About the City Council

The City of San Luis Obispo is a charter city and operates under the "Council-Mayor-City Manager" form of municipal government. The five-member City Council consist of the directly-elected Mayor and four City Council Members. The Mayor is elected to a two-year term and Council Members are elected to four-year terms.

The City Council is the legislative authority and sets the policies under which the City operates. The City Council has the power to adopt ordinances and resolutions, make appointments to the City's advisory bodies, establish policies and approve programs, appropriate funds, adopt budgets, and approve contracts. The Mayor presides at all meetings of the City Council and is recognized as the official head of the City for all ceremonial purposes.

Contact the City Council

Please contact Council Members directly to initiate scheduling meetings.  For additional scheduling questions, please contact the City Clerk's Office at cityclerk@slocity.org, or call (805) 781-7114.

If you would like to send written comments to the City Council, please click the button below (emailcouncil@slocity.org). Please note that comments will be sent to the City Council and select City staff. If your comments relate to an upcoming agenda item, your comments will be distributed and posted online as Agenda Correspondence, pursuant to the City Council Policies and Procedures. To report problems directly to staff for their attention, please use our Report an Issue page. 

Written correspondence can be mailed to:

City of San Luis Obispo
Attn: Mayor and City Council
990 Palm Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

NOTE: E-Mail correspondence sent to or from members of the City Council via the City's website is considered public records and may be subject to disclosure and additional distribution pursuant to the Public Records Act, Brown Act, and Council Policies and Procedures.

Request the Mayor or a Council Member Speak at your Event

The Mayor and Council Members receive numerous requests to speak at events and often attend and speak to many different organization in the community. Given their schedule and other commitments they are not able to accept all invitations. Please submit all speaking requests at least three (3) weeks in advance of your event. If you would like a member of the Council to speak at an event please fill out this form.