SOAR, short for SLO Onboarding Assistance Resources, is a SLO Chamber program that seeks to promote members’ employee retention, make recruiting easier and give member employees additional support in acclimating to the area by creating social connections and resources that help them make SLO their permanent home.

After a successful lawsuit to recall the Patten map, SLO County has set its wheels in motion to create an Independent Redistricting Commission. A panel of citizens — not elected officials — will get to choose San Luis Obispo County’s supervisor district boundaries in the future.

Mental health and its relationship to the housing crisis and homelessness, the use of AI in current and future technologies, harnessing the wind for energy and the need to collaborate across party lines are major topics to focus on in California in 2024