Services
Board Chambers Reservations
This service is for reservations for the Board of Supervisors Chambers in the Downtown Government Center Complex.Citizen Complaint Investigations
The Administrative Office investigates complaints asserting that a County department or employee is acting in a manner that is unfair, arbitrary, inconsistent, or contrary to law. Administrative Office staff will review your complaint to determine what actions, if any, can be taken to resolve the issue.
Communications and Public Outreach
Connect with your County government in a variety of ways. Through the County's communications and outreach services, it seeks to improve performance, educate and inform the public, respond to public requests for information, resolve citizen complaints, and promote technology to make County government more accessible.
County Identity Standards
The County has official identity standards that were unanimously adopted by the Board of Supervisors in December 2016. Because the County is such a large organization, these standards help create a consistent image that will ultimately help eliminate confusion about what the County does and make it easier for the public to identify County services, programs, employees, projects, etc.
County News (Monthly e-Newsletter)
The County of San Luis Obispo produces monthly e-newsletters to help inform the public about County news, services, programs, projects and more. For your convenience, the County has archived its e-newsletters here.
Fish & Games Fines Advisory Committee
The San Luis Obispo County Fish & Game Committee serves as an advisory body to the Board of Supervisors in carrying out a program of wildlife conservation funded by the County Fish and Game Fund.
Grant Funding from the County
American Rescue Plan Act Grant Opportunities
Organizations may apply for funding to respond to the negative economic impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency. Through one-time funding from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the County of San Luis Obispo seeks to make available up to $500,000 for small business grants, $3 million for non-profits and up to $2.5 million in grants for organizations providing business technical assistance, workforce development, and job training. Please see the Request for Applications below for details.
Closed ARPA Programs
- Business Technical Assistance Grant (Closed February 23, 2022)
- Non-Profit Grant (Closed March 1, 2022)
- Small Business Grant Program
- The applications for grant funding received so far have exceeded our funding limit of $500,000. The County is processing the applications that it has received and is no longer able to accept new applications at this time. We thank you for your interest in this program.
Community Based Grants
Organizations can apply for several grant funding opportunities offered by the County of San Luis Obispo. This includes District Community Project Grants and Community-Based Organization and Preventative Health Grants. More information about these grant funding opportunities can be found on this page.
Request for Application - Other Agency
District Community Grant Application - Board of Supervisors
County Unincorporated Tourism Business Improvement District Local Area Grants
Public Defender Reimbursement (for attorneys)
Attorneys appointed by the Court to serve as a Public Defender may request reimbursement from the County for certain types of expenses.