Happiest. Healthiest. Friendliest. Most Romantic. Best Downtown. Best College Towns. Best place to work. San Luis Obispo continually ranks among the premiere places to live in the United States. Each year SLO finds its way onto many lists touting the benefits that set our small town and rural county apart from the rest, and make San Luis Obispo an exceptional place to live and work.
Founded in 1772, San Luis Obispo serves as the county seat of San Luis Obispo County, is the home to California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) as well as 47,545 residents according to the 2020 census. SLO (slow), or San Luis (San Lewis) as it’s known is located on the Central Coast equidistant from San Francisco and Los Angeles on both Highway 101 and Highway 1.
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Media at Chamber events: As part of its media plan, the Chamber encourages members of the local media to attend and cover Chamber events. The Chamber does require that the media notify the Chamber’s Marketing Department at least 24 hours in advance of the event. If it is a paid event the media may attend for free however are asked to refrain from participating. Meals are not included.
If you represent a media group that the Chamber has not worked with in the past and is not familiar with please be prepared to submit work samples or media credentials.