Third District Supervisor Dawn Ortiz-Legg is OK with a commercial landfill operating within 1,600 feet of homes on Hansen Lane. Our neighbors are not.
For several years, an agricultural grading permit has been renewed for the same location as the green waste facility which went down to public outcry in 2016. This site near our homes and neighborhoods is now importing foreign construction dirt in excess of 120,000 cubic yards per year. No one is monitoring or testing soil volumes as up to 50 dump trucks daily are tearing up Johnson Avenue and Tank Farm Roads on their way to 4400 Orcutt Road. The city is not collecting use fees for this wear and tear. No permits required.
Where is Supervisor Dawn Ortiz-Legg’s concern for trust and openness in government when a landfill is operating on an ag permit with no oversite or collection data right next to our homes and domestic wells? Are the smokestacks at Morro Bay next for importation? Seems our landfills are full, so ranch land will do just fine for Supervisor Ortiz-Legg.
Mary L. Johnson
San Luis Obispo
This article appears in Apr 10-20, 2025.
You should move.