San Luis Obispo County, California
County in California
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| 2022 | TotalEnergies, a French energy company, entered the joint venture with Trident Winds and took over shares previously held by EnBW. |
| April 2022 | SLO Coast viticultural area was established in San Luis Obispo County. |
| April 8 2022 | San Luis Obispo Coast (SLO Coast) received official viticultural area recognition from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), following a petition from the SLO Coast AVA Association. The new viticultural area encompasses coastal communities from Ragged Point to Santa Maria, including established wine regions like Edna Valley and Arroyo Grande Valley. |
| 2021 | Morro Bay city council voted 4-1 to demolish the power plant's smoke stacks by 2028, with Vistra Corp agreeing to tear down the stacks and build a lithium-ion battery installation. |
| 2020 | Joe Biden won the county with 55% of the vote, the largest Democratic share since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. |
| 2020 | Total population grows to 282,424, marking significant demographic changes: White Non-Hispanic population drops to 64.96%, Hispanic/Latino population rises to 24.05%, and Mixed Race/Multi-Racial population increases to 4.82%. |
| June 2020 | The Board of Supervisors imposed a temporary ban on new hemp cultivation permit applications. |
| 2019 | The county maintained nine active agricultural research permits for hemp cultivation. |
| 2018 | A joint venture between German energy company EnBW and Seattle-based Trident Winds announced plans to use the power plant's grid connection for a 650 MW floating offshore wind park. |
| 2018 | Television drama series The Affair featured Morro Bay as the setting for episode five of its fourth season. |
| 2018 | San Luis Obispo County led California in hemp cultivation, with hundreds of acres grown through agricultural research partnerships. |
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton won the county with a larger plurality of votes. |
| November 2014 | Adelaida District was established as a viticultural area in San Luis Obispo County. |
| November 10 2014 | The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) issued a final rule in the Federal Register establishing eleven distinct appellations within the existing Paso Robles viticultural area. |
| 2012 | Barack Obama won the county with a slim plurality of votes. |
| 2011 | San Luis Obispo County recorded a total population of 267,871, with a diverse demographic composition including 83.9% White, 20.4% Hispanic or Latino, and various other racial groups. |
| 2010 | United States Census conducted for Morro Bay, recording a total population of 10,234 people, with detailed demographic breakdowns including racial composition, household types, and age distribution. |
| 2010 | Population reaches 269,637, with continued demographic shifts: White Non-Hispanic population further declines to 71.09%, and Hispanic/Latino population increases to 20.76%. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles San Luis Obispo County Office of Education, San Luis Obispo County, California, San Luis Obispo County wine & Morro Bay, California, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.