LOS OSOS, CA — The Los Osos Community Services District isn’t making enough tax revenue to fully fund its fire services for the first time in 20 years.
A $280,000 funding gap for the 2025-26 fiscal year and more projected cost increases in the future are causing the Community Services District (CSD) to look at its options. The CSD is happy with the level of service it gets through the San Luis Obispo County Fire Department, which is contracted with CalFire, district General Manager Ron Munds said, but it’s really a budget issue.
“We know we’re going to have to do a special fire tax increase,” Munds told New Times. “That’s the only way we can actually raise funding to the level that we need.”
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