Re: “SLO County strikers demand better pay, flood supervisors meeting”

The cost of living in San Luis Obispo County is accelerating at a rate that is driving county employees and the service industry out of the area. It is a beautiful place to live, now.

If the county wages are failing to keep pace with the cost of living here, then the beauty of this area will suffer. Rents are in excess of what it causes to own a home, but most county employees dont make the income necessary to finance a median value home in this market.

Ask the County what their succession plan is and many departments will indicate they are shifting to telecommuting where county employees dont live here, but work from home.

What does that say about our county future?