Projects currently in process.
The Airport Land Use Plan has been adopted and the update process is complete. Clicking on this link will redirect you to the newly adopted Airport Land Use Plan.
A hearing is pending for the Board of Supervisors to consider an appeal (APPL2020-00001) by Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) of the Planning Commission’s approval of a request by Sentinel Peak Resources California LLC (formerly Freeport-McMoRan Oil and Gas) for a Conditional Use Permit (DRC2015-00002) to amend a previously approved Conditional Use Permit (D010386D) granting additional time to install the final 31 oil wells of 95 approved wells at the Arroyo Grande Oilfield. The property is located at 1821 Price Canyon Road on both the east and west sides of Price Canyon Road, approximately 2.7 miles north of the City of Pismo Beach.
Environmental Documents
The previously certified Final Environmental Impact Report and related environmental documents are available for review in the Forms and Documents area located on the left side of this page.
Envision Avila is the work program and community workshop series created to inform and develop a new comprehensive Community Plan in Avila. Community Plans are an integral part of the San Luis Obispo County’s General Plan. Community Plans manage land uses and guide land use decisions until 2050. The Avila Community Plan will specifically focus on the region within the Avila Urban Reserve Line (URL).
Refer to Frequently Asked Questions Below
Continuum of Care Program is administered by the Department of Social Services. Please visit their site for more information.
The San Luis Obispo County Planning Department has received an application for the Dana Reserve Specific Plan, located west of Highway 101 and south of Willow Road in the Nipomo area. The applicant is requesting approval of a Specific Plan that includes open space, trails, parks, residential neighborhoods, flex commercial and village commercial areas, a daycare center and a satellite community college.
On September 2, 2022, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 846 into law, providing a path for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) to extend operations at its Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) beyond the current expected closures of 2024 (Unit 1) and 2025 (Unit 2). There are numerous provisions in the new law that require proceedings spanning multiple State and Federal agencies. Links to the various agencies proceedings are provided below in the Frequently Asked Questions section. See "Which Agencies are involved in implementing SB 846".
The Department of Planning & Building was authorized to update the Los Osos Community Plan of the County’s General Plan and Local Coastal Plan on December 11, 2012.
The Community Plan is the official plan for land use and transportation in Los Osos which determines how the community will grow and develop over the next 20 years. The update will focus on protecting resources and providing adequate infrastructure.
The Board of Supervisors Adopted Plan is now available for public review:
The County is seeking a programmatic incidental take permit from the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The County, as the applicant, is requesting a permit term of 25 years to authorize take of covered species associated with covered activities in the Habitat Conservation Plan area, which is approximately 3,560 acres bounded by the Los Osos Urban Reserve Line. As the permittee, the County will have the ability to issue certificates of inclusion to confer incidental take coverage to landowners and other entities as long as their activities are included on the incidental take permit(s).
Further updates will be posted and/or linked on this page as available.
This (and additional) information is available online via the US Fish and Wildlife Services (Ventura Office) by clicking here.
Maddaus Water Management Inc. completed a Los Osos Water Offset Study in June 2023 to evaluate the "retrofit-to-build" program and inform ongoing land use and water resources planning efforts for the community. The study includes updated estimates of average annual residential water use in Los Osos; an estimate of remaining water savings potential, considering historic conservation measures and remaining indoor and outdoor water efficiency retrofits; and recommendations for increasing program reliability. The Department may recommend amendments to the retrofit-to-build program policies based on the study findings, which would be subject to approval by the County Board of Supervisors at a public hearing.
Los Osos Water Offset Study
August 2023 - Study Overview Presentation
A request by Las Pilitas, LLC for a Conditional Use Permit and Reclamation Plan to allow for a new aggregate quarry and asphalt and concrete recycling facility. Mining operations would occur over a 30-year timeframe and conclude with reclamation of the site. The maximum annual extraction would be 500,000 tons. The project would result in disturbance of roughly 60 acres on two parcels totaling 203 acres in size. The project site is located east of the community of Santa Margarita at 6660 Calf Canyon Highway (Highway 58, north side), east of the Salinas River Bridge and approximately 0.25 miles west of Parkhill Road.
On February 7, 2023, the County Board of Supervisors rescinded the Planting Ordinance, re-enacted and extended until 2028 the Agricultural Offset Requirements, decertified the Planting Ordinance Final Program Environmental Impact Report and associated CEQA Findings, directed staff to not process applications for the Planting Ordinance, and directed staff to bring back at an appropriate time for Board discussion opportunities to amend the Agricultural Offset Requirements to account for off-site offsets and voluntary fallowing related to the Groundwater Sustainability Agency Multi-Benefit Irrigated Lands Repurposing (MILR) program. This motion was approved by the following roll call to wit:
AYES: Supervisors Gibson, Ortiz-Legg, and Paulding
NOES: Supervisors Arnold and Peschong
See links to enacted ordinance and resolutions below
On December 6, 2022, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors adopted the Paso Basin Land Use Management Area (PBLUMA) Planting Ordinance (LRP2021-00001), amending Title 8 and Title 22 of the San Luis Obispo County Code and the Agriculture and Conservation and Open Space Elements of the County General Plan to require “water neutral” ministerial planting permits for production agriculture irrigated from groundwater wells within the PBLUMA until 2045, with a 25-acre-feet per year (AFY) exemption allowed per site. The Board of Supervisors also certified a Final Program Environmental Impact Report (FPEIR) (SCH 2021080222) (ED22-183-PL) for the project pursuant to CEQA. See links to the adopted ordinance and FPEIR documents below.
Please click here to view a map of the PBLUMA area.
Please click here to view the PBLUMA area in our interactive web map.
The Department of Planning & Building is currently working on the Phillips 66 Santa Margarita Remediation Environmental Impact Report.
The Final Enviromental Impact Report (FEIR) and Notice are now available for public review:
On August 15, 2022, Phillips 66 Company (Phillips 66) applied to the County of San Luis Obispo for approval of a Development Plan and Coastal Development Permit (DP/CDP) to demolish the Santa Maria Refinery (SMR) facility and remediate the site located at 2555 Willow Road in Arroyo Grande, California.
The County application, C-DRC2022-00048 Phillips 66 SMR Demolition and Remediation Project (SMR Project), was accepted for processing on March 15, 2023, initiating an environmental review process as required under the California Environmental Quality Act. An Environmental Impact Report (EIR) is being prepared for the project.