John Peschong
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 19
- Total speaking time
- 1:37:12
- Avg per meeting
- 5:07
- Segments
- 1219
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Top issues during term (20)(Public Safety)
Fire Code Board of Appeals and dead-end road standards
No direct cost named, but dead-end road rulings can wipe out property values and insurance access for rural landowners.
El Niño Storm Preparedness for Rural Property Owners
Up to $250,000 in one-time county funding.
Jail Security Electronics Funding
$1.03 million in federal funds, about 10% of the roughly $10 million project.
Ambulance Transport Bid Update
Estimates of $1–2 million in seed money per city for an alliance model and up to $12 million in startup costs were cited; federal Medicaid reimbursement changes could upend the funding math.
Public Health Safety Education Update
Oak Shores Fire and EMS Staffing
About $500,000 general fund for the Nipomo staffing; total CalFire contract up $3.5 million.
ICE activity and the Truth Act Forum
Homeless housing funding allocations (HHAP-5/HHAP-6)
Up to $8 million in state grant funding sought.
Mobile Elections Unit Funding
$150,000 in one-time state election funding; about $4,000 annual maintenance offset by recording fees.
Psychiatric crisis stabilization contract
Up to $800,000 in county funds for FY 2026-27.
Recorder Notification Program (Real Estate Fraud Protection)
$6 per recorded deed, deed of trust, or mortgage starting January 27, 2027.
Synthetic kratom regulation update
Enforcement would lean on existing complaint-driven programs rather than new criminal prosecution costs.
District Attorney staffing request
About $857,839 for five positions — roughly one-tenth of 1% of the county budget.
Immigration Enforcement on County Property
Jail releases onto Highway 1
A county-operated shuttle would be a taxpayer expense, though the speaker said a single vehicle could serve for years.
Nitrous oxide retail ban in the works
Fireworks enforcement and Grand Jury report
Youth Mental Health Crisis Beds in San Luis Obispo
$4,609,399 funded by a state grant and federal sources through 2028.
Retirement of Health Officer Dr. Penny Borenstein
Nipomo Sheriff substation staffing
Unknown until the staffing plan comes back.
Decisions during term (2)
Recorded while Peschong was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Request to authorize a budget adjustment in the amount of $140,000 to Fund Center (FC) 139 – Probation Department using $100,000 from 2011 Public Safety Realignment revenue and $40,000 from California Community Corrections Performance…
Public Safety Communications Center contingency increase
Voting record (0)(Public Safety)
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