Carlyn moved to San Luis Obispo in 1989 with her husband and two young sons, having lived in both northern and southern California previously, as well as in other states and Germany and Japan when a young girl. 

 Carlyn has a long history of being a dedicated community volunteer.  Besides very recently retiring from a lengthy career in medical practice management, she’s actively served a number of important local environmental, educational, health and business organizations over the years. 

A total of nearly twelve years experience on the SLO City and County Planning Commissions means that Carlyn has in-depth knowledge of a very wide range of issues--from conservation to housing, roads to budgeting, solar projects to Huasna Valley oil rigs.  She has comprehensive historical knowledge regarding many important city policies and plans, having worked on the city’s first state-mandated Housing Element, the city’s first Historic Preservation Guidelines & Ordinance, and the 2006 update of the Conservation and Open Space Element (which finally codified the Natural Resources Manager position). 

Now after spending more than 5 years elected to the City Council, Carlyn’s accomplishments include approving the General Plan (LUCE ) update (preserving our open hills and providing for more housing), the long-desired comprehensive Open Space Maintenance Plan, and a far-reaching Urban Water Management Plan, among many other key actions.  She has proven herself to be an articulate advocate for essential major projects involving housing, roads, multi-modal transportation, financial responsibility, public safety, parking and the Downtown.

Carlyn embraces the city’s crucial opportunities for action on climate change and community choice energy, and she continues to tackle the city’s ongoing challenges with neighborhood quality improvement, homelessness, town-gown relationships, the closure of Diablo Canyon and the implementation of legalized cannabis.

Carlyn remains deeply committed to San Luis Obispo’s fundamental values of environmental protection, cultural & historical richness, economic vitality and fair, sensible government.

Erica is a longtime resident of San Luis Obispo. She attended Cal Poly from 1990 to 1995 and returned to Sonoma County. In 2001 she returned to San Luis Obispo with her husband, Shay, and decided to raise their family here. Their two boys are now 19 and 14. Erica shows her passion and commitment to the SLO Community through volunteering in organizations focused on education, diversity, homeless issues, growth for women and girls, small business success, and economic vitality.    
 
She works for Cal Poly and is currently the director of parent and student philanthropy. Engaging with the university’s faculty, staff, and students inspires her daily and fuel her passion for serving others.

Her professional and civic career spans many industries. She has been a human resources specialist and manager in manufacturing, healthcare, and for the SLO County Superior Court. She’s served as the chief operating officer at United Way, worked in restaurant management and catering, and even owned her own wholesale bakery in downtown SLO.

She serve as the President of the Cal Poly Alumni Association and was appointed as the SLO County’s Civil Service Commission in 2016 and now serves as the vice president. She was the homeless services coordinator for the Church of the Nazarene, on the board for the Friends of Prado, Goodwill, Leadership SLO and the Downtown Association. In 2004, she earned her Masters degree in Public Administration from the University of San Francisco This past year she graduated from a women’s candidate training program, Emerge CA and selected as one of the graduating speakers by her peers.

Erica is passionate about being engaged in the community and helping to improve people’s lives.   As a SLO City Council member, she will use her collaboration and communication skills and experience to bring people together to find positive solutions to some of our community’s upcoming challenges.

Abe Lincoln (yes, that's his real name) graduated from the Cal Poly Business school in 1992 with a concentration in Financial Management and a minor in Psychology, ready to take on the world. His journey into the world of business began with Financial Services, and over the years he worked his way through roles in Operations, Marketing, Finance, and Project Management for Fortune 500 companies (Household, Transamerica, and GE). At times, he left the corporate world to run smaller businesses, taking a CFO role for an aviation company and a COO role for a healthcare company. Abe has developed extensive experience working with the public sector for over 10 years in roles at Microsoft and United Healthcare.

In July of 2017, he took on the role of Interim Executive Director at the SLO Noor Foundation, a local non-profit that provides free medical, dental, and vision care to uninsured adults in SLO county, and by January 2018 the role was made permanent. Abe is a strong believer in the "Learn by Doing" motto instilled at Cal Poly. He understands the importance of diversifying and continually growing his skill set and then “taking on challenges that not only excite, but scare me.” Abe credits his successes to a strong foundation in the fundamentals of business, combined with years of people-management, and he does not believe in the word "impossible." 

Abe loves traveling, music, spending time with his four children, and is also a bit of a sports fanatic.

We want SLO to be the small town of the future, not the past. I envision a new kind of small town charm, with beautifully designed homes and businesses, ecologically built and available to all residents. I see a place where neighbors take care of neighbors, period. 

I believe that someday the nation will look to SLO as the leader in smart growth and social justice.

Sarah grew up locally in Los Osos, and attended public schools in Los Osos, San Luis Obispo and Morro Bay before moving into San Luis Obispo to attend California Polytechnic State University in 1998. She received a bachelor's of science degree in journalism in 2002.

She worked in communications including public relations for a local firm, wine and tourism promotion for a vintners and growers cooperative in northern San Luis Obispo County and served as advertising/marketing director for a regional media publication covering the greater Central Coastbefore becoming a stay-at-home mom and active community volunteer.

As a community volunteer Sarah has been involved in sports as a coach, advocacy for safe cycling facilities and improvements, advocacy for people with disabilities and service to her former neighborhood's homeowners association.

While volunteering for her former neighborhood, Sarah was involved in three California Environmental Quality Act challenges in support of adequate environmental impact assessment and mitigation to promote a healthier built environment for all residents, current and future. All three challenges resulted in successful settlements through negotiation between the parties involved. 

Sarah's experiences within her own neighborhood and as an engaged citizen led her to networking with other neighborhoods seeking support. Ultimately it led to a decision to run for office in service to all residents, the environment and the greater community. Sarah has a long history of participating in city discussions as an engaged and solutions-oriented resident.

Over the past decade, San Luis Obispo has changed and is losing its quaintness and special charm.  We need to re-examine the direction San Luis Obispo is growing.  I appreciate and understand that the community needs more affordable housing and more head of household jobs.  However, sacrificing the lifestyle that attracts tourists and the reason our residents came here in the first place is the wrong approach.Instead we need to SLOW DOWN SLO TOWN and do a better job keeping San Luis Obispo the "Happiest Town In America".

We have all seen positive growth in San Luis Obispo that is beneficial to our community, but that's not always the case.  Sometimes this growth has brought projects in without appropriate infrastructure.  We need to build roads and bridges before these new projects are built to eliminate the traffic problems like we have today. We also need to be hyper sensitive to our challenging water and wastewater treatment challenges.

Change is inevitable and can be a positive thing, but we need to insure we're notdestroying the qulity of life in our townby over development and continue to create a townmany of us no longer relate to.

I'm a registered Democrat.  But I vote on issues and candidates who I feel will do the right thing and be the most benificial to our community and country.

Being a cancer survivor I understand that life is a challenge and ever day is a gift.  I feel it's very important to help our community and try to do the right thing to improve the life and health of our city and community.  Service is very important to me and that's what drove me to start a non-profit to help people challenged by cancer by using the positive energy of surfing.  Surfing for Hope Foundation, surfingforhope.org, has raised more than $250,000 in 6 years to help support free Cancer Resource Centers in our area. 

"Service is the price we pay for our room on earth". 

More about my candidacy:  wwwbobvoglin.com