By JOSH FRIEDMAN
The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a $10.3 million contract to build a new sheriff’s substation in Nipomo.
In total, the project has an estimated of $14.4 million. Construction is set to begin next year, with completion expected in 2028.
County officials had considered building a Nipomo substation for years prior to the project’s approval.Â
Initially, then-Supervisor Lynn Compton was a proponent of the project during her time on the county board. Supervisor Jimmy Paulding, Compton’s successor, later adopted the position as a policy priority of his.
Sheriff’s officials say a substation in Nipomo will allow for improved response times and law enforcement capabilities in South County.
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They have been talking about a sheriff’s station in Nipomo since 1988. Everybody is for it until the next economic downturn and then when the county starts tightening its belt new construction is the first thing cut.
I hope it happens, but I’m not going to hold my breath.
All it took was a election year and a opponent with a good chance to defeat Paulding to get him to actually get something done, got it.
Santa Margarita is next then curious about what’s in Cambria?