Author: Estero Bay News

About Being Homeless

Do you want to know why homeless encampments become trash heaps, costing millions over time for clean-up? Look in your garage, you have stuff you might need. You and the unhoused aren’t so different. Some of you may lose your...

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Bad for Business

The City of Morro Bay needs  private investment to develop and redevelop revenue producing projects that benefit our city.  Without it the City’s economic vitality stagnates, and the city goes bankrupt.  Those Investors need...

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Child Care Program Renewed

County Supervisors have renewed a multi-million dollar contract with a local non-profit to run a child care program aimed at reducing poverty and getting people off welfare. According to a report from the County Social Services...

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City Manager Contract Amended

Morro Bay’s City Manager has been given another contract amendment and raise, bumping her salary over the $230,000 a year mark. City Manager Kim Kimball was hired in August 2023 to replace Scott Collins, who took a job with the...

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Street Sweeper Contract Jumps

County Supervisors approved a contract extension for the company that goes around sweeping the streets in County territories. Sweeping Corporation of America was awarded a 3-year contract in 2020 for $712,000 total ($237,000 per...

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