About SLOCOG

The San Luis Obispo Council of Governments (SLOCOG) is an association of local governments in the San Luis Obispo County Region. Its members include the cities of Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Grover Beach, Morro Bay, Paso Robles, Pismo Beach, and San Luis Obispo, as well as unincorporated areas of San Luis Obispo County. The central purpose of SLOCOG is to examine common regional problems and suggest solutions. SLOCOG provides transportation planning and funding for the region, and serves as a forum for the study and resolution of regional issues. In addition to preparing the region’s long-range transportation plan, SLOCOG plans and provides funding for public transit services, highway and roadway improvements, and other alternative methods of transportation.

About Local Roads First

Our Local Roads First: Roadmap to transportation independence comes from what are known as “Self-Help Counties”. These counties, twenty-five throughout California, have chosen to fund transportation projects and infrastructure improvements within their local communities by implementing local sales tax measures. These counties have taken the initiative to generate additional revenue specifically for transportation-related needs. Self Help Counties also gain greater access to grant funds From State and Federal entities.

Becoming a Self Help County and putting Local Roads First would allow SLO County to be less reliant on State and Federal funding while still getting our fair share, complete projects such as filling potholes and decreasing areas of congestion in a timelier manner, and significantly decrease the amount of differed local projects.