The San Luis Coastal Uni­fied School District is selling the Sunnyside School site as surplus property. The Los Osos CSD (LOCSD) and the county are considering acquiring the site to enhance community parks and services in Los Osos. The LOCSD, along with the Los Osos Community Advisory Board (LOCAC), have been working with active recreational groups for the past one and a half years to determine the needs for active recreation in Los Osos.

The 12-acre Sunnyside School site could host many different community amenities - playing fields and other active recreation, open space, as well as buildings to meet various community needs.  With the SLCUSD interested in selling the property, it is time for the community to express its interest.

The Wallace Group will present some concept plans and costs for the property, ranging from minimal improvements to more elaborate recreational and community amenities.

Your participation is critical!

Facilitated by:

• Los Osos Community Service District, LOCSD
• Supervisor Bruce Gibson
• Los Osos Community Advisory Council, LOCAC
• The Wallace Group

A Community Survey will be available soon, and th District will send out another email once it is available!

This is to notify you that the Los Osos/Baywood Focus Group, under the direction of the County of San Luis Obispo Fire Safe Council is conducting a chipping event for Los Osos/Baywood Residents.

This service is FREE of charge, but you need to register for the event so that the contractor can perform this service.  To register for the service on March 19 through March 21, 2025, you need to advise Jose Torres no later than March 17, 2025 by 5:00pm.

The information needed to register is as follows:

1. Name of resident(s)
2. Address of service (Los Osos/Baywood only please!)
3. Contact information (phone or email or both)
4. Filled out and signed Work Agreement Form 
5. Note if you want wood chips left on the property

The following is very important:

This is not a landscaping clean-up project for residents, only cleanup of combustible fire fuels such as tree limbs, branches, leaves, bushes, shrubs etc., all materials should be easily accessible for the chipper and large truck (street curb is preferred), no construction materials, no dirt or large root balls, all materials stacked in a linear manner with cut ends facing out, no beehive style piles (Stack as in the photo example).

Complete your tasks by the morning of Wednesday March 19-21 at 08:00am, and get the collected cuttings, trimmings, etc. picked up for free!

• Place everything at your curb no later than 8:00 am the morning of March 19, 2025.
• There is no limit to the piles you put at the curb. Do not block traffic!
• There is no charge to haul it away. (Funded by the SLO Fire Safe Council.)
• All pruning pieces must be smaller than 6 inches in diameter. No large root balls.
• Cut ends facing out please.
• No ice plant.
• No pampas grass; no rocks, soil, no lumber or construction materials, no trash bags.

We hope to be able to help you with the clean-up of combustible fire fuels.  Remember to register otherwise you will not be included in this event.

The Los Osos Community Services District water system uses six source wells.  Water delivered to the LOCSD customers is groundwater that originates from the Los Osos Valley Basin.  The groundwater basin is a collection of local drainage basins, streams, creeks, and natural percolation from rain, agriculture, and domestic use.  Water is cleaned through a natural filtration process as it trickles down through the ground.  During this process, water may also pick up contaminants found in the soil, either naturally occurring minerals or substances resulting from animals or human activity.  Groundwater is normally very clean and is simply disinfected to help minimize the chance of any viral and bacterial contamination.

Each well is equipped with on-line apparatus for operation and monitoring purposes.  An alarm system is integrated in the monitoring process to notify operators if there is a problem at any well site or District facility.  Two District wells have additional filtration equipment designed to remove naturally occurring iron and manganese found in these wells to aesthetically acceptable levels. 

The Utilities Department operators are responsible for treatment of the six groundwater supply wells.  Crews are also responsible for water quality monitoring, sampling, distribution system repair/maintenance, meter reading and regulatory reporting compliance. The delivery of water to the District’s water customers is conveyed through a network of over 27 miles of water main lines, utilizing three water storage tanks, six groundwater wells connected through approximately 2,780 water service lines and meters serving residences and businesses. Included in the domestic water service infrastructure are 167 fire hydrants with some 558 valves that require periodic maintenance and inspection. These services provided by Utilities Department personnel not only assure delivery of clean, safe and potable drinking water, but also provide the water essential for fire fighting.

We have available our 2024 Consumer Confidence Report.  If you would like one mailed to you, please contact Margaret Falkner at 805-528-9376.

Here is a list of the upcoming Los Osos CSD regularly scheduled Board, Utilities Advisory Committee, Finance Advisory Committee, Emergency Services Advisory Committee and Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee Meetings. 

Information for each meeting and how to get connected will be available on the Agenda for each meeting. Agendas can be found on the LOCSD Website (losososcsd.org) which is posted a minimum of 72 hours before the meeting time.

Our upcoming meetings are: 

• Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee Meeting - March 18, 2025 @ 5:30PM
• Utilities Advisory Committee Meeting - March 19, 2025 @5:30PM 
• Finance Advisory Committee Meeting - March 31, 2025 @ 5:30PM
• Board of Directors Meeting Open Session - April 3, 2025 @ 6PM

For more information about the upcoming meetings for LOCSD, please go to our website, or click here.