Want to Serve Your Community? Volunteer to Serve on an Advisory Body

The City opened the Annual Advisory Body Recruitment on Monday, November 18, 2024 for upcoming scheduled vacancies. The recruitment period will be open from November 18, 2024 to January 26, 2025. Appointments will be made by City Council on April 1, 2025. The last annual appointments were made at the March 19, 2024, City Council meeting.

Additional information concerning the positions may be found on the applications, which are available using NeoGov on our City Job Openings web page.  

Unscheduled vacancies are posted when they occur. All current vacancies are listed on our Vacancies page.  Additionally, our Maddy Act required "Local Appointments List" shows all currently appointed members and their term lengths.

Residents are the underpinning of our community, and your Mayor and City Council encourage your participation on local governance. The City's Advisory Bodies are groups of volunteers, appointed by the City Council, that advise staff and the City Council on matters that affect policy and issues that will affect the future of the community. The listed City and Regional Committees have individual positions for SLO City citizens that are also appointed by the City Council but don't advise them directly.

Browse all advisory body agendas, minutes, and other important documents in our archive.

City Council Advisory Bodies

• Active Transportation Committee
• Administrative Review Board
• Architectural Review Commission
• Construction Board of Appeals
• Council Compensation Committee
• Cultural Heritage Committee
• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (Task Force)
• Housing Authority Board
• Human Relations Commission
• Mass Transportation Committee
• Parks and Recreation Commission
• Personnel Board
• Planning Commission
• Promotional Coordinating Committee
• Revenue Enhancement Oversight Commission
• Tourism Business Improvement District Board
• Tree Committee

City Committees

•  Investment Oversight Committee

Regional Committees

• Central Coast Commission for Senior Citizens Area Agency on Aging
• Citizens Transportation Advisory Committee
• San Luis Obispo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District Zone 9 Advisory Committee

Additional Opportunities

The following regional bodies contain opportunities for San Luis Obispo residents to serve the community as well, but they are not appointed by the City Council. See the linked web pages for more information.

• Community Advisory Council

• San Luis Obispo Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA)

Parking for Advisory Body Meetings: Starting on July 8, 2024, any community member who attends a public San Luis Obispo City Council or City Advisory Body meeting can receive a complimentary parking validation ticket that will provide one hour of free parking in the parking garages at 919 Palm Street or 871 Marsh Street. Learn more here.