent on the state court lost his seat to a challenger. It was an instance of voter suppression that had an outcome precisely the opposite of the one intended. But we can’t pretend that this means the problem will now go away. As Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune wrote last November: “Ever since the Supreme Court seriously weakened the Voting Rights Act in 2013, we’ve seen a barrage of new laws aimed at keeping people from voting. Between 2016 and 2018, 17 million voters were purged from the rolls. These new laws are sometimes presented as innocuous bureaucratic initiatives. But make no mistake: They’re just as racist and undemocratic as the poll taxes of the Jim Crow South. “These 21st-century voter-suppression tactics increase the likelihood that communities will be represented by someone who doesn’t actually represent their values or needs, who won’t fight for them in Congress, and won’t be accountable to them. They decrease voters’ power, which increases the influence of wealthy donors and big corporations. And they overwhelmingly disenfranchise African Americans, Latinos, young people, college students, women, and the disabled.” This is a big part of the reason why the Democracy Initiative was formed by the Sierra Club, Greenpeace, the Communications Workers of America, and the NAACP in 2012. Looking back, it was an act of remarkable foresight.
observe social-distancing guidelines. But the pier was closed, along with all the other piers in San Luis Obispo County. Why? County residents and taxpayers really deserve the immediate lifting of this arbitrary pier embargo, as it negatively affects all who live here while doing nothing to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Think about it: Beach walking and picnicking are OK, but somehow, a stroll on the pier isn’t? Just how does that work? John Winthrop Cayucos
Oil has nothing to do with COVID-19
SLO Mayor Heidi Harmon doesn’t like oil, especially fracking. This is obvious. But her letter mixing COVID-19 and oil is confusing. Let’s apply a little common sense. First, fracking has made the United States energy independent. This means we no longer have to rely on thug regimes for petroleum. It also means we pay less for fuel, leaving more money in our pockets for other things. Apparently, Mayor Harmon wants to do
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Trump’s way-too-candid admission on Fox & Friends came after Mitch McConnell and friends slashed the proposed inclusion of at least $2 billion to help states administer elections during a national crisis as part of the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill. The $400 million that the Senate allowed in the stimulus bill is 20 percent of the minimum amount needed to address the problem of how people can safely vote in a pandemic. The Democracy Initiative, now consisting of 55 organizations, is continuing to push for the full funding necessary to protect the right to vote. As NAACP President Derrick Johnson put it, “We should not be forced to choose between our health and our vote. Congress must significantly increase funding to states so they may adopt a variety of measures to administer elections in a safe and accessible manner. Failing to protect our democracy is not an option in this critical election year.” If you’d like to help ensure that elections feature the highest level of access to voters and the highest levels of turnout, and that their outcomes contain the highest amount of democracy, please join us at sierraclub.org/readytovote, #ReadyToVote. Δ Andrew Christie is the director of the Santa Lucia Chapter of the Sierra Club. Send comments through clanham@newtimesslo. com or write a letter to the editor and email it to letters@newtimesslo.com.
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What is one thing you want to see in a SLO County plan to reopen? 44% A robust testing plan. 26% It’s still too early to be talking about a plan to reopen. 20% Restrictions on tourism so that the disease is not brought here. 11% Mandatory masks, social distancing, and a ban on events. 101 Votes
away with less expensive fuel. What this then means is we all pay higher prices for everything. Let’s use solar panels as an example. Some are made overseas, meaning they first are delivered on ships that use petroleum fuels. Next, the solar panels are loaded on a truck or train and delivered to the installation site. Again, this takes fuel. Same for domestically made panels. All of our groceries are delivered by trucks to stores. This again requires fuel. Other commodities, the same. So by eliminating petroleum, the costs of everything increases. The more we spend on transportation of products, the less money we have for other necessities of life. What does any of this have to do with COVID-19? Nothing. Steve Rebuck San Luis Obispo
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Willful or stupid? W
e’ve all done it. Sent the wrong Zoom link to the crew. Had a technical glitch in our video-streaming giddyup because a password didn’t work. Heard Grandpa Joe’s voice come out of a black hole because he’s incapable of figuring out how to turn his computer’s camera on. Watched Brenda stuck with her mouth open because her internet sucks. Tim do the pixelated robot because same. Let’s face it: We are all experts on virtual meeting screw-ups now. But whether you wear pants or not on a work video call is your business. Whether a community services district includes the wrong Zoom link in an agenda packet is the public’s business— and the San Simeon Community Services District (CSD) just got spanked by the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office. Oops. It’s not so much that they just put the wrong link out to the public. It’s that after realizing their mistake, supposedly because a cohort of meeting gadflies weren’t champing at the bit for their turn in the yellow box, the district’s board of directors just continued right along with the meeting. Perhaps they figured nobody would care. It’s just a little meeting in a little town about a little emergency known as COVID-19. Plus, you know, they were
voting to give people a break on late payments of utilities. Who is going to argue with that? Who? Well, somebody cared enough to report it to the District Attorney’s Office, which investigated the issue and sent a “cure and correct” letter to the CSD. “The record of the meeting indicates at least some knew of the issue before the meeting started. Yet the staff failed to take steps to correct the error before the start. No effort was made to update the notice, post the correct information on the website, or even delay the special meeting,” a letter from the DA’s Office told the CSD. Ooh. That doesn’t sound good. See, the thing with public meetings is that they are all about public access. And if the public can’t access the meeting and you knew they couldn’t access the meeting, then that’s a purposeful Brown Act violation. So sounds like a pretty openand-shut case to me. But San Simeon CSD Vice Chair Gwen Kellas thinks the DA’s Office is being unfair! And it’s this one dude’s fault—this one dude who is a “pain in the butt citizen,” she told New Times. He didn’t like the emergency ordinance, so he was pissed that it passed, and he retaliated against the district, according to Kellas, by reporting what I’m going to go ahead a call a “slam dunk” Brown Act violation to the DA’s Office.
“And the DA took it without ever contacting the board or staff or anybody,” Kellas said. “We’ve had numerous people walk in and thank us because they really appreciated what we were doing, except for that one person. That one person that does not pay a water bill or wastewater bill, his nose’s out of joint because he doesn’t come under the resolution.” Geez. He does sound like a pain in the ass! Kind of like a couple of other disgruntled public meeting regulars I can think of. And I won’t even say their names because I know they’re going to whine to CalCoastNews about it and publish some anti-New Times screed to make themselves feel better. But, hey, whatever helps people sleep at night. Citizens with an ax to grind are absolutely going to call you on it if they catch you doing wrong! So why would you knowingly screw up? As a public official, you are accountable to the citizens. It’s not the other way around—no matter what our Bleach Injector In Chief says during his daily COVID-19 shitshows. SLO County had its own one of those during the last weekend in April, no orange con man needed—although maybe
he was the inspiration for Central Valley beachcombers who lined up in Pismo Beach to get a taste of that Splash Café clam chowder during quarantine. Nothing like being stuck at home during a pandemic to make you want to stand next to a bunch of randos on the street and eat hot soup on an 90-degree day. Sounds downright American! It’s as if the county put a siren’s call out to all of the nonbelievers when it asked Gov. Gavin Newsom to allow the counties that have done everything right to stem the COVID-19 tide to reopen. We’re so amazing we made national news, and people flocked here from out of town. San Deigans showed up to Santa Margarita Lake, Monterey County sunworshippers popped on over to Lopez Lake. Our beaches were packed with the kinds of people who are probably also protesting the “authoritarian” government for forcing us to shelter at home during a pandemic hoax even though more than 60,000 Americans have died from the virus. These guys are “standing up for America” to get the virus if they want to! It’s a free country! Apparently, Morro Bay is dunzo with the free-dumb show. The city is threatening to fine vacation rentals $1,000 if guests from out of town are staying under their roofs. Stay home America. ∆ The Shredder wants the clam chowder and beaches to stay open to SLO County. Send comments to shredder@newtimesslo.com.
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Cover BY CAMILLIA LANHAM
A hand up
The annual Giving Tuesday campaign adds a second day this year as the COVID-19 pandemic tests local nonprofits and the clients they serve
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or the first time in 30 years, the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden is conducting its annual spring plant sale online. Organized by Cal Poly student Emma Pirtle as her senior project, the virtual plant sale runs from May 6
through 17 and will feature a variety of Mediterranean plants, from succulents to drought-tolerant species and area natives, according to Development Director Heather Billing. Although the garden isn’t open to the public right now due to COVID-19 stay-
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SHOP VIRTUAL You won’t be able to peruse the pots of plants at the SLO Botanical Garden this spring, but you can still support the nonprofit by purchasing your favorites virtually for the upcoming plant sale.
at-home orders, people are still there to ensure the plants in the greenhouse don’t die and the plants in the ground stay healthy. That way, when it’s time to open back up again, the Botanical Garden is ready to continue serving its purpose. “Our mission is to connect people with nature, and plants are just one of the ways. Even if you live in an apartment, you can have houseplants,” Billing said. “They just bring life.” Billing said plant sales in the spring and fall are one of the Botanical Garden’s main sources of revenue. The upcoming Giving Tuesday Now happens to coincide with the Botanical Garden’s biannual plant sale. The nonprofit is one of several organizations in SLO County participating in Giving Tuesday Now on May 5. Since 2012, Giving Tuesday has taken place after Thanksgiving as a day encouraging people to do good, according to Caryn Stein, the head of communications for Giving Tuesday. Adding a second day to the calendar this year is an “emergency response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19,” she said in response to emailed questions. “It’s designed to be a day when we an all come together and give back in all ways, no matter who or where we are,” Stein said. “#GivingTuesdayNow is
about giving of all types—some may choose to give a financial contribution to their favorite cause or a fundraising drive, others will opt to reach out to neighbors, start an advocacy campaign, donate goods or extra supplies, share gratitude to front-line workers and those keeping us safe. If you can show generosity and share kindness, you have something to give!” On the last Giving Tuesday—Dec. 3, 2019—$2 billion in donations were generated in the United States, Stein said, and millions of volunteers offered their time, voices, money, and goods. She said some organizations use the day to focus on fundraising, while others organize community events, advocacy campaigns, or just use it as a day to say thanks. For the Botanical Garden, Giving Tuesday is a way to generate a little bit of extra revenue that can be put toward the plans and permits they need to complete a trails and gardens project on 150 acres of land in El Chorro Regional Park, Billing said. In addition to getting ready for the plant sale, Billing said the Botanical Garden is using this time to work on those plans. They are weed-whacking for a future trail network as well as continuing to work on the seven gardens featuring plants from each of the seven different Mediterranean climates. COVER continued page 15
MAY 5, 2020 A Global Generosity Movement ... Locally on the Central Coast #GivingTuesdayNow
is a global day of giving and unity that will take place on May 5, 2020 as an emergency response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19.
focused on opportunities to give back to communities and causes in safe ways that allow for social connection and kindness even while practicing physical distancing.
This new day is organized by GivingTuesday, and is being held in addition to the annually scheduled GivingTuesday event that will still take place on December 1, 2020. In partnership with GivingTuesday’s global network of leaders, partners, communities and generous individuals, this event is set to spark an increase in grassroots generosity, citizen engagement, business and philanthropy activation, and support for communities and nonprofits around the world.
#GivingTuesdayNow is an opportunity for people around the world to stand together in unity—to use their individual power of generosity to remain connected and heal.
People can show their generosity in a variety of ways to participate in #GivingTuesdayNow—whether it’s helping a neighbor, advocating for an issue, sharing a skill, or giving to causes, every act of generosity counts. The movement is currently
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So, in the spirit of Giving Tuesday please take the time to see who needs your support and help if you can.
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“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” —Winston Churchill
Cover Donate time, money, or kindness
To learn more about the upcoming Giving Tuesday Now and get ideas about how you can help, visit now. givingtuesday.org. Find an organization near you by checking out givingtuesday.org/whats-happeningnear-me. Get your SLO Botanical Garden plant fix at slobg.org. Visit Community Partners in Caring online at partnersincaring.org. COVER from page 14
“We’re in a week-to-week situation out here,” Billing said, adding that when the time comes to open to the public, they want to be ready. “If anything, pandemics are a good time to plan.” While an organization like SLO Botanical Garden is looking to generate funding on May 5, other organziations, such as Santa Barbara County’s Community Partners in Caring is searching for volunteers. Community Partners in Caring lost 90 percent of its volunteers at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the nonprofit’s volunteers are older than 65, so when the stay-at-home orders went into place, those volunteers had to stay home. But the people who Community Partners serves still need the services the organization provides. Homebound seniors still need help getting groceries and prescriptions, doing yard work, and just to know that someone is looking out for them. So Community Partners put out the call and was able to replenish about half of its volunteer force, according to Marketing Director/ Outreach Coordinator Kaley Wise. “We were able to gather about 40-something new volunteers,” Wise said. “We had to get pretty much all new volunteers, and it was pretty amazing to see the community come together and be so willing to help us out during this time.” The current crisis has really shed a light on a serious issue that already needed a solution, Wise said. Community Partners calls the population it serves “orphaned seniors,” or “people who are aging in place without anyone.” In the last five years, the nonprofit has helped 819 seniors with their needs. Most of their clients are older folks who are aging at home but might not necessarily have family close by to help them out. “We’re kind of breaking that barrier and helping them really reintegrate within society,” Wise said. “We really just do anything so that they know there’s someone out there looking out for them.” Although the goal in the past was to get seniors out of their homes and into the world, obviously Community Partners doesn’t want its clients to leave their homes right now because they are members of a vulnerable population. So operations have changed to maintain social distancing, but Wise said they can still organize rides for medically necessary appointments and pick up and drop off groceries and prescriptions. “Our main goal right now is getting them food and making sure they’re stocked up. ... We do reassurance calls,” Wise said. “We’re just making sure they’re OK, and I think it’s really nice that they know even in this time that there’s still somebody looking after them.” Δ Reach Editor Camillia Lanham at clanham@newtimesslo.com.
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BY GLEN STARKEY
Love songs and other disasters
Williams & Nuttycombe are old dogs with new tricks
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hat happens when you take a really good songwriter and lyricist and team him with an amazing multi-instrumentalist and arranger, and let them do their thing unencumbered by a major record label, expectations, or a need to made loads of money? You get Photo Op, the new 11-track CD by former Café Musique band members Eric Williams (the arranger) and Craig Nuttycombe (the songwriter), who’ve formed the new duo Williams & Nuttycombe. The disc is packed with charm, sparkling musicianship, amazing guest performances, and whimsy. It was wholly unexpected, too. A couple of years ago I wrote about Nuttycombe’s previous CD, and he thought it might be his last. “You’re right, Glen. I did think the last album might be my last, but then the goddess of love smiled and winked at me, and lo and behold more songs started coming out of my proverbial woodwork,” Nuttycombe said. “Ain’t love grand! So yes, it’s an album of love coming, love going, and love in the middle, and love definitely was and always is on my mind.” As good as Nuttycombe is, his talent is amplified by Williams thoughtful arrangements, instrumentation, and backing vocals. A great example is “Ever Even Here,” which chronicles a failed relationship. “That’s one of my favorites!” Nuttycombe said. “I enjoy Eric’s and my vocal harmonies, not to mention Eric’s lovely waterfall guitars.” “Desire” is about blooming love: “I used to tip my hat to you, you never had much to say, and out of the blue you opened up and now here we are on our way.” Williams’ piano work is fantastic! “I have such great respect for Eric,” Nuttycombe said. “As well as producing and arranging the album, he plays most of the instruments and sings. It’s a nice blending of energies, where I present a song and Eric brings it to a life. When we began recording these songs, it became quickly apparent to me that this was a ‘Williams & Nuttycombe’ album and not just another ‘Nuttycombe’ album. It’s also nice to have another name to blame when people like it, or don’t.” The arrangements are really amazing, and Williams says he puts them together in his head: “almost subconsciously in my mind, and over several three- to four-hour sessions, I just put the parts down one at a time, already hearing them mentally.” This album is a tiny miracle. You can order it online at craignuttycombemusic. com, and you can read more of New Times’ interview with Williams & Nuttycombe online at newtimesslo.com.
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he “basically predicted this happening as far as us being the laughing stock of the world two years ago because of our choice of leaders,” he said via email. “No laughing matter the world is falling apart, our choices for leader make us the perfect mark,” the lyrics go. Catch some haunting country with a dose of red dirt thrown in when the Shawn Clark Family Band streams a “here nor there and everywhere” concert this Saturday, May 2, from OLD GUYS RULE Eric Williams and Craig Nuttycombe Clark’s personal Facebook of Café Musique have formed a new duo, Williams & page (@shawnclark77) Nuttycombe, and released their debut album, Photo Op. as well as the Raconteur PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SHAWN CLARK FAMILY BAND Room’s Instagram page (@ theraconteurroom) from 7 to 9 p.m. Clark’s an amazing songwriter who surrounds himself with terrific musicians. You might hear fiddle, pedal steel, mandolin, stand-up bass—who knows? But Clark will be there with his voice, his guitar, and his songs. Paul Irving of Big Big SLO continues to host livestreams on his SLO House Party site (bigbigslo.com/houseparty). This week he’s starting a Pozo Saloon series from their Shelter Stage, which on Sunday, May 3, will start with soul-grass act Miss Leo & Her Bluegrass Boys from 3 to 4 p.m., followed by Americana power duo The Turkey Buzzards from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Pozo Saloon is selling takeout, and Irving recommends you take the beautiful drive out, pick up some delicious Pozo chow, drive over to Santa Margarita DOWN-HOME SOUNDS Tune in to the Lake and tune in to the livestream and hauntingly beautiful country sounds of the enjoy a late lunch! SLO House Party Shawn Clark Family Band, streaming on Facebook and Instagram on May 2. is also hosting Classinova (Brynn Albanese’s classical trio), which is playing a livestream fundraiser for Hospice of Livestreams! The livestreaming shows keep on coming. SLO County on Tuesday, May 5, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tune in and help out! Here’s what’s happening this week: Erin and the Earthquakes continues Dan Curcio of Moonshiner to play their Small Business Sundays Collective is “doing a Friday night streaming shows, which raise money for acoustic cocktail hour set this Friday, local small businesses. “So far, our local May 1, on Facebook Live through the community has raised over $1,000 for Moonshiner Collective Facebook page (@ local business!” Erin said via email. “So moonshinercollective), which I’ve been generous! We stream at facebook.com/ doing every Friday at 5 p.m.,” Curcio erinandtheearthquakes.” This Sunday, explained. “I have a different theme each May 5, they’re playing to raise money for week, and this week will be rarely played Grey Wolf. Upcoming fundraisers include covers and originals. Also, gonna do a Caliwala Market (May 10); Mongos (May kids-song-themed stream through the same platform on Saturday, May 2, at 10 17); and Two Broads Ciderworks (May a.m., so the parents can chug mimosas (or 24). Shows stream from 4 to 6 p.m. Erin’s got a great voice! Tune in and donate to Everclear) while the kids are distracted local businesses! for a minute.” Count me in! Soulful Americana singer-songwriter Shameless is arguably the county’s Matt Saurez plays a weekly “Gettin’ hardest working bar band, and this Weird Wednesday’s @530/Beer30” on his Saturday, May 2—after being forced on Facebook page (@mattsuarez7). Matt’s hiatus thanks to COVID-19—they’ll do got such a cool back-porch vibe, and his their very first livestream concert from 3 to 5 p.m. on their Facebook page (@Shameless- songs are dripping with positivity. It’s exactly what we all need to hear right CA-169616853059950). They play a lot now! Check him out on Wednesday, May of familiar covers, but hopefully they’ll 6. “I’m streaming every night on Twitch. play one of band member John Wessel’s tv/mattsuarezmusic at 10 p.m.,” he wrote originals, “No Laughing Matter,” in which
via email. “Folks can find updates on my website daily at mattsuarezmusic.com. Stay safe and healthy!”
Quarantine song
One thing the quarantine has been good for is artists’ creativity and collaboration. When you’ve got a lot of extra time on your hands and few gigs, you’ve got to do something, and for violinist Sal Garza (Downey Mildew, Candlelight Strings), multi-instrumentalist and programmer James Edward Theobald, and vocalist Princess Johnson, that means forming Blue New Clear Dream (BNCD) and recording “Say It,” their debut dancey trancey club track available on YouTube. “I bring you good tidings in the midst of strangeness, and good positive messages from the ethers,” Garza said via email. “BNCD is my most recent musical effort. I have been working with super geniuses James Edward Theobald and Princess Johnson, both of Morro Bay. Funny how MB is a great turnout of the muses. ‘Say It’ is an electro-styled single one-off of positive energy and hope in the time of call it whatever you want to call this bad yet serious apocalyptic movie we seem to be living in. BNCD is ready to release more material, incrementally as an international act, and is looking forward to performing online as well as in the flesh.” The video on YouTube features a little gallery tour of paintings by Stephen James Inge, the late grandson of American playwright William Motter Inge. The lyrics goes like this: “I’ll feel better/ When I really get her gaze/ The times whenever/ It seems like a forever daze/ I feel better/ When I really get her ways/ Have a sip/ A slip of no devotion/ Take a trip/ Down a line/ A no love potion/ Stay true blue/ It don’t take any motion/ I don’t have any notion when you’ll/ Say it/ Say when/ Say it/ That you’ll see me again.” Δ Keep up with New Times Senior Staff Writer Glen Starkey via Twitter at twitter. com/glenstarkey, friend him at facebook. com/glenstarkey, or contact him at gstarkey@newtimesslo.com. PHOTO COURTESY OF MATT SAUREZ
STAY POSITIVE Soulful Americana singer-songwriter Matt Saurez plays a weekly “Gettin’ Weird Wednesday’s @530/ Beer30” on his Facebook page, happening again on May 6.
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Disney animator to judge SLOMA’s inaugural Digital Shorts Film Festival
The San Luis Obispo Museum of Art (SLOMA) recently announced that professional animator Michelle Robinson will be the juror of its inaugural Digital Shorts Film Festival, a one-night event scheduled to take place on Sept. 26, from 6 to 9 p.m. The festival is hosted in conjunction with the museum’s upcoming digital art exhibition, A Digital Art Salon, which is currently slated to run Sept. 4 through Nov. 1.
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Robinson has worked for Walt Disney Animation Studios for more than two decades and her film credits include Chicken Little, Bolt, Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen, and Zootopia. She has also served as a mentor in Disney’s Artist Development Program. For more info on the filmmaker, visit michellerobinson.org. The digital shorts competition is statewide (open to filmmakers residing in California), and the deadline to submit films to SLOMA is June 14. Finalists will be notified by July 13. Digital films of any genre are eligible but submissions must be 10 minutes long or less. Each applicant can submit up to two films for an entry fee of $20. To find out more about the festival or its submission process, visit sloma.org.
Virtual studio
BY GLEN STARKEY
IMAGE COURTESY OF SKYE PRATT
Tap into your ‘inner’ artist I mean, you’re already stuck ‘inside,’ right?
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hen’s the last time you picked up a paint brush and made some art? Childhood? Many of us think that artists have some special talent that we didn’t get, but painting teacher Skye Pratt is positive there’s an artist inside you that simply needs a little coaxing to come out. Pratt, a Central Coast native and Paso Robles Daily News and Atascadero Daily News editor, has done countless hands-on classes where she teaches people step by step how to make colorful art. Last December she decided to put her easyto-follow instructions online on her YouTube channel, Paint Along With Skye. Little did she know then that months later her videos would be the only way to reach her students. “I have a pretty colorful imagination, but no, I never thought that something like this would happen!” Pratt admitted via email. “Something in my gut told me to focus on the virtual classes, and I’m certainly glad that I started the channel when I did. I’m glad it can be a helpful resource, with lots of videos for people to choose from. I wanted to make it G-rated and fun for the whole family, and it’s perfect now that parents can have a fun activity with their kids.” Are there limitations to online classes? “I feel like I can actually teach a little bit better being able to focus on just my painting and the instructions, and it’s nice to not have to haul all the materials and get set up,” Pratt said. “That being said, I miss having fun with people; [live classes were] always a party, ‘a paint party!’ At first I thought it was going to be a disadvantage not being able to see my students’ work, but I started the Art Club [on Facebook] and PAWS Premium [on Patreon] to help address that. Students can share their art in the club and can message me and ask questions directly on PAWS Premium at the monthly ‘Q and A-rt.’
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Downtown SLO seeks artists for May Flower Initiative
In collaboration with ARTS Obispo and the SLO Cultural Arts Committee, Downtown SLO is partnering local artists with business owners through a new public art project, the May Flower Initiative. Painters and other artists are encouraged to join the project and help paint the windows of downtown businesses with a floral theme, using temporary paint. Business owners can also choose to display floral arrangements as well. Organizers of the event hope the project will provide a “drive-by art experience” for the citizens of SLO to enjoy. To apply to join the project, visit downtownslo.com. Δ —Caleb Wiseblood
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SHE’LL MAKE AN ARTIST OUT OF YOU Central Coast native Skye Pratt has a YouTube channel filled with Paint Along With Skye videos, offering step-by-step tutorials for all ages.
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YOU CAN DO IT! Paint Along With Skye videos can show you how to make charming paintings like this bucolic scene.
“The Art Club is an art share group where students and art lovers alike can get inspired, post their artwork, and get support,” she continued. “It’s not so much a place for critique, as I do want to keep things positive. Studies show humans learn better with positive support rather than criticism, and that’s just the kinda teacher I am. I truly love seeing my students’ creative expressions!” If you’re thinking, “I’m no artist. I can’t paint,” Pratt’s here to prove you wrong. She knows people are too hard on themselves. “This’s why I like to be fully supportive and positive with my students,” Pratt explained. “Access to creativity is something that I believe makes us human on a really important and fundamental level. The grading system clashes with art, in my opinion, and discourages students from expressing themselves. I believe that art is subjective, and also that you don’t have to be ‘good’ at it to enjoy it or to express yourself in a meaningful way. “My seventh grade art teacher gave me a C-minus and told me my colors were too bright; I will never forget that,” she shared. “If I had let that one teacher discourage me, I would have put down my brush long ago. I did have some amazing teachers both in grade school and later on in high school, but I don’t think that forcing art into graded parameters is something that is helpful for emerging artists or really even makes sense.”
Pratt’s got some great go-to advice for artists of all levels, like: “When in doubt, leave it out,” and, “Slow down and make sure that you are using the right colors!” What she really wants is for her students to have fun and enjoy the satisfaction that comes from creating. “I think that creativity makes us human,” she said. “‘Earth’ without ‘art’ is just ‘eh.’ It may seem simple, but whether it be through painting or dance or playing an instrument, I think that the time spent doing the art form itself is sacred really. It’s a meditative ‘flow state.’ It’s been proven to lower blood pressure too, and it helps me with my anxiety.” For Pratt, helping people learn to create is its own reward. “When people take the time to message me and show me their painting and say, ‘Thank you. I had a lot of fun following along step by step,’ it makes my eyes well up. Just sharing what I love makes me happy,” she said. “But this is also a ‘peace project.’ My videos have already reached people in Australia, India, the East Coast. It makes me really happy that we can all come together, get creative, and realize how similar we are in this regard. I think it’s really special.” Δ Senior Staff Writer Glen Starkey is reaching for the paints right now. Send brushes to gstarkey@ newtimesslo.com.
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riter-director Jeff Gibbs helms this new documentary endorsed by leftist polemicist Michael Moore, who wrote that it’s “a documentary that dares to say what no one else will this Earth Day—that we are losing the battle to stop climate change on planet Earth because we are following leaders who have taken us down the wrong road—selling out the green movement to wealthy interests and PLANET OF THE HUMANS corporate America. What’s it rated? Not rated This film is the Where’s it showing? YouTube wake-up call to the reality we are afraid to face: that in the midst of a human-caused extinction event, Anna Not a feel-good film, that’s for sure. the environmental movement’s answer is to Gibbs paints a sad, hopeless picture and push for techno-fixes and Band-Aids. It’s too doesn’t sugarcoat the fact that we are doing little, too late.” (141 min.) far too little and are far too late to stop the trajectory we’re on. Between the incredible Glen In case you’re not depressed and amount of mining and fuel burning it takes cynical enough these days, this new to create the panels and turbines, the miles documentary should push you right over of stripped earth they take up, and the fact the cliff. My main takeaway is that we that there just isn’t enough energy created suck. Human beings are pushing the to replace fossil fuels with any of the planet and its resources to the brink biomass methods, there just doesn’t seem of collapse, and too many of us believe to be a solution here. In fact, the solution we’re going to innovate our way out seems to lie in reducing both our human of our overconsuming ways. What we consumption and the human presence on learn in Gibbs’ documentary is that the Earth. Green is big business though, the Green Energy Movement has been and if the rich keep getting richer selling co-opted by corporations, monetized, their own brand of snake oil to hopeful and offered up like a false idol for us to consumers, they are happy to do so. It’s worship. According to Gibbs’ research, very important to be aware of Gibbs’ alternative energy sources such as solar message, but boy is it a bummer. Make panels, wind turbines, and biomass—all sure you’re in the right headspace before touted as green and renewable—are you sit down to watch this one. Glen Yep, that’s definitely Gibbs’ inextricably tied to fossil fuels and in message—if we don’t limit our population fact require such fuel to be in any way and consumption, we’ll continue our feasible. His research also shows that trajectory toward disaster. It’s not a in the final financial calculations, it U.S. problem or an Asian problem or a would be more efficient just to burn the European, African, or Russian problem. fossil fuels instead of going through this It’s a global problem. When’s the last empty exercise of pretending to make a time humanity came together on a global difference though “fake” green energy. scale to work together for the common Yes, it’s unfathomably depressing to good? Oh yeah … never! Worse still, contemplate.
BOSCH
What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2014-Present Where’s it showing? Amazon Prime
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’m late to the Bosch party, a TV show based on an ongoing series of novels by Michael Connelly. It’s got six seasons under its belt with a seventh ready to start, and so far I’ve only made it through the first. Gotta say though, I’m hooked! The titular character is Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch (Titus Welliver), an LAPD homicide detective whose tenacity makes him highly effective but whose personal code of ethics and penchant for insubordination keeps him at odds with his superiors.
In the first season, Bosch is in hot water for shooting a suspect in what may or may not have been a “good” shooting. Put on restricted duty, he trades shifts without his superiors’ permission and ends up with a case of a murdered boy. What follows is his attempt to find the killer in the decades-old case. Meanwhile, a suspected serial killer, Raynard Waits (Jason Gedrick), claims to have murdered Bosch’s young victim. Is he telling the truth or is it a sick need for attention? Don’t worry, Bosch will get to the bottom of it, let the chips fall where they may. This is a gritty police procedural with an engaging lead character and enough side plots and twists to keep things interesting. (60 51-min. episodes.) —Glen
leaders worldwide are tied to wealth, and between greed and the corrupting influence of power, how can we expect our leaders to do the right thing? Gibbs says the first step is awareness, and I guess he’s right. But the second step is action, and when much of the population is either in survival mode or simply doesn’t believe in global climate change or the idea that our resources are finite, or frankly doesn’t care about future generations, I fear we are truly doomed as a species. I wish Gibbs had offered a solution; his film is simply a frank look at our bleak future. How long do we have? I don’t know, but as resources become scarce, I expect to see humanity devolve. Anna Gibbs has a fairly monotone, glum way of narration that feels both pragmatic and dire. There’s no light at the end of this tunnel, and it’s both infuriating and disheartening that the human race can’t get it together enough to stop choosing greed and destruction so we can have exactly what we want when we want. It’s an important watch, but a rough one—I was in tears by the end. Δ Senior Staff Writer Glen Starkey and freelancer Anna Starkey write Split Screen. Glen compiles streaming listings. Comment at gstarkey@newtimesslo.com.
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LIGHT OF MY LIFE
What’s it rated? R When? 2019 Where’s it showing? Amazon Prime, YouTube, Google Play, Vudu
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SPINNING OUR WHEELS Planet of the Humans, available for free on YouTube, lays bare the lie that the Green Energy Movement can save our us and our planet from our greedy consumerist ways.
PATERNAL LOVE Rag (Anna Pniowsky, left) and her dad (writer-director Casey Affleck) try to survive in a dangerous world where half the population died a decade earlier, in Light of My Life.
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riter-director-star Casey Affleck (I’m Still Here) helms this survival story about a father and child trying to make their way after a pandemic has wiped out half the Earth’s human population 10 years earlier. The loose framework of civilization that remains is fraying, and humankind’s character is being tested. Affleck is dad to Rag (Anna Pniowsky), and through flashback we see Rag’s mother (Elisabeth Moss) fall ill and pass, leaving Rag and her dad to fend for themselves. They camp in the forest and
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are wary any time they run into another person, who may or may not be willing to harm them for their possessions. Occasionally they make their way into town for supplies, where government stores ration goods to keep survivors alive. Rag and her dad decide to make a long journey to her dad’s grandparents’ farm, located in a remote—and hopefully safe— area. They find the house occupied by a quartet of squatters, who allow them to stay for the night, but is it safe? That’s the question that looms over every move they make. Rag’s dad works to teach selfsufficiency, knowing the hardships ahead at what seems like the end of humanity. Like director John Hillcoat’s The Road (2009)— based on Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic novel of the same name—Light of My Life is bleak cinema that highlights the unbreakable love of a parent for his child. Slow, depressing, but good—it shows the power of low-budget filmmaking. (119 min.) Δ —Glen
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WHAT’S IN YOUR FRIDGE? Kochi takeout night may be added to our occasional (now more frequent while sheltering at home) “dinner and a show” night: We put a tablecloth on our coffee table and eat in the living room with an agreed-upon movie. Most recently we watched National Geographic’s A Cheetah Story. Spoiler alert: Predator scenes are not dinner-friendly.
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one space left—and walked up to the one ever in my life have I restaurant in Atascadero that pleases complimented someone on every single member of my five-person their mask on a day other than family. I haven’t counted the items, from Halloween, but Jenny Kim, one of two sushi rolls to ramen to rice bowls, but I’m general managers of Kochi, had my pretty sure there’s close to one dish for ultimate respect. Kim’s was the cutest every member of Atascadero’s population. mask I’d seen yet: white cloth with little Kochi is a Korean barbecue and shabupink flamingos. Plus, our two steaming shabu restaurant that shares a big piles of to-go boxes were wrapped in plastic bags, waiting indoors on a table, on building with Kai Lana sushi. In A-town, Kochi is wildly popular among locals time ... to the minute. Bringin’ home the and travelers alike, and it maintains a bacon was sure easy today. respected stature similar to the Colony When I walked up to pick up my order, I was met with a hand-written sign on the Square Rotunda—it’s a darn staple! So when I received glass door that read, my stimulus check, “STOP. Please wait. Korean barbecue I felt obligated to We will bring food out and sushi to-go spend it within our here. Thank you!” Order and pay for pickup or delivery online at local economy, on a I could see owner/ toasttab.com/kochi. Yelp.com has a coupon for place that’s part of chef Austin Kim buy two entrees, get one free appetizer. our family in a way. cooking far off in the Kochi Korean BBQ & Shabu Shabu is located at Especially since the window, overlooking 6900 El Camino Real, Atascadero. Call (805) 464Kims had to furlough more than 1,000 2999. Shelter-at-home hours are 1 to 8 p.m. daily. 25 employees since square feet of empty the shelter-at-home restaurant tables (no mandate. Kochi is our birthday treat doubt a first since he opened Kochi in place. It’s our date night place, and it’s our 2016 with Jenny, his sister). place for a night out on the town. In less than a minute, a smiling, upbeat “It’s really sad not to see our employees Kochi employee saw me there, handed me the bags of food, and off I went. I had already and not hearing from them on a daily basis,” Kim said. “We do certainly miss them. paid and tipped online, so this transaction “We’re only working with less than was faster than checking the mailbox. seven employees,” she said. “Just trying to Normally, we would be waiting at the get by during this hard time, but we have host stand for a table, thinking about a very supportive customer group.” the many fun places to sit at Kochi (the Kim said they’ve never done “to-go” like convivial sushi bar, maybe a spot close to this before, and she was unnecessarily the Kids Zone for a side dish of preschool apologetic. laughter, or perhaps in a booth in I spoke to Kim later on the phone. proximity to a screen—our usual favorite). She’d been working a full plate at the Jenny Kim was juggling the phone restaurant four to five hours a day on orders when I came in to pick up my to-go top of her day job, which is leading three food on April 21. I parked my minivan in affordable housing building projects in the empty lot—which usually has only
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Atascadero. She is also the mother of two children, ages 5 and 7, both now schooling at home due to shelter-at-home. Apparently business was really slow at Kochi the first two weeks, but lately it’s been picking up; Kim guessed maybe because people are running out of food, or tired of their cooking, or maybe they received their stimulus checks. “We’re doing OK,” Kim said. “We’re not a big to-go restaurant. We’re more of a finedining and family-dining, however, this is all new to us, trying to do the delivery and to-go, trying to accommodate our customers.” I must say Kim is one of the most empathetic people I know. She is the only person since the quarantine who asked me how New Times is doing. Being a business person, a parent, and an involved community member, she sees the socioeconomic impact as well as the psychological. “I do see why the government has a concern of opening up the economy,” she said. “We are suffering tremendously with unemployment and social problems arising with domestic violence at home— being stressful, and depression, and increasing suicidal rate—all of that combined is like a domino effect.” Yet, she said, there is fear in uncertainty. “Not knowing when and what’s going on. It actually creates a lot more than losing jobs. It’s kind of like a world threat everywhere. We’re doing what we’re doing. At least we’re providing food, so hopefully, they feel comfort. I can’t complain. “We’re grateful our customers still haven’t forgotten about us and keep coming, circling back,” she continued. “We don’t see all the customers, but we see quite a few of our regulars. At least we communicate that
ALWAYS FRIENDLY One of Kochi’s kind employees handed off our bags at the door. Kochi had to furlough 25 employees since the stay-at-home mandate, and the Korean barbecue restaurant is down to seven people running the to-go/delivery operation.
way, even though they’re not coming in and dining. We still greet them at the door.” Kim said she thinks social distancing has gone well in our county. “Compared to anywhere else in California, we’re doing pretty good, but we just have to continue to be very careful.” As in many places, this has been a financial hit for Kochi and its employees. She worries about a recession as a result. “Sooner or later I’m sure we’ll open back up, but the question is, how will our life be after?” she asked. “But we gotta do what we gotta do. We gotta stay strong and be optimistic,” she said, letting out a big breath. “And take it one day at a time, right?” Kim said they are checking their food ingredients constantly for a new method of ordering around the clock. This is more work, but less waste. “Because we’re not as busy as before, we just order a small quantity of food from our vendors and suppliers so we keep the fresh ingredients all around—instead of ordering a large bulk of food twice a week, now we order more frequently,” she said. “We’re just thankful that our vendors are willing and able to deliver small, with a quick turnaround every other day.” Kim said for anyone ordering to-go at this time to order online if possible. She is spending most of her day fielding calls from community members who aren’t very tech savvy. It is easier and more efficient online. “I’m pretty much on the phone all day and the evening,” she said. “We’re still trying to accommodate our lunch specials, especially for the ones who can’t really work. A lot of people don’t have much income, so we’re just hanging in there, until hopefully we can open back up.” Δ Send take-out ideas to Flavor writer Beth Giuffre at bgiuffe@newtimesslo.com.
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FILE NO. 2020-0696 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (09/01/2019) New Filing The following person is doing business as, VAGINAL AND PELVIC SURGEONS, 2 James Way, Ste. 109, Pismo Beach, CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Christopher V. Lutman, M.D., Inc. (1130 E. Clark Ave., NOS. 150 -152, Santa Maria, CA 93455). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Christopher V. Lutman, M.D., Inc., Christopher V. Lutman, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 0318-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 03-18-25. April 16, 23, 30, & May 7, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-0701 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/19/2015) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ARROYO GRANDE PHYSICAL THERAPY, 117 S. Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. AGPT Inc. (117 S. Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ AGPT Inc., Ross Dover, CEO/President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-19-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 03-19-25. April 9, 16, 23, & 30, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-0725 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/24/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, TAQUERIA EL GUERO, 351 S. Frontage Rd., Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis Obispo County. Oscar L. Macias (351 S. Frontage Rd., Nipomo, CA 93444). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Oscar L. Macias. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-27-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 03-27-25. April 16, 23, 30, & May 7, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-0726 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, AMERICAN INN, 135 S. 5th Street, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. Ankur Balaji, Inc. (135 S. 5th Street, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Ankur Balaji, Inc., Rekha K. Shukla, Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-30-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 03-30-25. April 23, 30, May 7, & 14, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-0730 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/2010) New Filing The following person is doing business as, MAL HUN PARTNERSHIP, 120 N. Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Kevin Hunstad Incorporated (120 N. Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420), John A. Mallory Investment Co., Inc. (252 Mercedes Ln., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by A General Partnership /s/ Kevin L Hunstad, Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 03-30-20. I hereby certify that
FILE NO. 2020-0744 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/01/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BEST TEAMS MANAGEMENT, 3057 S. Higuera St. Spc. 6, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Yellow Cross, LLC (3057 S. Higuera St. Spc. 6, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A NV Limited Liability Company /s/ Yellow Cross, LLC, John J. Mudge, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 04-03-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 04-03-25. April 30, May 7, 14, & 21, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-0747 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CARROLL CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION, 7505 Sinaloa Ave., Atascadero, CA 93422. San Luis Obispo County. Anthony Carroll (7505 Sinaloa Ave., Atascadero, CA 93422). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Anthony Carroll. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 04-06-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 04-06-25. April 30, May 7, 14, & 21, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-0762 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (04/08/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, SOLARE FILMS, 1189 Los Osos Valley Road, Los Osos, CA 93412. San Luis Obispo County. Matteo A. Troncone (1190 Los Olivos, Los Osos, CA 93412). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Matteo A. Troncone. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 04-09-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 04-09-25. April 30, May 7, 14, & 21, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-0766 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (02/05/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, NEW FARMS, 15 Elm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. New Farms, Inc. (15 Elm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ New Farms, Inc., Kassandra Cisneros, Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 04-10-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 04-10-25. April 23, 30, May 7, & 14, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-0779 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (04/01/2015) New Filing The following person is doing business as, AUGUSTA STREET PROPERTIES, 1697 Sydney Street, San Luis Obispo, CA93401. San Luis Obispo County. Stephen B. Barasch (1697 Sydney Street, San Luis Obispo, CA93401). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Stephen B. Barasch. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 04-14-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 04-14-25. April 23, 30, May 7, & 14, 2020
Robertson. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 0416-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 04-16-25. April 30, May 7, 14, & 21, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-0793 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (01/01/1982) New Filing The following person is doing business as, CREATIVE CONCEPTS UNLIMITED, 778 Main Street 2nd Floor, Cambria, CA 93428. San Luis Obispo County. CCU Merchandising, Inc. (778 Main Street 2nd Floor, Cambria, CA 93428). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ FICTITIOUS BUSINESS CCU Merchandising, Inc., Elaine Mermelstein, CFO. This statement was filed with NAME STATEMENT the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 04FILE NO. 2020-0784 17-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE correct copy of the statement on file in my (03/31/2015) office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk New Filing The following person is doing business E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. 04-17-25. as, KIMBERLEE’S SALON, 150 N. Thomp- April 30, May 7, 14, & 21, 2020 son Ave., Nipomo, CA 93444. San Luis FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Obispo County. Kimberlee Alexander (230 Beckett Pl. #2, Grover Beach, CA NAME STATEMENT 93433). This business is conducted by An FILE NO. 2020-0798 Individual /s/ Kimberlee Alexander. This TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE statement was filed with the County Clerk (07/01/2008) of San Luis Obispo on 04-14-20. I hereby New Filing certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) The following person is doing business as, CALIBER ACCOUNTING & TAX, LLP, Tommy Gong, County Clerk A. Bautista, 575 Price St., Ste. 312, Pismo Beach, Deputy. Exp. 04-14-25. CA 93449. San Luis Obispo County. Jody April 30, May 7, 14, & 21, 2020 Marsh (9262 Albright Ct., Inver Grove Heights, MN 55077), Marina Alvarado FICTITIOUS BUSINESS (1505 15th St., Los Osos, CA 93402), Alana Maxwell (2388 Callender Rd., ArNAME STATEMENT royo Grande, CA 93420), Eric Schwefler FILE NO. 2020-0789 (175 Irish Way, Pismo Beach, CA 93449). TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE This business is conducted by A Limited (N/A) Liability Partnership /s/ Alana Maxwell, New Filing The following person is doing business Partner. This statement was filed with the as, MOSS CRAFTED, 226 Ginger Lane, County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 04Paso Robles, CA 93446. San Luis Obispo 20-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a County. Gretchen Noelle Moss (226 Gin- correct copy of the statement on file in my ger Lane, Paso Robles, CA 93446). This office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk business is conducted by An Individual /s/ G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 04-20-25. Gretchen Moss. This statement was filed April 30, May 7, 14, & 21, 2020 with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 04-16-20. I hereby certify that this FICTITIOUS BUSINESS copy is a correct copy of the statement NAME STATEMENT on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, FILE NO. 2020-0799 County Clerk E. Brookhart, Deputy. Exp. TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE 04-16-25. (N/A) April 30, May 7, 14, & 21, 2020 New Filing The following person is doing business as, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS RABBIT HOLE HEALTH COACHING, 9120 NAME STATEMENT Ciruela Way, Atascadero, CA 93422. San FILE NO. 2020-0790 Luis Obispo County. Kenneth Kehs (9120 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE Ciruela Way, Atascadero, CA 93422). This (N/A) business is conducted by An Individual /s/ New Filing Kenneth Kehs. This statement was filed The following person is doing business with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo as, ALLYSON’S INSURANCE SERVICES, on 04-21-20. I hereby certify that this copy 703 Avocet Way, Arroyo Grande, CA is a correct copy of the statement on file 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Allyson in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Robertson (703 Avocet Way, Arroyo Clerk N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 04-21-25. Grande, CA 93420). This business is April 23, 30, May 7, & 14, 2020 conducted by An Individual /s/ Allyson
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FILE NO. 2020-0773 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (03/23/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, AMAZINGLY AWESOME LLC, 230 Loma Bonita Dr., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Amazingly Awesome LLC (230 Loma Bonita Dr., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Amazingly Awesome LLC, John Pryor, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 04-13-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 04-13-25. April 23, 30, May 7, & 14, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-0775 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as, ALAMO SELF STORAGE, 645 Tank Farm Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Self Storage At Lake Elsinore, LLC (3600 Wilshire Blvd., #720, Los Angeles, CA 90010). This business is conducted by A CA Limited Liability Company /s/ Self Storage At Lake Elsinore, LLC, Managing Member, James C. Kim. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 0413-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk G. Ugalde, Deputy. Exp. 04-13-25. April 23, 30, May 7, & 14, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-0776 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (04/01/1994) New Filing The following person is doing business as, JH SMITH CONSULTING, 775 Arabian Circle, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Judith H. Smith (775 Arabian Circle, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Judith H. Smith. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 04-13-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk A. Bautista, Deputy. Exp. 04-13-25. April 23, 30, May 7, & 14, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-0800 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (04/01/1999) New Filing The following person is doing business as, RIDDLE, 1397 Marsh Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Evaki Inc. (1397 Marsh Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Evaki Inc., Stuart Jacques, Vice President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 04-21-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 04-21-25. April 30, May 7, 14, & 21, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-0801 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/06/2006) New Filing The following person is doing business as, POPOLO CATERING, 1605 Calle Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. LKC Corporation, Inc. (1605 Calle Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ LKC Corporation, Inc., Kathleen Castillo, Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 04-21-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk N. Balseiro, Deputy. Exp. 04-21-25. April 23, 30, May 7, & 14, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-0819 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (04/01/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, OMEGA CONCRETE, 1279 Branch Mill Road, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420. San Luis Obispo County. Lawrence L. Hall (1279 Branch Mill Road, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420). This business is conducted by An Individual /s/ Lawrence L. Hall. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 04-22-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk S. King, Deputy. Exp. 04-22-25. April 30, May 7, 14, & 21, 2020
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FILE NO. 2020-0820 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (04/22/2020) New Filing The following person is doing business as, BUONA TAVOLA SLO, INC., 1037 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Buona Tavola SLO, Inc. (1037 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by A CA Corporation /s/ Buona Tavola SLO, Inc., Andrea Fabbretti, CFO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 04-22-20. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong, County Clerk S. King, Deputy. Exp. 04-22-25. April 30, May 7, 14, & 21, 2020
INITIATIVE MEASURE TO BE DIRECTLY SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AN INITIATIVE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF PISMO BEACH AMENDING THE CITY’S MUNICIPAL CODE TO REQUIRE THE CITY COUNCIL TO DESIGNATE AN AREA AS A RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT AREA UPON PRESENTATION OF A PETITION BY 51% OF THE PERSONS LIVING ON ANY ONE STREET REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA SUMMARY:
The proposed initiative, if adopted, would revise Section 12.24.010 of the Pismo Beach Municipal Code, which is currently entitled “Designation by resolution.” The existing code section provides that the city council may, by resolution and after a noticed public hearing, designate an area of the city as a residential parking permit area if the council makes specified findings. The current section also requires the city council to consider specified factors in determining whether to limit the parking of vehicles along the streets in the area. If adopted by the voters, the initiative would remove the existing language in Section 12.24.010 and replace it with language requiring the city council to designate an area of the city as a residential parking permit area if the city council is presented with a petition of 51% of the persons living on any one street, which petition contains specified information. The information required to be included in the petition would be a statement that the proposed residential parking area is predominantly residential, that the streets in the area are congested with vehicles parked by persons not residing in the area, and the limiting of parking of vehicles along the streets in the area to vehicles
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will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: May 19, 2020 Time: 9:00 A.M. in Dept.: 9 Address of Court: Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo, 1035 Palm Street, Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of Letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form NOTICE OF DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and PETITION TO appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate ADMINISTER Code 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. ESTATE OF: Attorney for Petitioner: EDWINA JOANNE ERREA Edward E. Attala 1502 Higuera St CASE NUMBER: San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Phone: 805-543-1212 20PR - 0100 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, April 16, 23, 30, 2020 contingent creditors, and persons who SUMMONS may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: EDWINA JOANNE (CITACION JUDICIAL) ERREA CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been 19LC-1080 filed by DUSTY JOHNSON in the Superior NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DECourt of California, County of San Luis MANDADO): BRIANA N NOLING Obispo. YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO The Petition for Probate requests that ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): DUSTY JOHNSON be appointed as per- Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. sonal representative to administer the NOTICE! You have been sued. The court estate of the decedent. may decide against you without your beTHE PETITION requests the decedent’s ing heard unless you respond within 30 will and codicils, if any, be admitted to days. Read the information below. probate. The will and any codicils are You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this available for examination in the file kept summons and legal papers are served on by the court. you to file a written response at this court THE PETITION requests authority to and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A administer the estate under the Indepen- letter or phone call will not protect you. dent Administration of Estates Act. (This Your written response must be in proper authority will allow the personal represen- legal form if you want the court to hear tative to take many actions without obtain- your case. There may be a court form ing court approval. Before taking certain that you can use for your response. You very important actions, however, the can find these court forms and more inpersonal representative will be required to formation at the California Courts Online give notice to interested persons unless Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ they have waived notice or consented to selfhelp), your county law library, or the the proposed action.) The independent courthouse nearest you. If you cannot administration authority will be granted pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for unless an interested person files an ob- a fee waiver form. If you do not file your jection to the petition and shows good response on time, you may lose the case cause why the court should not grant the by default, and your wages, money, and authority. property may be taken without further A HEARING on the peti- warning from the court. tion will be held in this court as follows: There are other legal requirements. You May 12, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept: 9, may want to call an attorney right away. in Superior Court of California, County of If you do not know an attorney, you may San Luis Obispo, located at 1035 Palm want to call an attorney referral service. If Street, Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA you cannot afford an attorney, you may 93408. be eligible for free legal services from a IF YOU OBJECT to nonprofit legal services program. You the granting of the petition, you should can locate these nonprofit groups at the appear at the hearing and state your California Legal Services Web site (www. objections or file written objections with lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California the court before the hearing. Your ap- Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. pearance may be in person or by your courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contactattorney. ing your local court or county bar associaIF YOU ARE A CREDITOR tion. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien or a contingent creditor of the decedent, for waived fees and costs on any settleyou must file your claim with the court and ment or arbitration award of $10,000 mail a copy to the personal representative or more in a civil case. The court’s lien appointed by the court within the later of must be paid before the court will dismiss either (1) four months from the date of the case. first issuance of letters to a general per- ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responsonal representative, as defined in section de dentro de 30 días, la corte puede deci58(b) of the California Probate Code, or dir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or Lea la información a continuación. personal delivery to you of notice under Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después section 9052 of the California Probate de que le entreguen esta citación y paCode. Other California statutes and le- peles legales para presentar una respugal authority may affect your rights as a esta por escrito en esta corte y hacer creditor. You may want to consult with an que se entregue una copia al demanattorney knowledgeable in California law. dante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica YOU MAY EXAMINE the no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito file kept by the court. If you are a person tiene que estar en formato legal correcto interested in the estate, you may file with si desea que procesen su caso en la the court a formal Request for Special corte. Es posible que haya un formulario Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. inventory and appraisal of estate assets Puede encontrar estos formularios de la or of any petition or account as provided corte y más información en el Centro de in Probate Code section 1250. A Request Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. for Special Notice form is available from sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes the court clerk. de su condado o en la corte que le quede Attorney for Petitioner: más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota John B. Merzon de presentación, pida al secretario de la PO Box 1330 corte que le dé un formulario de exención Templeton, CA 93465 de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso April 16, 23, & 30, 2020 por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más NOTICE OF PETITION TO advertencia. ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recoFREDERICK B. MALMBORG mendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, CASE NUMBER: 20PR-0105 puede llamar a un servicio de remisión To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, con- a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un tingent creditors, and persons who may abogado, es posible que cumpla con los otherwise be interested in the will or es- requisitos para obtener servicios legales tate, or both, of: Frederick B. Malmborg gratuitos de un programa de servicios A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed legales sin fines de lucro. Puede enconby: Joliene D. Konkol in the Superior Court trar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en of California, County of: San Luis Obispo. el sitio web de California Legal Services, THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro that: Joliene D. Konkol be appointed as de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, personal representative to administer the (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de aboestate of the decedent. The PETITION requests the decedent’s gados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte registered or controlled by persons residing in the area is necessary to preserve the quality of life of persons residing in the area, reduce ambient noise levels, reduce air pollution levels, preserve environmental characteristics of the area, ensure pedestrian and vehicular traffic safety in the area and reduce the burden on persons residing in the area in gaining access to their residences. The petition would also be required to contain the days and hours specified for such preferential parking. TEXT OF INITIATIVE: The people of the City of Pismo Beach do ordain as follows: Municipal Code 12.24.010 shall be modified to read: “The city council shall designate an area of the city as a residential parking permit area if presented with a petition of 51% of the persons living on any one street that states that the area is predominantly residential, that the streets in the area are congested with vehicles parked by persons not residing in the area, and that limiting the parking of vehicles along the streets in the area to vehicles registered or controlled and exclusively used by persons residing in the area is necessary in order to preserve the quality of life of persons residing in the area, reduce ambient noise levels, reduce air pollution levels, and preserve environmental characteristics of the area, insure pedestrian and vehicular traffic safety in the area, and reduce the burden on persons residing in the area in gaining access to their residences. Said petition shall define the days and hours for such preferential parking.” April 30, 2020
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LEGAL NOTICES tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, 1035 Palm St Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Jennifer Myers, Esq. (Bar #326239) 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/842-5850 (File No. 559884) DATE (Fecha): 11/1/2019 Clerk (Secretario), by Michael Powell, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served as an individual defendant. 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21/20 CNS-3361039# NEW TIMES
PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING
WHO: County of San Luis Obispo Planning Commission The San Luis Obispo Planning Commission will hold a Regular Meeting, Wednesday, May 13, 2020, at 6:00 p.m., via teleconference, on the items listed below. While the City encourages public participation, growing concern about the COVID-19 pandemic has required that public meetings be held via teleconference. Meetings can be viewed on Government Access Channel 20 or streamed live from the City’s website at www.slocity.org. Public comment may be submitted in writing via U.S. Mail delivered to the City Clerk’s Office at 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 or by email to advisorybodies@slocity.org. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS: 1.
SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL)
CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): 19LCP-0560 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): LEONARDO VILLASENOR YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, 901 Park Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, APLC, Mark Marquez, Esq. (Bar #326029), 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/842-5850 (File No. 555320) DATE (Fecha): 7/29/2019 8:21 AM Clerk (Secretario), by Michael Powell, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served 1. as an individual defendant. 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7/20 CNS-3358752# NEW TIMES
COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & BUILDING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Review of a three-story mixed-use project within the Commercial Services zone, consisting of 16 residential units on a site with an existing 1,587-square foot laundromat. The project includes the following requests: street yard setback reduction for 10 feet where 15 feet is normally required, ground floor residences within the first 50 feet of floor area adjacent to the street, tandem parking, and a 5% shared parking reduction to reduce the required parking by one space. The project is categorically exempt from environmental review (CEQA); Project Address: 1030 Orcutt; Case #: ARCH-05562019 and USE-0822-2019; Zone: C-S; Jules Rogoff, Laundry Express, owner/applicant. Contact: Kyle Bell – (805) 781-7524 – kbell@slocity.org
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Review of proposed amendments to Land Use Element, Policy 1.13.2 and Water and Wastewater Management Element, Program A 7.3.4, which would broaden the existing policy and program language to include both non-potable and recycled water supplies. An Addendum to the 2018 Negative Declaration of Environmental Impact for the Water and Wastewater Management Element and Addendum to the 2014 Environmental Impact Report for the Land Use and Circulation Element are proposed, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Citywide; Case #: GENP-0188-2020; City of San Luis Obispo Utilities Department, applicant. Contact: Jennifer Metz – (805) 781-7239 – jmetz@slocity.org
The Planning Commission may also discuss other hearing or business items before or after the item(s) listed above. If you challenge the proposed action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing. The report(s) will be available for review online in advance of the meeting at http://www.slocity.org/government/advisory-bodies/ agendas-and-minutes/planning-commission. Please call The Community Development Department at 805-781-7170 for more information, or to request an agenda report. The Planning Commission meeting will be televised live on Charter Cable Channel 20, beginning at 6:00 p.m.
WHAT: Hearing to consider a request by Mike English for a Conditional Use Permit (DRC2019-00164) for the construction of three (3) commercial warehouse buildings containing four (4) units totaling approximately 36,130-square-feet for wine storage as well as 110 onsite parking spaces used for vehicle storage. The project will result in the disturbance of the entire 2.82-acre parcel. The proposed project is within the Industrial land use category and is located at 320 Marquita Avenue in the community of Templeton. The site is in the Salinas River Sub Area of the North County Planning Area. Also to be considered is the environmental determination that the project is exempt under CEQA, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), General Rule Exemption. The Environmental Coordinator has determined that it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the proposed project may have a significant adverse effect on the environment. A Notice of Exemption has been prepared pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15062. County File Number: DRC2019-00164 Supervisorial District: District 1 Assessor Parcel Number(s): 040-153-026 Date Accepted: 03/10/2020 WHERE ADDITIONAL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE based on the threat of COVID-19 as reflected in the Proclamations of Emergency issued by both the Governor of the State of California and the San Luis Obispo County Emergency Services Director as well as the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 issued on March 17, 2020, relating to the convening of public meetings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, until further notice all public meetings for the Department of Planning and Building for the County of San Luis Obispo will be closed to members of the public and non-essential County staff. The Department’s Notice of Temporary Procedures, which includes Instructions on how to view the meeting remotely and how to provide public comment are posted on the Department’s webpage at www.slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Planning-Building/Boards-andCommissions.aspx. Additionally, hearing body members and officers may attend the meeting via teleconference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were present. INFORMATION A copy of the staff report will be made available on the Planning Department website at www.sloplanning.org. You may also contact Kathryn Nall, Project Manager, in the Department of Planning and Building at the address below or by telephone at (805) 781-5600. If you challenge this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this public notice or in written correspondence delivered to the appropriate authority at or before the public hearing. Ramona Hedges, Secretary Planning Commission
April 30, 2020
April 30, 2020
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS Applications to make minor changes to the properties at the addresses listed below have been received by the City. 1. 1140 Iris St. ARCH-0022-2020; Construction of a new two-story two-bedroom apartment with an attached three-story tower feature, and ground-level garage, workshop, and craft room space, on a Contributing List Historic Property (categorically exempt from environmental review); R-2-S zone; Dave and Karen Rucker, applicants. (Walter Oetzell) 2. 1141 Ella St. ARCH-0816-2019; Review of a new three-story, 3,439-square foot single-family residence on a sloped lot. The single-family dwelling includes an attached four-car garage and a 967-square foot accessory dwelling unit. Project includes requested exceptions from the Hillside Development Standards of the Zoning Regulations to allow portions of downhill building walls to exceed 15 feet in height and to allow retaining walls up to 12 feet in height. This project is categorically exempt from environmental review (CEQA); R-2 zone; Didier and Beatrice Cop, applicants. (Kyle Van Leeuwen) 3. 4600 Broad St. DIR-0159-2020; Request to perform work at night from May 18, 2020 to May 22, 2020, between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., to conduct a data collection survey of a natural gas line at the corner of Farmhouse Lane and Broad Street within the City limits. This project is categorically exempt from environmental review (CEQA); C-S zone; Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), applicant. (Hannah Nguyen) 4. Los Osos Valley Rd., between S Higuera St and W Foothill Blvd. DIR-0158-2020; Request to perform work at night from May 18, 2020 to June 8, 2020, between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., to conduct a data collection survey of a natural gas line on Los Osos Valley Road between South Higuera Street and West Foothill Boulevard within the City limits. This project is categorically exempt from environmental review (CEQA); R-1, R-1-PD, R-3, R-4, O, PF, C-R, C-S, and C-T zones; Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), applicant. (Hannah Nguyen) 5. Murray Ave., between Santa Rosa St and Casa St. DIR-01762020; Request to perform work at night from May 11, 2020 to June 11, 2020, between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., to replace an existing waterline on Murray Avenue, between Santa Rosa Street and Casa Street. This project is categorically exempt from environmental review (CEQA); O zone; City of San Luis Obispo – Public Works Department, applicant. (Hannah Nguyen) 6. 770 Serrano Dr. DIR-0157-2020; Request to provide a second required off-street parking space in tandem on the driveway to facilitate utilizing half of an existing two-car garage as a workshop space. This project is categorically exempt from environmental review (CEQA); R-1 zone; Jesse Maddren, applicant. (Hannah Nguyen) The Community Development Director will either approve or deny these applications no sooner than May 11, 2020. The Director’s decision may be appealed and must be filed with the appropriate appeal fee within 10 days of the Director’s action. For more information, contact the City of San Luis Obispo Community Development Department, 919 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, by calling (805) 781-7170, weekdays, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. April 30, 2020
WHEN: Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 09:00 AM. All items are advertised for 09:00 AM. To verify agenda placement, please call the Department of Planning & Building at (805) 781-5600.
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO SURPLUS AND SELL COUNTY-OWNED REAL PROPERTIES IN THE COMMUNITY OF SAN MIGUEL, COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Government Code section 6063 that the County of San Luis Obispo (“County”) intends to sell County-owned properties (Subject Properties) located in the community of San Miguel at N Street and 12th Street described as APNs 021-231-017, -041, and -024 totaling approximately 50,060 square feet. APN 021-231-024 is accessible from N Street; APN 021- 231017 is accessible from 12th Street and APN 021-231-041 is situated between -024 and -017 and, pursuant to the preliminary report from First American Title Company, it “lacks a right of access to and from the land.”. The Subject Properties are zoned Residential Multi-Family (RMF) with unit density (UD) of 20 dwelling units per one acre, are located within the County-wide Water Conservation Program, and are subject to the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin Urgency Ordinance. There currently are no utilities servicing the Subject Properties. Written bids must be submitted to County Central Services – Real Property Services on the County’s bid form in a sealed envelope. A bid form and a description of the Subject Properties are available in the office of the County’s Central Services Department, 1087 Santa Rosa Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. The minimum bid (Subject Properties to be sold as one economic unit) is set at Six Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars ($640,000). PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Supervisors (“Board”) intends to conduct an auction of the Subject Properties at its regular meeting on MAY 19, 2020 not May 12, 2020. All sealed bid forms are due to the Central Services Department located at the above- referenced address on or before Monday, May 11, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. The regular meeting will occur in the Board Chambers, New County Government Center, 1055 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 1:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible. The sealed written bid forms will be presented at the Board meeting and oral bids will be called for before the final acceptance of any bid. DUE TO COVID-19, THE CHAMBERS WILL NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BUT LIVE ORAL BIDS CAN BE MADE BY CALLING (805) 321-0555. PLEASE REFER TO THE TEMPORARY PROCEDURES FOR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETINGS ON THE COUNTY’S WEBSITE AT https:// www.slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Board-of-Supervisors.aspx . All other terms and conditions of the 3/24/2020 adopted First Amended Resolution remain unchanged. Upon successful close of escrow, a real estate commission of three percent (3%) of the selling price, or an amount otherwise determined by Government Code Sections 25531 and 25532 will be paid from the proceeds of the sale to a selling broker who is instrumental in obtaining the offer to purchase, provided that the broker is identified at the time of the bid. For information or to obtain a written bid form, please visit www.slocounty.ca.gov/cs/SurplusRealProperty or contact the County Real Property Manager at (805) 781-5206 or e-mail to pdacri@co.slo.ca.us. Dated: April 29, 2020 WADE HORTON Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: /s/ T’Ana Christiansen Deputy Clerk April 30, 2020
COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WHO:
San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors
WHEN: Tuesday, May 5, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. (All items are advertised for 9:00 a.m. To find the agenda placement call the Planning Department at 781-5600.) WHAT: Hearing to consider a request by the COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO to approve amendments to the Land Use Ordinance, Title 22 of the County Code, the Coastal Zone Land Use Ordinance, Title 23 of the County Code, and the Coastal Framework for Planning Table “O” (LRP2019-00008) to allow for the cultivation of industrial hemp. The requested amendments include: 1) amendments of Title 22 to Section 22.30, Standards for Specific Land Uses, Section 22.30.070 Agricultural Processing Uses, Section 22.74.150 Nuisance Abatement, and various sections throughout Title 22 to update terms and definitions, 2) amendments of Title 23 to Section 23.08.042 – Agricultural Processing Uses, Section 23.08.040 – Agricultural Uses - Specialized, Section 23.10.150 – Nuisance Abatement, and various sections throughout Title 23 to update terms and definitions 3) amendments to Coastal Framework for Planning Table “O” to add Industrial Hemp Cultivation as an allowed use, and 4) Title 1 Section 1.05.080 Cannabis Activity and Industrial Hemp Related Violations. County File Number: LRP2019-00008 Assessor Parcel Number: Various Supervisorial District: All Date Authorized: July 16, 2019 WHERE:
The hearing will be held in the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors Chambers, 1055 Monterey St., Room #D170, County Government Center, San Luis Obispo, CA. The Board of Supervisors Chambers is located on the corner of Santa Rosa and Monterey Streets. At the hearing all interested persons may express their views for or against, or to change the proposal. DUE TO COVID-19, THE CHAMBERS MAY NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE REFER TO THE TEMPORARY PROCEDURES FOR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETINGS ON THE COUNTY’S WEBSITE AT https://www. slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Board-ofSupervisors.aspx.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: You may contact Kip Morais, Project Manager, in the San Luis Obispo County Department of Planning and Building, 976 Osos Street, Room 200, San Luis Obispo, California 93408, (805) 781-5600. The staff report will be available for review the Wednesday before the scheduled hearing date on the County’s website at . ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION: Also to be considered is the determination that this project is exempt from environmental review under CEQA based on the common sense exemption, CEQA Guidelines § 15061(b)(3). **If you challenge this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this public notice or in written correspondence delivered to the appropriate authority at or before the public hearing**
DATED:
April 29, 2020
WADE HORTON, EX-OFFICIO CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS April 30, 2020
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, the Pismo Beach Planning Commission will hold a public hearing for the following purpose: PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA: A. Address:
383 Palomar Avenue
Applicant: Michael & Susan Miner Project No: P19-000102 Description: Coastal Development Permit for a 624 square-foot addition and two new secondfloor decks on an existing two-story single-family residence located at 383 Palomar Avenue; APN 010243-025; Project site is located within the Coastal Zone and is appealable to the Coastal Commission. Environmental Review: In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), it has been determined that the project is exempt from the requirements of CEQA pursuant to Section 15301 of the CEQA Guidelines regarding existing structures. B. Address: 314 Indio Drive Applicant: Isaman Design, Inc Project No: P20-000014 Description:Major Modification to Project P17000009 for a new single-family residence, with changes to exterior elevations and overall height to one story, reduction of overall square footage, and elimination of the basement level located at 314 Indio Drive; APN 010-091-008; Project site is located within the Coastal Zone and is appealable to the Coastal Commission. Environmental Review: In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), it has been determined that the project is exempt from the requirements of CEQA pursuant to Section 15303 of the CEQA Guidelines regarding construction of new structures. Details about ways to participate in this hearing will be provided on the agenda posted for the meeting online at pismobeach.org/agenda, and on the bulletin board at City Hall. The agenda will be posted in the afternoon of May 8, 2020. You have a right to comment on these projects and their effect on our community. Interested persons are invited to participate in the hearings or otherwise express their views and opinions regarding the proposed projects. Written and voicemail comments are welcomed prior to the hearing. Written comments prepared prior to the hearing may be submitted to the Planning Commission at planningcommission@pismobeach.org or to send an email to Planning staff at eperez@pismobeach.org . Oral comment may be provided prior to the hearing by calling 805-556-8299 and leaving a voice message. Please state and spell your name and identify your item of interest. Generally, written comment may be submitted by email up until the start of the public comment period during this time. Every effort will be made to provide an opportunity for live public comment during the meeting, but because the City cannot guarantee the quality of internet access or video conferencing facilities for the meeting, live public comment may not be available at every meeting. Please refer to the agenda for this meeting for specific instructions. Staff reports, plans and other information related to these projects are available for public review in Access Pismo www.pismobeach.org, or by emailing Elsa Perez, Administrative Secretary at eperez@pismobeach.org The meeting agenda and staff report will be available no later than the Friday before the meeting and may be obtained upon request by email at eperez@pismobeach. org, or by visiting www.pismobeach.org. The Planning Commission meeting will be televised live on Charter Cable Channel 20 and streamed on the City’s website. PLEASE NOTE: If you challenge the action taken on this item in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Pismo Beach at, or prior to, the public hearing. For further information please contact Elsa Perez, Administrative Secretary, at eperez@pismobeach.org. Elsa Perez, CMC Administrative Secretary
By: /s/ T’Ana Christiansen Deputy Clerk
April 30, 2020
Notice is given that sealed bids will be received at the office of the County Clerk, 1055 Monterey Street, Room D-120, San Luis Obispo, California 93408 before 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 28, 2020 (“Bid Deadline”), for the following public works project: 2018-19 ASPHALT OVERLAY VARIOUS SOUTH COUNTY ROADS SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CA CONTRACT NO. 300615 Bids will be opened and declared by the County Clerk at 3:15 p.m. on the bid opening date at a public meeting at 1055 Monterey Street, Room D-120, San Luis Obispo, California 93408. Any bid received at the office of the County Clerk of the County of San Luis Obispo at or after 3:00 p.m. on the date specified above will not be accepted, and will be returned to the bidder unopened. A bid received one second after 3:00 p.m. (i.e. after 3:00:00 p.m.) shall not be considered. Bids are required for the entire work described in the Contract Documents. The Bid package (also referred to herein as the “Contract Documents”) are posted on the County’s Purchasing website: http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/GS/Purchasing/Current_Formal_ Bids_and_Proposals.htm Any changes, additions, or deletions to these Contract Documents will be in the form of written addenda issued by the County. Any addenda will be posted on the website. Prospective bidders must check the website for addenda or other relevant new information at up to 5:00 p.m. the day before the prescribed date/time for submittal of bids. The County is not responsible for the failure of any prospective bidder to receive such addenda. All addenda so issued shall become a part of this Bid. All bidders are required to acknowledge and confirm receipt of every addendum in their bid proposal. All bidder Requests for Information must be submitted no later than 3:00 p.m., 5 business days prior to the bid opening date. Requests submitted after said date may not be considered. All questions pertaining to the content of this invitation to Bid must be made in writing through the Purchasing website. Questions and responses will be posted on the Purchasing website and can be viewed by accessing the Invitation to Bid located at the Purchasing website. The identity of the entity submitting the question will not be posted. The County reserves the right to determine the appropriateness of comments / questions that will be posted on the website. The bidder must have either a Class A license or a combination of class C licenses that make up a majority of the work at the time the Contract is awarded (Public Contract Code § 3300). When the bidder holds a combination of Class C licenses, all work to be performed outside of the bidder’s license specialties, except work that is incidental or supplemental to the licenses of the bidder, shall be performed by licensed Subcontractors in compliance with the Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4100) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code) Pursuant to Public Contract Code section 1771.1: • A Contractor or Subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in the Bid Proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of this public works project, unless currently registered with the Department of Industrial Relations and qualified to perform work pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5. It is not a violation of this section for an unregistered Contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Business and Professions Code or by Section 10164 or 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided the Contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded. • This Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.
NOTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of San Luis Obispo’s Community Development Director has determined that the following project is qualified for adoption of a Mitigated Negative Declaration of Environmental Impact in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act. Project Title:
Project Number: ARCH-1687-2018 & EID-04752019 Project Applicant: Jamestown Premier SLO Retail, LP Project Location: Primary Address: 1144 Chorro Street (APN 002-427-012) The project also includes the following addresses: 868 and 870 Monterey Street (APN 002-416-040), 876 Marsh Street, 895 Higuera Street, and 890 Marsh Street; (APN 002-427-016, -014, and -015), 973 Higuera (APN 022-432-011 and -012), and 898 Higuera (APN 022-425-011). Project Description: The City of San Luis Obispo has completed an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) for the proposed construction of a new six-story mixed use building by Jamestown Premier SLO Retail, LP (applicant). The IS/MND found the following environmental factors to be less than significant with mitigation incorporated: Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, Noise, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, and Utilities and Service Systems. Based on a search of the California Department of Toxic Substance Control’s EnviroStar database, the State Water Resources Control Board’s Geotracker database, and CalEPA’s Cortese List website, there are no hazardous waste cleanup sites within the project site. The applicant is requesting to demolition an existing one-story commercial building, to construct a mixed-use project that consists of approximately 30,000 square feet of commercial/office space and 50 residential dwelling units, inclusive of an application for a Planned Development (PD) Overlay zone on a 0.38-acre parcel located in the historic district in downtown San Luis Obispo. The proposed 80,249-square-foot building would be 75 feet in height. The PD overlay zone is intended to provide the transfer of residential density units within the Downtown Centre to be utilized for the new building at 1144 Chorro Street, and would allow potential future development on the parcels on Morro and Higuera Streets to accommodate the remaining density units that were allowed but not utilized in the other four parcels. The Director’s determination was based on an environmental initial study prepared by City and Consultant staff in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act. Anyone can review this study on the City’s website at http://www.slocity. org/government/department-directory/communitydevelopment/documents-online/environmental-reviewdocuments. If you are unable to access the internet, please contact Kyle Bell at kbell@slocity.org or (805) 781-7524 to arrange for an alternative means to view the study, as the City offices are currently closed to the public due to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated Shelter at Home Order. Anyone may review and comment on the Mitigated Negative Declaration within 30 days of this notice (by 5:00 PM on May 30). Written statements may be submitted to the City of San Luis Obispo, Community Development Department, 919 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, Attention: Kyle Bell, Associate Planner or by email to kbell@slocity.org. Hearing Body:
Cultural Heritage Committee
Tentative Date:
May 18, 2020
Hearing Place:
Web based hearing, more information available through the following link; https://www.slocity.org/government/ advisory-bodies/agendas-andminutes/cultural-heritagecommittee
Time:
5:30 PM
There is no project-specific DBE goal requirement. Bids must be submitted under sealed cover plainly marked as a bid and identified with the project number, the date and time for receipt of sealed bids, and the name of the bidder. Bids must be accompanied by cash, a certified or cashier’s check, or a bidder’s bond in favor of the County in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the submitted total Bid. Pursuant to Public Contract Code section 22300, the successful bidder may substitute certain securities for funds withheld by County to ensure performance under the Contract or, in the alternative, request the County to make payment of retention to an escrow agent. The successful bidder will be required to furnish the County with payment and performance bonds, with each issued by a California admitted surety insurer equal to 100% of the Contract Price. Pursuant to section 1770 et seq. of the California Labor Code, the Contractor and all Subcontractors shall pay not less than the prevailing rate of per diem wages as determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations and comply with all applicable Labor Code provisions, which include, but are not limited to the employment of apprentices, the hours of labor, and the debarment of Contractors and Subcontractors. The Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations determines the general prevailing wage rates. Copies are available at the DIR website, http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD. By order of the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Luis Obispo in their action on the 21st day of April, 2020.
1144 Chorro Street Mixed Use Development
Hearing Body:
Architectural Review Commission
Tentative Date:
June 1, 2020
Hearing Place:
Web based hearing, more information available through the following link; https://www.slocity.org/government/ advisory-bodies/agendas-andminutes/architectural-reviewcommission
Time:
5:00 PM
Hearing Body:
Planning Commission
Tentative Date:
July 8, 2020
Hearing Place:
Web based hearing, more information available through the following link; https://www.slocity.org/government/ advisory-bodies/agendas-andminutes/planning-commission
Time:
6:00 PM
For more information on the proposed project, its environmental effects, City environmental procedures and deadlines, please contact: Project Planner:
Kyle Bell, at kbell@slocity.org or (805) 781-7524.
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City of San Luis Obispo In September 2020, four structures are scheduled to be demolished. The addresses and structure descriptions are provided below. If anyone is interested in relocating any of these structures, please contact the City of San Luis Obispo at 805-781-7193 or rburde@slocity.org. Insurance and bonding will be required. Please do not disturb the tenants. 633, 633A, & 633B Palm Street Residential units available: One 768 square foot, 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom residence One 1,391 square foot, 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom residence 610 Monterey Street Residential unit available: One 1,725 square foot, 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom residence 614 Monterey Street (Contributing Historic Heyd Adobe)* Residential unit available: One 1,372 square foot, 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom residence *Monetary assistance available to move this structure from the site. April 30, 2020
COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & BUILDING
COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & BUILDING NOTICE OF TENTATIVE ACTION / PUBLIC HEARING
WHO: County of San Luis Obispo Planning Department Hearing
WHO: County of San Luis Obispo Planning Department Hearing
WHEN: Friday, June 19, 2020 at 09:00 AM. All items are advertised for 09:00 AM. To verify agenda placement, please call the Department of Planning & Building at (805) 781-5600.
WHEN: Friday, June 5, 2020 at 09:00 AM. All items are advertised for 09:00 AM. To verify agenda placement, please call the Department of Planning & Building at (805) 781-5600.
NOTICE OF TENTATIVE ACTION / PUBLIC HEARING
WHAT: A request by Ryan Lovejoy for a Minor Use Permit (DRC2018-00193) to allow for the phased development of three acres of outdoor cannabis cultivation, 22,000 square feet of indoor cannabis cultivation, 4,000 square feet of ancillary nursery, 3,000 square feet of drying within nine seatrain containers, and 320 square feet of storage in one seatrain container. The project will result in the disturbance of approximately 6 acres on an approximately 42.2-acre parcel. Also, the applicant is requesting three modifications: (1) to reduce the requirement of 60 parking spaces to 26 parking spaces; (2) to reduce both side-yard setbacks from 300 feet to 205 feet from the east and west property lines; and (3) alternative screening and fencing to allow for wildlife passage. The project is within the Agriculture land use category and is located at 11111 Bitterwater Road, approximately 5 miles west of the village of California Valley. The site is within the Carrizo Planning Area. The Environmental Coordinator, after completion of the initial study, finds that there is no substantial evidence that the project may have a significant effect on the environment, and the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report is not necessary. Therefore, a Mitigated Negative Declaration (pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq., and CA Code of Regulations Section 15000 et seq.) has been issued on March 30, 2020, for this project. Mitigation measures are proposed to address Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Noise and are included as conditions of approval. The Environmental Document is available for public review at the Department of Planning and Building, at the below address. A copy of the Environmental Document is also available on the Planning and Building Department website at www.sloplanning.org. Anyone interested in commenting on the proposed Environmental Document should submit a written statement and/or speak at the public hearing. Comments will be accepted up until completion of the public hearing(s). County File Number: DRC2018-00193 Supervisorial District: District 5 Assessor Parcel Number(s): 072-311-005 Date Accepted: 01/28/2019
City of San Luis Obispo Notice of Intent to Adopt Mitigated Negative Declaration
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY AND INTENT TO ADOPT A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION For 1144 Chorro Street Mixed Use Development (City File EID-0475-2019) The City of San Luis Obispo has completed an Initial Study/ Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) for the proposed construction of a new six-story mixed use building by Jamestown Premier SLO Retail, LP (applicant). The IS/MND found the following environmental factors to be less than significant with mitigation incorporated: Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, Noise, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, and Utilities and Service Systems. The project’s primary location is 1144 Chorro Street (APN 002-427-012), San Luis Obispo, CA. The project also includes the following addresses: off-site Historic Resource Preservation: 868 and 870 Monterey Street (APN 002-416-040), San Luis Obispo, CA, Proposed Planned Development (PD) Overlay Zone: 1144 Chorro Street (APN 002-247-012), the existing Downtown Centre property (876 Marsh Street, 895 Higuera Street, and 890 Marsh Street; APN 002-427-016, -014, and -015), two parcels located on the east side of Morro Street (973 Higuera APN 022-432-011 and -012), and one parcel on the north side of Higuera Street (898 Higuera; APN 022425-011), San Luis Obispo, CA. Based on a search of the California Department of Toxic Substance Control’s EnviroStar database, the State Water Resources Control Board’s Geotracker database, and CalEPA’s Cortese List website, there are no hazardous waste cleanup sites within the project site. The applicant is requesting to demolition an existing one-story commercial building, to construct a mixed-use project that consists of approximately 30,000 square feet of commercial/ office space and 50 residential dwelling units, inclusive of an application for a Planned Development (PD) Overlay zone on a 0.38-acre parcel located in the historic district in downtown San Luis Obispo. The proposed 80,249-square-foot building would be 75 feet in height. The PD overlay zone is intended to provide the transfer of residential density units within the Downtown Centre to be utilized for the new building at 1144 Chorro Street, and would allow potential future development on the parcels on Morro and Higuera Streets to accommodate the remaining density units that were allowed but not utilized in the other four parcels. Reference copies of the Mitigated Negative Declaration are available on the City’s website at http://www.slocity.org/ government/department-directory/community-development/ documents-online/environmental-review-documents. If you are unable to access the internet, please contact Kyle Bell at kbell@ slocity.org or (805) 781-7524 to arrange for an alternative means to view the study, as the City offices are currently closed to the public due to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated Shelter at Home Order. The required 30-day public review period for the Mitigated Negative Declaration will extend from Thursday, April 30, 2020 to Saturday, May 30, 2020. Anyone interested in commenting on the document should submit a written statement to the City of San Luis Obispo, Community Development Department, 919 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, Attention: Kyle Bell, Associate Planner, or by email to kbell@slocity.org, by 5:00 p.m., by May 30, 2020. A hearing is tentatively scheduled with the City of San Luis Obispo Cultural Heritage Committee on May 18, 2020 to evaluate the project. Interested persons can access the Cultural Heritage Committee agenda at https://www.slocity.org/government/ advisory-bodies/agendas-and-minutes/cultural-heritagecommittee to locate the agenda of the public hearing for this project. A hearing is tentatively scheduled with the City of San Luis Obispo Architectural Review Commission on June 1, 2020 to evaluate the project. Interested persons can access the Architectural Review Commission agenda at https://www.slocity.org/government/ advisory-bodies/agendas-and-minutes/architectural-reviewcommission to locate the agenda of the public hearing for this project. A hearing is tentatively scheduled with the City of San Luis Obispo Planning Commission on July 8, 2020 to evaluate the project. Interested persons can access the Planning Commission agenda at https://www.slocity.org/government/advisory-bodies/agendasand-minutes/planning-commission to locate the agenda of the public hearing for this project. April 30, 2020
WHERE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE based on the threat of COVID-19 as reflected in the Proclamations of Emergency issued by both the Governor of the State of California and the San Luis Obispo County Emergency Services Director as well as the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 issued on March 17, 2020, relating to the convening of public meetings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, until further notice all public meetings for the Department of Planning and Building for the County of San Luis Obispo will be closed to members of the public and non-essential County staff. The Department’s Notice of Temporary Procedures, which includes Instructions on how to view the meeting remotely and how to provide public comment are posted on the Department’s webpage at www.slocounty.ca.gov/ Departments/Planning-Building/Boards-and-Commissions.aspx. Additionally, hearing body members and officers may attend the meeting via teleconference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were present.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR’S SUBDIVISION HEARING The City of San Luis Obispo’s Community Development Director will hold a public hearing at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, May 11, 2020, on the item listed below. While the City encourages public participation, growing concern about the COVID-19 pandemic has required that public meetings be held via teleconference. Meetings can be viewed on Government Access Channel 20 or streamed live from the City’s website at www.slocity.org Public comment may be submitted in writing or by email to advisorybodies@slocity. org 1. 797 Caudill St. SBDV-0774-2019; Request to establish a common interest subdivision to provide for eight condominiums within an approved development project (ARCH-1077-2017) with minor exceptions to the open space requirements for common interest subdivisions. Project is categorically exempt from environmental review (CEQA); C-R-SF zone; Montage Development, Inc., applicant. (Kyle Bell)
If you challenge this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this public notice or in written correspondence delivered to the appropriate authority at or before the public hearing. Daniela Chavez, Secretary Planning Department Hearing April 30, 2020
Also to be considered at the hearing will be adoption of the Environmental Document prepared for the item. The Environmental Coordinator, after completion of the initial study, finds that there is no substantial evidence that the project may have a significant effect on the environment, and the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report is not necessary. Therefore, a Mitigated Negative Declaration (pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq., and CA Code of Regulations Section 15000 et seq.) has been issued on April 1,2020, for this project. Mitigation measures are proposed to address Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, and Hydrology and Water Quality, and are included as conditions of approval. The Environmental Document is available for public review at the Department of Planning and Building, at the below address. A copy of the Environmental Document is also available on the Planning and Building Department website at www.sloplanning. org. Anyone interested in commenting on the proposed Environmental Document should submit a written statement and/or speak at the public hearing. Comments will be accepted up until completion of the public hearing(s). County File Number: DRC2018-00094 Supervisorial District: District 1 Assessor Parcel Number(s): 080-041-036 Date Accepted: 11/20/2018 WHERE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE based on the threat of COVID-19 as reflected in the Proclamations of Emergency issued by both the Governor of the State of California and the San Luis Obispo County Emergency Services Director as well as the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 issued on March 17, 2020, relating to the convening of public meetings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, until further notice all public meetings for the Department of Planning and Building for the County of San Luis Obispo will be closed to members of the public and non-essential County staff. The Department’s Notice of Temporary Procedures, which includes Instructions on how to view the meeting remotely and how to provide public comment are posted on the Department’s webpage at www.slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Planning-Building/Boards-and-Commissions. aspx. Additionally, hearing body members and officers may attend the meeting via teleconference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were present.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION A copy of the staff report will be made available on the Planning Department website at www.sloplanning.org. You may also contact Young Choi, Project Manager, in the Department of Planning and Building at the address below or by telephone at (805) 7815600. TO REQUEST A PUBLIC HEARING This matter is tentatively scheduled to appear on the consent agenda, which means that it and any other items on the consent agenda can be acted upon by the hearing officer with a single motion. An applicant or interested party may request a public hearing on this matter. To do so, send a letter to this office at the address below or send an email to pdh@co.slo. ca.us by Friday, June 12, 2020 at 4:30 PM. The letter or email must include the language “I would like to request a hearing on DRC2018-00193.”
WHAT: A request by Souji Farms, Inc. for a Minor Use Permit (DRC2018-00094) to establish 1 acre (43,560 square feet) of outdoor cannabis cultivation canopy in hoop houses, 22,000 square feet of mixed-light (indoor) cannabis cultivation canopy, ancillary cannabis processing, and ancillary transport. Site improvements would include a proposed 27,000-square-foot greenhouse for mixed-light cultivation and a 900-squarefoot building for ancillary processing (i.e. drying, trimming, curing, and storage). The project would result in approximately 1.4 acres (62,441 square feet) of site disturbance on a 167-acre parcel, including the removal of four mature oak trees and approximately 1,533 cubic yards of cut and 1,533 cubic yards of fill, to be balanced on-site. The project includes a modification from the parking standards set forth in Land Use Ordinance (LUO) Section 22.18.050.C.1 to reduce the required number of parking spaces from 57 to 14 spaces. The project includes a modification from the fencing standards set forth in Land Use Ordinance (LUO) Section 22.40.050.D.6 to request deer fencing in place of solid fencing. The project site is located within the Rural Lands land use designation in the Nacimiento Sub Area of the North County Planning Area. The project site accessed by an unnamed road off Nacimiento Lake Drive (Assessor’s Parcel Number [APN] 080041-036), approximately 2 miles northeast of the community of Heritage Ranch and approximately 2,000 feet south of the Monterey County border.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION A copy of the staff report will be made available on the Planning Department website at www.sloplanning.org. You may also contact Eric Hughes, Project Manager, in the Department of Planning and Building at the address below or by telephone at (805) 781-5600.
PLEASE NOTE: Any court challenge to the actions taken on this item may be limited to considering only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of San Luis Obispo at, or prior to, the public hearing.
TO REQUEST A PUBLIC HEARING This matter is tentatively scheduled to appear on the consent agenda, which means that it and any other items on the consent agenda can be acted upon by the hearing officer with a single motion. An applicant or interested party may request a public hearing on this matter. To do so, send a letter to this office at the address below or send an email to pdh@co.slo.ca.us by Friday, May 29, 2020 at 4:30 PM. The letter or email must include the language “I would like to request a hearing on DRC2018-00094.” If you challenge this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this public notice or in written correspondence delivered to the appropriate authority at or before the public hearing. Daniela Chavez, Secretary Planning Department Hearing
April 30, 2020
April 30, 2020
COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & BUILDING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & BUILDING NOTICE OF TENTATIVE ACTION / PUBLIC HEARING
WHO: County of San Luis Obispo Subdivision Review Board
WHO: County of San Luis Obispo Planning Department Hearing
WHEN: Monday, June 1, 2020 at 09:00 AM. All items are advertised for 09:00 AM. To verify agenda placement, please call the Department of Planning & Building at (805) 781-5600.
WHEN: Friday, May 15, 2020 at 09:00 AM. All items are advertised for 09:00 AM. To verify agenda placement, please call the Department of Planning & Building at (805) 781-5600.
WHAT: Hearing to consider a request by Chuck Braff for a Tentative Parcel Map (SUB2018-00015/ CO 18-0029) to subdivide an existing 7.13-acre parcel into four parcels ranging in size from 1.2 to 1.6 acres each with a 1.2-acre remainder parcel. The project will result in the disturbance of approximately 30,000 square feet of the 7.13-acre parcel for road improvements to Windmill Way and the existing driveway from Highway 227. The division will either extend Windmill Way from its current terminus at the northern side of the property to the southern property line or extend Windmill Way from the south to the northern property line ending in a CalFire approved turnaround. The project also includes off-site road improvements to an existing shared access driveway to State Route 227. Additional disturbance shall occur as the parcels are developed. The proposed project is within the Residential Suburban land use category and is located on the west side of Edna Road, approximately one mile south of the City of San Luis Obispo, in the San Luis Obispo North Sub Area of the San Luis Obispo Planning Area. Also to be considered at the hearing will be adoption of the Environmental Document prepared for the item. The Environmental Coordinator, after completion of the initial study, finds that there is no substantial evidence that the project may have a significant effect on the environment, and the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report is not necessary. Therefore, a Mitigated Negative Declaration (pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq., and CA Code of Regulations Section 15000 et seq.) has been issued on February 13, 2020 for this project. Mitigation measures are proposed to address Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Public Services, Recreation and Transportation and are included as conditions of approval. The Environmental Document is available for public review at the Department of Planning and Building, at the below address. A copy of the Environmental Document is also available on the Planning and Building Department website at www.sloplanning. org. Anyone interested in commenting on the proposed Environmental Document should submit a written statement and/or speak at the public hearing. Comments will be accepted up until completion of the public hearing(s). County File Number: SUB2018-00015 Supervisorial District: District 3 Assessor Parcel Number(s): 044-082-035 Date Accepted: 09/17/2019 WHERE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE based on the threat of COVID-19 as reflected in the Proclamations of Emergency issued by both the Governor of the State of California and the San Luis Obispo County Emergency Services Director as well as the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 issued on March 17, 2020, relating to the convening of public meetings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, until further notice all public meetings for the Department of Planning and Building for the County of San Luis Obispo will be closed to members of the public and non-essential County staff. The Department’s Notice of Temporary Procedures, which includes Instructions on how to view the meeting remotely and how to provide public comment are posted on the Department’s webpage at www. slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Planning-Building/Boards-and-Commissions. aspx. Additionally, hearing body members and officers may attend the meeting via teleconference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were present. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION A copy of the staff report will be made available on the Planning Department website at www.sloplanning.org. You may also contact Stephanie Fuhs, Project Manager, in the Department of Planning and Building at the address below or by telephone at (805) 781-5600. If you challenge this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this public notice or in written correspondence delivered to the appropriate authority at or before the public hearing. Daniela Chavez, Secretary Subdivision Review Board April 30, 2020
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ORDINANCE NO. 1680 (2020 SERIES) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND THE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, California, at its Regular Meeting of March 3, 2020, introduced the above titled ordinance upon a motion by Council Member Pease, second by Council Member Christianson, and on the following roll call vote: AYES: NOES:
Council Member Christianson, Pease, Stewart, Vice Mayor Gomez and Mayor Harmon None
Ordinance No. 1680 (2020 Series) – An Ordinance adopting an amended contract between the City and CalPERS to provide Section 20516 (Cost Sharing) to increase the employee contribution to CalPERS by and additional one and one-half percent (1.5%). The contract amendment will apply to appointed officials, department heads, unrepresented management, unrepresented confidential employees and all employees represented by the San Luis Obispo Firefighters Local 3523. A full and complete copy of the aforementioned Ordinance will be available for inspection as part of the published agenda packet for the May 5, 2020 Council meeting, or you may call (805) 781-7100 for more information. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo will consider adopting the aforementioned Ordinance at its Regular Meeting of May 5, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. While the Council encourages public participation, growing concern about the COVID-19 pandemic has required that public meetings be held via teleconference. Meetings can be viewed on Government Access Channel 20 or streamed live from the City’s website at www.slocity.org. Public comment may be submitted in writing or by email to emailcouncil@slocity. org. Teresa Purrington, City Clerk April 30, 2020
WHAT: A request by Rachel and Michael Bross for a Minor Use Permit / Coastal Development Permit (DRC2019-00294) to allow an existing two-story single-family residence to be used as a residential vacation rental. The proposed project is within the Residential Multi-Family land use category and is located at 1448 Strand Way, in the community of Oceano. The site is in the San Luis Bay (Coastal) Planning Area. Also to be considered is the determination that this project is categorically exempt from environmental review under CEQA. County File Number: DRC2019-00294 Supervisorial District: District 4 Assessor Parcel Number(s): 061-022-044 Date Accepted: 04/28/2020 WHERE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE based on the threat of COVID-19 as reflected in the Proclamations of Emergency issued by both the Governor of the State of California and the San Luis Obispo County Emergency Services Director as well as the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 issued on March 17, 2020, relating to the convening of public meetings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, until further notice all public meetings for the Department of Planning and Building for the County of San Luis Obispo will be closed to members of the public and non-essential County staff. The Department’s Notice of Temporary Procedures, which includes Instructions on how to view the meeting remotely and how to provide public comment are posted on the Department’s webpage at www.slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Planning-Building/Boards-and-Commissions. aspx. Additionally, hearing body members and officers may attend the meeting via teleconference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were present. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION A copy of the staff report will be made available on the Planning Department website at www.sloplanning.org. You may also contact Young Choi, Project Manager, in the Department of Planning and Building at the address below or by telephone at (805) 7815600. TO REQUEST A PUBLIC HEARING This matter is tentatively scheduled to appear on the consent agenda, which means that it and any other items on the consent agenda can be acted upon by the hearing officer with a single motion. An applicant or interested party may request a public hearing on this matter. To do so, send a letter to this office at the address below or send an email to pdh@co.slo.ca.us by Friday, May 8, 2020 at 4:30 PM. The letter or email must include the language “I would like to request a hearing on DRC2019-00294.” If you challenge this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this public notice or in written correspondence delivered to the appropriate authority at or before the public hearing. COASTAL APPEALABLE If the County approves this project, that action may be eligible for appeal to the California Coastal Commission. Appeals must be filed in writing as provided by Coastal Zone Land Use Ordinance Section 23.01.043. Daniela Chavez, Secretary Planning Department Hearing
April 30, 2020
for the week of April 30
FIRE STATION 1 HVAC REPLACEMENT
COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING BRIEF TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2020 AT 9:00 AM. 5 BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT
SPEC. NO. 91647
01. Update on COVID-19, rec’d w/ direction given to staff. 02. Consent Agenda – Item Nos. 02-33 & Added Item No. 38 & Resolution (Res.) No. 2020-095 thru 2020-105, approved as amended. 03. Public Comment Period - matters not on the agenda: G. Grewal; P. Acosta; G. Nelson; J. Collins; D. Watson & E. Sturtz, speak. No action taken. 04. Res. 2020-106 , approving the SLO Regional Transit Authority (RTA) incurring indebtedness not to exceed $25,000,000 to construct the San Luis Obispo RTA’s planned new transit administration, operations & maintenance facility & making certain findings in connection therewith, adopted. 05. Protest Hearing re: proposed sewer service charges increase for the Los Osos Sewer Service Area; no majority protest exists; project exempt CEQA & Ordinance No. 3413, establishing sewer Service Charges & requirements for the Los Osos Sewer Service Area, adopted. 06. Closed Session, cancelled. Meeting Adjourned. Wade Horton, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: Annette Ramirez, Deputy Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the City of San Luis Obispo will receive bids for the “FIRE STATION 1 HVAC REPLACEMENT, Spec. No. 91647” at the Public Works Administration Office located at 919 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 until, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2020, at 2:00 P.M., when they will be publicly opened via Skype. Bids received after said time will not be considered. Bids shall be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked with the project title, contractor name, address, and specification number.
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The Contractor must possess a valid Class C-20 or C-38 Contractor’s License at the time of the bid opening. Every bid must be accompanied by a certified check/cashier’s check or bidder’s bond for 10% of the bid amount, payable to the City of San Luis Obispo.
ARIES
Download FREE at the City’s website: www.SloCity.org - Bid packages under Bids & Proposals. City Standard Specifications and Engineering Standards may also be downloaded for free from the City’s website. Questions may be addressed to Mike McGuire, Project Manager, at 805-783-7716 or mmcguire@slocity.org. April 30, 2020
April 30, 2020
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SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the County Clerk, 1055 Monterey Street, Room D-120, San Luis Obispo, California 93408 until 3:00 P.M. on Thursday, May 28, 2020, (“Bid Deadline”), for the following Public Works Project (hereinafter “Project”): NACIMIENTO WATER PIPELINE NORTH SALINAS RIVER CROSSING REPAIR PASO ROBLES, CA CONTRACT NO. 300641 Bids will be opened and declared by the County Clerk at 3:15 p.m. on the bid opening date at a public meeting at 1055 Monterey Street, Room D-120, San Luis Obispo, California 93408. Any bid received at the office of the County Clerk of the County of San Luis Obispo at or after 3:00 p.m. on the date specified above will not be accepted, and will be returned to the bidder unopened. A bid received one second after 3:00 p.m. (i.e. after 3:00:00 p.m.) shall not be considered. NON-MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING: Bidders may attend one of two non-mandatory pre-bid meetings in order to assess existing site conditions. The site is located on private property and no other site visits will be allowed outside of the pre-bid meetings. Two non-mandatory pre-bid meetings will be held, on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 10:00 am and Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 10:00 am at the following location: Monterey Road just East of Highway 101 (approximately near 4615 Monterey Road) North of Paso Robles, CA The non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will include a brief discussion of construction issues and contract requirements as well as a tour of the project site and is for the Bidder’s information only. For additional information regarding the meeting, please contact Michael Boyce at (805) 781-5264. Bids are required for the entire work described in the Contract Documents. The Bid package (also referred to herein as the “Contract Documents”) are posted on the County’s Purchasing website: http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/GS/Purchasing/Current_Formal_Bids_and_Proposals.htm Any changes, additions, or deletions to these Contract Documents will be in the form of written addenda issued by the District. Any addenda will be posted on the website. Prospective bidders must check the website for addenda or other relevant new information at up to 5:00 p.m. the day before the prescribed date/time for submittal of bids. The District is not responsible for the failure of any prospective bidder to receive such addenda. All addenda so issued shall become a part of this Bid. All bidders are required to acknowledge and confirm receipt of every addendum in their bid proposal. All bidder Requests for Information must be submitted no later than 3:00 p.m., 5 business days prior to the bid opening date. Requests submitted after said date may not be considered. All questions pertaining to the content of this invitation to Bid must be made in writing through the Purchasing website. Questions and responses will be posted on the Purchasing website and can be viewed by accessing the Invitation to Bid located at the Purchasing website. The identity of the entity submitting the question will not be posted. The County reserves the right to determine the appropriateness of comments / questions that will be posted on the website. The bidder must have either a Class A license or a combination of class C licenses that make up a majority of the work at the time the Contract is awarded (Public Contract Code § 3300). When the bidder holds a combination of Class C licenses, all work to be performed outside of the bidder’s license specialties, except work that is incidental or supplemental to the licenses of the bidder, shall be performed by licensed Subcontractors in compliance with the Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4100) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code) Pursuant to Public Contract Code section 1771.1: • A Contractor or Subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in the Bid Proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of this public works project, unless currently registered with the Department of Industrial Relations and qualified to perform work pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5. It is not a violation of this section for an unregistered contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Business and Professions Code or by Section 10164 or 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded. • This Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1773 of the California Labor Code, the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Luis Obispo has obtained from the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work for the locality in which the work is to be performed for each needed craft, classification, or type of workman. Copies of said prevailing rate of per diem wages are available at the California Department of Industrial Relations’ web site address at: www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD. Bidders are advised that any contractor who is awarded a public works project and intends to use a craft or classification not shown on the general prevailing wage determination may be required to pay the wage rate of that craft or classification most closely related to it as shown in the general determinations effective at the time of the call for bids. Travel and Subsistence Payments shall be in accordance with Section 1773.1 of the Labor Code. Wage rates for holiday and overtime work shall be in accordance with Section 1773 of the Labor Code. Attention is directed to the provisions in Sections 1777.5, 1777.6, and 1777.7 of the Labor Code concerning the employment of apprentices by the Contractor or any subcontractor. Attention is directed to the provisions in Section 1776 of the Labor Code concerning payroll records.
(March 21-April 19): I always hesitate to advise Aries people to slow down, be more deliberate, and pay closer attention to boring details. The Rams to whom I provide such counsel may be rebelliously annoyed with me—so much so that they move even faster, and with less attention to the details. Nevertheless, I’ll risk offering you this advisory right now. Here’s my reasoning, which I hope will make the prospect more appealing: If you commit to a phase in which you temporarily invoke more prudence, discretion, and watchfulness than usual, it will ultimately reward you with a specific opportunity to make rapid progress.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Is there an area of your life where you would like a do-over? A chance to cancel the past and erase lingering messiness and clear a path for who-knows-what new possibility? The coming weeks will be an excellent time to prepare—not to actually take the leap, but rather make yourself ready for the leap. You will have God and fate and warm fuzzy vibes on your side as you dare to dream and scheme about a fresh start. Any mistakes you committed once upon a time could become irrelevant as you fantasize practically about a future breakthrough.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 1855, Gemini-born Walt Whitman published his book of poetry Leaves of Grass. A literary critic named Rufus Wilmot Griswold did not approve. In a review, he derided the work that would eventually be regarded as one of America’s literary masterpieces. “It is impossible to imagine how any man’s fancy could have conceived such a mass of stupid filth,” Griswold wrote, adding that Whitman had a “degrading, beastly sensuality” driven by “the vilest imaginings.” Whitman’s crafty Gemini intelligence responded ingeniously to the criticism. In the next edition of Leaves of Grass, the author printed Griswold’s full review. It helped sell even more books! I invite you to consider comparable twists and tricks.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): In your efforts to develop a vibrant community and foster a vital network of connections, you have an advantage. Your emotionally rich, nurturing spirit instills trust in people. They’re drawn to you because they sense you will treat them with care and sensitivity. On the other hand, these fine attributes of yours may sometimes cause problems. Extra-needy, manipulative folks may interpret your softness as weakness. They might try to exploit your kindness to take advantage of you. So the challenge for you is to be your generous, welcoming self without allowing anyone to violate your boundaries or rip you off. Everything I just said will be helpful to meditate on in the coming weeks, as you reinvent yourself for the future time when the coronavirus crisis will have lost much of its power to disrupt our lives.
LEO
Attention is directed to the provisions of Section 5-1.07, “Measurement and Payment,” of the Special Provisions permitting the substitution of equivalent securities for any moneys withheld to ensure performance of this contract. Said Section 5-1.07 is incorporated by reference in this invitation for bid as if fully set forth at length.
(July 23-Aug. 22): Now is an excellent time to take inventory of your integrity. You’re likely to get crucial insights if you evaluate the state of your ethics, your authenticity, and your compassion. Is it time to boost your commitment to a noble cause that transcends your narrow self-interest? Are there ways you’ve been less than fully fair and honest in your dealings with people? Is it possible you have sometimes failed to give your best? I’m not saying that you are guilty of any of those sins. But most of us are indeed guilty of them, at least now and then. And if you are, Leo, now is your special time to check in with yourself—and make any necessary adjustments and corrections.
Pursuant to Labor Code Section 1771.1, no contractor or subcontractor may be listed on the bid proposal for this public works project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5.
VIRGO
Attention is directed to the provisions in Sections 1810 – 1815 of the Labor Code concerning work hours. Attention is directed to the provisions of Section 2-1.02, “Required Listing of Proposed Subcontractors,” of the Special Provisions regarding the requirement that proposed subcontractors be listed in the bidder’s proposal. A “DESIGNATION OF SUBCONTRACTORS” form for listing subcontractors, as required, is included in the section titled “Bid Proposal and Forms” of the Contract Documents. This form must be completed and submitted with bidder’s bid proposal. All bonds and endorsements thereto to be submitted pursuant to this contract shall be written by a company authorized to do surety business in the State of California. Each bid must be accompanied by a form of bidder’s security, namely cash, certified check, cashier’s check, or bidder’s bond, in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total of the bid. Within five (5) calendar days, not including Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of notice that the contract has been awarded, the successful bidder, shall execute a written contract with the District in the form prescribed herein. At the time of execution of the contract, the successful bidder shall submit the certificates of insurance stipulated in Article 7 of the Agreement, and, in addition thereto, shall furnish a “Performance Bond” in the sum of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract bid to guarantee the performance of the contract, and a “Payment Bond” in the sum of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract bid. The bond forms are included in the section titled “Agreement” of the Contract Documents.
Pursuant to Labor Code Section 1771.1, no contractor or subcontractor may be awarded this public works contract unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5. This Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations, pursuant to Labor Code Section 1771.4. The Board of Supervisors reserves the right to reject any or all bids, and to waive discrepancies, irregularities, informalities or any other errors in the bids or bidding, if to do so seems to best serve the public interest. The right of Board of Supervisors to waive errors applies even if the Contract Documents state that a discrepancy, irregularity, informality or other error makes a bid nonresponsive, so long as the error does not constitute a material error. The successful bidder must be licensed to perform the work in accordance with the laws of the State of California. Accordingly, the successful bidder shall possess a Class A general engineering contractor’s license at the time this contract is awarded. In the alternative, the successful bidder shall possess a specialty contractor’s license that permits the successful bidder to perform with his or her own organization contract work amounting to not less than 30% of the original total contract price and to subcontract the remaining work in accordance with Section 5-1.055, “Subcontracting,” of the Amendments to the Standard Specifications. Failure of the bidder to be properly and adequately licensed shall constitute a failure to execute the contract and shall result in the forfeiture of the bidder’s security. Bidders must satisfy themselves by personal examination of the location of the proposed work and by such other means as they prefer as to the actual conditions and requirements of the work, and shall not at any time after submission of the bid dispute, complain, or assert that there was any misunderstanding in regard to the nature or amount of work to be done. By order of the Board of Supervisors of the San Luis Obispo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District in their action on the 21st day of April, 2020.`
(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I predict that you will have more flying dreams than usual in the coming weeks—as well as more dreams in which you’re traveling around the world in the company of rebel angels and dreams in which you’re leading revolutionary uprisings of oppressed people against tyrannical overlords and dreams of enjoying eight-course gourmet feasts with sexy geniuses in the year 2022. You may also, even while not asleep, well up with outlandish
fantasies and exotic desires. I don’t regard any of these likelihoods as problematical. In fact, I applaud them and encourage them. They’re healthy for you! Bonus: All the wild action transpiring in your psyche may prompt you to generate good ideas about fun adventures you could embark on once the coronavirus crisis has ebbed.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): It’s time to work your way below the surface level of things, Libra; to dig and dive into the lower reaches where the mysteries are darker and richer; to marshal your courage as you go in quest of the rest of the story. Are you willing to suspend some of your assumptions about the way things work so as to become fully alert for hidden agendas and dormant potentials? Here’s a piece of advice: Your fine analytical intelligence won’t be enough to guide you through this enigmatic terrain. If you hope to get face to face with the core source, you’ll have to call on your deeper intuition and non-rational hunches.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): When was the last time you researched the intricacies of what you don’t like and don’t desire and don’t want to become? Now is a favorable time to take a thorough inventory. You’ll generate good fortune for yourself by naming the following truths: 1. goals and dreams that are distractions from your primary mission; 2. attitudes and approaches that aren’t suitable for your temperament and that don’t contribute to your maximum health; 3. people and influences that are not in alignment with your highest good.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky believed that the cleverest people are those who regularly call themselves fools. In other words, they feel humble amusement as they acknowledge their failings and ignorance—thereby paving the way for creative growth. They steadily renew their commitment to avoid being know-it-alls, celebrating the curiosity that such blessed innocence enables them to nurture. They give themselves permission to ask dumb questions! Now is a favorable time for you to employ these strategies.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): What wonderful improvements and beautiful influences would you love to be basking in by May 1, 2021? What masterpieces would you love to have as key elements of your life by then? I invite you to have fun brainstorming about these possibilities in the next two weeks. If an exciting idea bubbles up into your awareness, formulate a plan that outlines the details you’ll need to put in place so as to bring it to fruition when the time is right. I hereby authorize you to describe yourself with these terms: begetter; originator; maker; designer; founder; producer; framer; generator.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If I asked you to hug and kiss yourself regularly, would you think I was being too cute? If I encouraged you to gaze into a mirror once a day and tell yourself how beautiful and interesting you are, would you say, “That’s too woo-woo for me.” I hope you will respond more favorably than that, Aquarius. In fact, I will be praying for you to ascend to new heights of self-love between now and May 25. I will be rooting for you to be unabashed as you treat yourself with more compassionate tenderness than you have ever dared to before. And I do mean ever!
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In the coming weeks, I’d love to see you get excited about refining and upgrading the ways you communicate. I don’t mean to imply that you’re a poor communicator now; it’s just that you’re in a phase when you’re especially empowered to enhance the clarity and candor with which you express yourself. You’ll have an uncanny knack for knowing the right thing to say at the right moment. You’ll generate blessings for yourself as you finetune your listening skills. Much of this may have to happen online and over the phone, of course. But you can still accomplish a lot! Δ
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We want YOUR short stories Love. Death. Passion. Suspicion. Betrayal. Suspense. Humor. Revenge. Surprise.
55 words or less
Here are some key rules to remember: 1. No more than 55 words. It’s in the title of the contest. Don’t forget it.
5. Initials are one word, and acronyms are one word.
2. Hyphenated words count as individual words, except for words like “re-open” where both parts are not words on their own.
6. Numerals count as a single word, but if written out, they fall under rule No. 2 (e.g. 67 funky monkeys counts as three words; sixtyseven funky monkeys counts as four).
3. The title does not count toward the 55 total, but it should not exceed seven words. 4. Contractions are single words (i.e. “should’ve, could’ve, would’ve”).
7. Punctuation doesn’t count, so feel free to use all the semicolons you want, but only if they’re correctly used!
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