Jobs agenda meets politics of obstruction
When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger showed up in San Luis Obispo on Feb. 8 to make his pitch for a $500 million plan for job growth and green tax credits, he was preaching to his kind of business leaders. Central Coast Republicans and Democrats alike often find common ground with the governor’s mix of faith in Read More →
SLO finds a solution
The monthlong battle over San Luis Obispo’s Farmers’ Market has finally been settled, and the two warring parties have come to a joint decision: The Farmers’ Market Association will regain control of produce sales at the popular street fair. The Downtown Association, which seized control of produce sales in January, and the San Luis Obispo Read More →
Flower industry looks for love and money
Valentine’s Day kicks off the busiest time of the year for the Tri-Counties’ $175 million cut-flower industry, and growers say they could have their most profitable season in years. Reeling from a steep decline in sales last year and a Valentine’s Day that falls on a sales-dampening Sunday, growers have made their operations leaner but Read More →
Experts fear rules gridlock
As new stormwater rules take final form in Ventura County, legal experts are wondering whether the aims of the regulations are on a crash course with the goals of landmark smart-growth and carbon emissions laws passed in Sacramento in recent years. At its heart, the conflict centers on density. AB 32 and SB 375, laws Read More →
Rescue dog foundation get $1M
The Ojai-based National Search Dog Foundation won a $1 million challenge grant from The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation Jan. 20 that could pave the way for the creation of a national training center at a 125-acre ranch in Santa Paula. Seven teams from the foundation flew to Haiti shortly after the earthquake there and helped rescue eight Read More →
Reagan library gets gift of $12.75M
The Simi Valley-based Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation said Feb. 6 that it has received a $12.75 million gift from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation to fund renovations at the Regan Library and Museum’s exhibit galleries. The gift is timed to coincide with Reagan’s 100th birth day in 2011. In the past, the Reynolds Foundation, named Read More →
Select Staffing
Santa Barbara-based Select Staffing’s deal to go public and pay off $200 million in debt has fallen though. With $1.5 billion in revenue in 2009, Select Staffing, a temporary employment firm, is the largest private company in the Tri-Counties. The company said Dec. 11 that it planned to join up with Florida-based Atlas Acquisition Holding Corp., Read More →
