"I feel like it's a good time with the redistricting that kind of left our community orphaned during the election and not really having a representative," Los Osos resident Kristin Horowitz told New Times SLO. "Now we sort of have essentially no power."
Even though Los Osos is currently in SLO County's 2nd District, it was moved out of that district and into the 5th District during the redistricting process of 2021. The people who live in the new 5th District won't be able to vote until 2024. This means that in 2023 and 2024, Los Osos, Morro Bay, Oceano, and parts of San Luis Obispo will not have a representative.
The Committee to Incorporate Los Osos was made up of Horowitz, who is on the Los Osos Community Advisory Council, and Jon-Erik Storm, who used to be on the board of the Los Osos Community Services District (CSD). The committee wants SLO County's Local Agency Formation Commission to look into how much it would cost to make Los Osos a city.
Storm told New Times that in the last ten years or so, he has talked to about half of the people who live in Los Osos about what they think about the town becoming a city.
He also said that the CSD can only do so much. Storm also said that Los Osos is not well represented at the county level, which is something he keeps bringing up.
Even though Los Osos is currently in SLO County's 2nd District, it was moved out of that district and into the 5th District during the redistricting process of 2021. The people who live in the new 5th District won't be able to vote until 2024. This means that in 2023 and 2024, Los Osos, Morro Bay, Oceano, and parts of San Luis Obispo will not have a representative.
The Committee to Incorporate Los Osos was made up of Horowitz, who is on the Los Osos Community Advisory Council, and Jon-Erik Storm, who used to be on the board of the Los Osos Community Services District (CSD). The committee wants SLO County's Local Agency Formation Commission to look into how much it would cost to make Los Osos a city.
Storm told New Times that in the last ten years or so, he has talked to about half of the people who live in Los Osos about what they think about the town becoming a city.
He also said that the CSD can only do so much. Storm also said that Los Osos is not well represented at the county level, which is something he keeps bringing up.
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