Editing San Luis Obispo, California (section)

==Government==
[[File:SLO County Courthouse (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Built in 1940, the San Luis Obispo County Courthouse was designed by noted architects [[Walker & Eisen]].]]

San Luis Obispo is [[Municipal corporation|incorporated]] as a [[charter city]]. It is also the [[county seat]] of [[San Luis Obispo County, California|San Luis Obispo County]]. The [[city charter]] provides for a "Council-Mayor-City Manager" form of municipal government.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slocity.org/home/showdocument?id=1994 |title=San Luis Obispo City Charter |work=City of San Luis Obispo  |access-date=December 15, 2010}}</ref> The city council has five members: a [[mayor]] who is elected to two-year terms, with each mayor limited to serving no more than four consecutive terms, and four city council members who are elected to four-year terms, with each council member limited to serving no more than two consecutive terms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slocity.org/organization.asp |title=City Government: City Structure |work=City of San Luis Obispo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060725100335/http://www.slocity.org/organization.asp |archive-date=July 25, 2006  |access-date=February 12, 2007}}</ref>

The fire department of San Luis Obispo was first organized in 1872 and now has 45 full-time [[firefighter]]s and four [[fire station]]s ({{As of|2007|lc=on}}).<ref name="ci.san-luis-obispo.ca.us">{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.san-luis-obispo.ca.us/fire/about.asp |title=City of San Luis Obispo Fire Department |work=City of San Luis Obispo  |access-date=May 22, 2007}}</ref> The SLO City Fire Stations are staffed with three-man ALS engine companies and a four-man ALS Truck company. Each apparatus has at least one paramedic on duty each day. The department responds to over 4,500 calls each year. The San Luis Obispo City Fire Department also maintains a bike medic program which is used at the Farmers' Market and other special events throughout the city. Four members of the Fire Department are also on the San Luis Obispo SWAT Team as SWAT Medics and respond using Squad 1 (an ALS equipped ambulance which also carries some light rescue gear and other specialty tools) The front-line members of the department are represented by the San Luis Obispo City Firefighters' IAFF Local 3523.<ref name="ci.san-luis-obispo.ca.us" />

The City of San Luis Obispo Utilities Department can trace its lineage back to 1872 when plans were made to provide the city with safe drinking water.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.historyinslocounty.org/Early%20Champions%20in%20Health.htm |title=HISTORY IN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY Site created and maintained by Lynne Landwehr |access-date=November 14, 2020 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116114047/https://www.historyinslocounty.org/Early%20Champions%20in%20Health.htm }}</ref> Currently the Utilities Department operates a [[water treatment plant]] designed to treat 16 million gallons a day, the [[Whale Rock Reservoir]] located in [[Cayucos, CA]], a [[water distribution system]] including 15 pressure zones and 150 miles of [[water mains]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.slocity.org/government/department-directory/utilities-department/water/distribution-system|title=Distribution System &#124; City of San Luis Obispo, CA|website=www.slocity.org}}</ref> The [[Wastewater treatment|Water Resource Recovery Facility]] treats 4.5 million gallons per day and is currently undergoing a plant upgrade expected to be completed in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.slocity.org/government/department-directory/utilities-department/wastewater/wastewater-treatment|title=Wastewater Treatment &#124; City of San Luis Obispo, CA|website=www.slocity.org}}</ref>

===Notable ordinances===
[[File:SLO County Government Office - panoramio (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|The County Government Center]]
[[File:San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce - San Luis Obispo, California (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce, located in downtown]]
In June 1990 City Councilman [[Jerry Reiss]] proposed a city ordinance to [[Smoking ban|ban smoking]] in all indoor public areas. Following a failed effort {{citation needed|reason=What was the nature of the effort? Are there tv, radio or newspaper ads?|date=February 2019}} by [[R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company]] to defeat the ordinance, the City Council voted 4–1 in favor on June 19, 1990, with only Mayor [[Ron Dunin]] dissenting. As a result, on August 2, 1990, San Luis Obispo became the first municipality in the world to ban smoking in all public buildings, including bars and restaurants. This statute has been a catalyst worldwide in anti-smoking legislation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tobacco.org/News/010129garth.html |title=Letter to Nebraska Senators from San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce in favor of Smokefree Legislation |work=Tobacco.org  |access-date=April 7, 2007 |archive-date=March 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315203259/http://www.tobacco.org/News/010129garth.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-02-mn-1350-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Miles | last=Corwin | date=August 2, 1990 | title=Smokers Snuffed: San Luis Obispo Will Implement Nation's Toughest Tobacco Law Today}}</ref><ref>STRICT SMOKING BAN OK'D, San Jose Mercury News, June 21, 1990</ref> In April 2010, San Luis Obispo strengthened its anti-smoking legislation, making smoking in public, excepting for certain conditions, a citable offense beginning on June 20, 2010.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=King |date=July 1, 2010 |title=San Luis Obispo Smoking Ban Now In Effect |url=http://920kvec.com/pages/7596314.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703080851/http://920kvec.com/pages/7596314.php |archive-date=July 3, 2010 |work=KVEC}}</ref>

In 1982, following public hearings, the city council approved an ordinance forbidding the construction of "[[drive-through]]" businesses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2007/06/20/73096/fast-food-drive-thrus-to-remain.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912071118/http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2007/06/20/73096/fast-food-drive-thrus-to-remain.html|title=Fast food drive-thrus to remain banned in SLO - The Tribune & SanLuis…|date=September 12, 2012|archive-date=September 12, 2012|website=archive.is}}</ref> [[In-N-Out Burger]] opened a restaurant in the nearby town of Atascadero because of the ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atascadero.org/media/council/2c72cfcC-1-Drive-thrus.pdf |title=Atascadero City Council : Staff Report : Informational Background Report: Drive-Throughs: Overview of Zoning Issues and Impacts |publisher=Atascadero.org  |access-date=September 7, 2015}}</ref> In 2008 the City Council voted 3–2 to keep the ban.<ref>{{cite magazine |author1=Jamie Hartford |title=The Death of the Drive-Thru |url=http://www2.qsrmagazine.com/articles/features/120/emissions-1.phtml |access-date=July 8, 2023 |magazine=QSR Magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318221238/http://www2.qsrmagazine.com/articles/features/120/emissions-1.phtml |archive-date=March 18, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qsrweb.com/article.php?id=9886 |title=Drive-thru bans a wave of the future? &#124; QSRweb.com |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121202232708/http://www.qsrweb.com/article.php?id=9886 |archive-date=December 2, 2012  |access-date=February 6, 2016}}</ref>

In April 2010, an "unruly gathering" ordinance passed with a vote of 4–1. This ordinance poses a fine of $700 for the hosts of gatherings with more than 20 people on private property that create a substantial disturbance in a significant amount of the neighborhood. Unlawful conduct includes [[Noise regulation|excessive noise]]; [[public drunkenness]]; serving alcohol to minors; fighting; urinating in public; crowds overflowing into yards, sidewalks, or streets; or similar unlawful behaviors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mustangdaily.net/unruly-gathering-ordinance-passes-without-protest/ |last=Barba |first=Jessica |publisher=Mustang Daily |title=Unruly Gathering Ordinance Passes Without Protest |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206024135/http://mustangdaily.net/unruly-gathering-ordinance-passes-without-protest/ |archive-date=February 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.san-luis-obispo.ca.us/police/pdfs/unrulgathrules.pdf|last=Tregenza|first=Ardith|publisher=San Luis Obispo Police Department|title=Unruly Gathering Rules}}</ref>

===State and federal representation===
In the [[California State Legislature]], San Luis Obispo is in {{Representative|casd|17|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|30|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web
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In the [[United States House of Representatives]], San Luis Obispo is in {{Representative|cacd|24|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|24|access-date=September 29, 2014}}</ref>