San Luis Obispo, CA
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San Luis ObispoCA averageUS Census ACS
Typical home value $1,097,597 +1.6% yr/yr · +28% 5-yr
Home-value trend 2000–2026 (Zillow ZHVI)
🗳️ Election results (6 races)
Local election returns — winner marked ✓.
Mayor 2024-11-05
Erica A. Stewart ✓ 17,520 · Donald E. Hedrick 3,261
City Council 2024-11-05
Jan Marx ✓ 11,955 · Mike Boswell ✓ 11,089 · John Drake 5,909 · Felicia Lewis 3,430
Mayor 2022-11-08
Erica A. Stewart ✓ 12,159 · Richard Orcutt 2,459 · Jeffery Specht 2,278 · Donald E. Hedrick 288
City Council 2022-11-08
Michelle Shoresman ✓ 9,643 · Emily Francis ✓ 8,803 · Joe Benson 5,234 · James Papp 3,644
Mayor 2020-11-03
Heidi Harmon ✓ 13,358 · Cherisse Sweeney 8,717 · Sandra Marshall-Eminger 2,995 · Donald E. Hedrick 454
City Council 2020-11-03
Andrea "Andy" Pease ✓ 10,070 · Jan Howell Marx ✓ 8,338 · Abrianna Torres 7,831 · James Papp 4,960 · Kelly Evans 4,727 · Robin Wolf 2,624
Recent meetings
💰 Federal awards (top 10 by amount)
Largest recent federal contract/grant awards to recipients in this city (2023–present), via USAspending.gov.
| $20.3M | TRUST AUTOMATION INC Department of Defense · ACCELERATE THE PROCUREMENT AND FIELDING OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES (AP |
| $18.7M | GUSTAV KEONI Department of Justice · FIRE DETECTION AND ALARM SYSTEM AT FCC LOMPOC |
| $15.0M | GUSTAV KEONI Department of Agriculture · 127EAW26C0003 - BRUSH CREEK WORK CENTER CONSTRUCTION |
| $12.8M | GUSTAV KEONI Department of Defense · REPAIR BARRACKS 249 |
| $8.0M | ZONE 5 TECHNOLOGIES, LLC Department of Defense · GOLDEN HORDE COLOSSEUM CLEAVER HARDWARE IN THE LOOP SYSTEMS, MODELS, A |
| $5.4M | GUSTAV KEONI Department of Justice · FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM UPGRADE AT FCC LOMPOC |
| $5.1M | EMPIRICAL SYSTEMS AEROSPACE INC National Aeronautics and Space Administr · IGF::OT::IGF IN ORDER TO DESIGN, ANALYZE, BUILD, TEST OPERATE, MAINTA |
| $4.6M | ABRAXAS ENERGY CONSULTING LLC Department of Health and Human Services · IGF::OT::IGF FACILITIES MAINTENANCE SERVICES |
| $4.3M | ZONE 5 TECHNOLOGIES, LLC Department of Defense · VEHICLE AND PAYLOAD DESIGN AND TEST |
| $3.9M | EMPIRICAL SYSTEMS AEROSPACE INC National Aeronautics and Space Administr · X-57 MOD IV SUPPORT THROUGH ACCEPTANCE OF HIGH LIFT FLIGHT HARDWARE. |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury) — federal awards only, not city budgets.
🌐 County-level context (San Luis Obispo County)
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Net migration+147 people (+$161.3M net AGI · 2023)
Federal disasters (10 yr)11 ({"Flood": 10, "Severe Storm": 8, "Fire": 2, "Freezing": 2, " · last Sat Apr 13, 2024)
Traffic fatalities2 (2 pedestrian · 2024)
Business establishments8,962 (98,720 employees · 2023)
Fair Market Rent (2BR)$2,156/mo (875 assisted households · 2025)
Adults with low literacy18.2% (low numeracy 25% · 2017)
Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC
City profile
Everything below is drawn from this city’s own public record and primary-source government data. AI-written summaries are a finding aid, not a citable quote.
62
Recorded votes
$224.2M
Annual budget
881
Employees on payroll
184
Permitted housing units
The money — in
source: Census gov-finance & state comptrollerBudget
Revenue$224.2M
Spending$198.2M
Revenue ran ahead of operating spending this year.
The money — out
source: city procurement & payrollWho the city actually cuts checks to.
881 employees on the public payroll — every position and salary is public record.
Outcomes — economic mobility
source: Opportunity Atlas (Harvard) · research useFor kids who grew up here in low-income households, their adult household-income rank (0–1). The average hides a gap by race:
Research-only layer, shown here for context — not included in the CC BY 4.0 bulk download.
Where it’s happening
geocoded land-use decisions🗺 Interactive map
Every rezoning, development approval, and permit — explore the geocoded records in the research explorer.