Today Station 42 Carrizo Plain Station is staffed 7 days a week. This was possible because of the sales tax receipts from the two major solar projects currently under construction.
Locally grown projects also create local jobs. I’ve worked with the County Administrative Office, the City of Atascadero and the Atascadero Friends of the Library to secure a new building in the heart of Atascadero to relocate and expand the library and keep county offices in the city’s core.
Additionally, I’ve spent quite a lot of time working with CDF/County Fire and the Creston Community to build – with a local construction company – a new, larger fire station, which will enhance fire protection and emergency response services to the community and the surrounding area.
Our Board of Supervisors has approved a long-awaited sewer project in Los Osos, bringing several hundred more skilled jobs for local residents, and we approved the Willow Road Interchange, a major highway improvement project along Highway 101 in Nipomo, adding still more jobs.
All of these approvals came with the maximum level of environmental safeguards, proving that economic growth and environmental protection are not mutually exclusive.
With these decisions, the Board of Supervisors has laid the foundation for the creation of more than 1,000 head-of-household jobs in San Luis Obispo County during the next several years. This is no small accomplishment, particularly when viewed in the context of a state unemployment exceeding 10 percent.
