SLO LIFE FebMar2021

| TIMELINE
LOCAL
december 2
San Luis Obispo resident Dawn Ortiz-Legg is
sworn in as the Third District’s representative
to the SLO County Board of Supervisors.
Appointed to the Planning Commission in
2018 by then-Supervisor Adam Hill, she will
serve two years of Hill’s four-year term, which
opened up following Hill’s death in August.
Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Ortiz-
Legg to the position from a wide field of local
applicants for the job.
december 2
A mysterious, metallic monolith standing ten
feet tall and weighing in the neighborhood of
200 pounds appears on top of Pine Mountain
in the City of Atascadero’s Stadium Park. It
is almost immediately torn down by a group
who traveled from outside the county. Other
similar monoliths captured public attention
in November and December when they
were discovered in Utah, Romania, England,
and Pittsburg. The three-sided Atascadero
structure was subsequently replaced by the four
local artists who took credit for its original
incarnation: Wade McKenzie, Jared Riddle,
Travis Kenney, and Randall Kenney.
december 16
Two economic development groups on the
Central Coast agree to join forces and unify
the organizations in both vision and voice.
The San Luis Obispo Economic Vitality
Corporation (EVC) will merge with REACH
in a combined effort to improve the economies
of SLO County and northern Santa Barbara
County. In order to consolidate, a few
members of the EVC board will join the
REACH board, which REACH President
and CEO Melissa James estimates will have
twenty to twenty five members.
december 3
The California Public Utilities
Commission (CPUC) votes to extend
its deadline to issue a decision on
the Diablo Canyon 2018 Nuclear
Decommissioning Cost Triennial
Proceeding to March 13, 2021,
in order to have sufficient time to
publish a proposed decision, to
review comments on the proposed
decision, and to allow the commission
sufficient time to deliberate and to
issue its final decision. The next public
Diablo Canyon Decommissioning
Engagement Panel meeting will
be held within two weeks after the
CPUC issues its proposed decision.
december 21
The United States Conference of Mayors recognizes the City of San Luis Obispo for
its community climate action accomplishments, presenting it a 2020 Climate Protection
Award: Honorable Mention Small City. The award recognizes the city’s leadership and
innovation in developing the Clean Energy Choice Program for New Buildings. The award
comes as the city also reconfirms and advances its commitment to achieving climate action
consistent with the Paris Climate Agreement.
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