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Wilbanks, Megan
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Subject:Commercial Parking Districts
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Dear Mayor Stewart and Council Members,
I hope this email finds you safe and healthy.
Attached, please find a letter from the SLO Chamber regarding commercial parking districts. We look forward to your
discussion of the issue at tomorrow's meeting and to answering any questions you might have.
Thank you for your consideration,
Molly
Molly Kern
Director of Governmental Affairs
San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce
T: 805.786.2763 C: 805.440.3941
slochamber.org | imagineslo.com
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January 10, 2022
City Council
City of San Luis Obispo
990 Palm St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Dear Mayor Stewart and Council Members,
I am writing to you today to share the SLO Chamber of Commerce’s support of your proposed process to
create commercial parking districts.
Empowering businesses to come together to vote and be issued permits, and issuing parking permits
based upon the individual needs of each property within the permit area boundaries are prudent
stopgap measures that will allow our commercial areas to better manage their neighborhoods until a
comprehensive parking program update is conducted.
This is an important step, but alone it will not be enough. Allowing commercial parking districts should
be one tool in a broader response to homelessness as it will only be successful when paired with the
creation of additional safe parking spaces/areas or other options for people who are houseless. Without
alternatives, we are concerned that additional parking districts could lead to increasing impacts in other
areas of our City.
As we have shared before, the Chamber is supportive of fast tracking additional permanent supportive
housing and dedicating resources supporting long term solutions rather than simply responding to
symptoms. We know that the City cannot address the complex and nuanced challenge of homelessness
alone and continue to advocate for regional collaboration between cities and the County, as well as the
private sector, to address the issue.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Jim Dantona
President/CEO
San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce