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2024 Election Results A S O F 7 A . M . T U E S DAY, N O V. 6
Paso Robles City Council
Preliminary Results
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District 1
District 3
41.94% (671) KRIS BEAL SHARON RODEN 41.0% (656) LINDA C. GEORGE 16.81% (269)
STEVE GREGORY 43.89% (852) MICHAEL RIVERA 34.67% (673) 21.28% (413) JEFF CARR
District 4 FRED L. STRONG 98.84% (1,193)
Paso Robles School Board
Preliminary Results
O N E S E AT F O R E AC H A R E A
Trustee Area 3
Trustee Area 5
NATHAN WILLIAMS 64.12% (865) HUNTER M. BREESE 35.80% (483)
LAURENE D. MCCOY 56.44% (1,087) 43.35% (835) TIM GEARHART
Trustee Area 6
Trustee Area 3
52.52% (625) LEO CASTILLO ADELITA HITESHEW 47.06% (560)
57.58% (1,071) KENNEY ENNEY TRACY DAUTERMAN 42.37% (788)
National President
Preliminary Results
DONALD J. TRUMP 296 51% (72,109,456) KAMALA D. HARRIS 226 47.6% (67,302,025)
Election 2024: Trump to be 47th president, local and state preliminary decisions made Paso Robles overflows with Halloween
(Top Center) Downtown Witches of Paso Robles could be found near the Holiday House during the Safe and Fun Downtown Halloween event last Thursday; (Bottom Left) Cousins (from left) Millie, Lothan, Josie, and Rowyn pose together in their Wizard of Oz family costumes at the Paso Robles Safe and Fun Downtown event; (Bottom Right) The Gonzalez family went with the Dia de los Muertos theme for their costumes at the Safe and Fun Downtown Halloween event. Photos by Camille DeVaul/PRP
Shandon polling place moved to Creston polling location due to staffing shortage By CAMILLE DEVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com
NORTH COUNTY — Americans everywhere cast their vote on Tuesday, Nov. 5, for the November General Election.Walking around town, many could be seen wearing their “I Voted” stickers as they took the opportunity to vote in person. This November, Americans had the opportunity to vote for the 47th Presidents of the United States. Locally, North County residents voted for local offices and measures as well, including a mayor for Atascadero, City Council members, and school board trustees. Midway through Election Day, the Shandon polling location was closed and transferred to the Creston polling location at 5110 Swayze St. According to the San Luis
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Obispo county clerk recorder, the move was necessary when it became apparent that staffing for the second half of the day was not going to meet minimum requirements. At least three people are required for a polling location to be operational. In Paso Robles, Just Baked on 12th Street conducted its own election, selling presidential candidate Donald Trump and Kamala Harris cookies and kept count of the public’s “cookie vote.” When it comes to sugar and icing, Trump won the cookie vote with 394 cookies sold against Harris with 137 cookies. Just Baked owner Libby Ryan told Paso Robles Press her driving force to host the cookie poll, “I truly just wanted to bring the community together. That’s what Just Baked is always all about. We only had a handful of sour grapes — almost everyone truly loved watching the ‘cookie poll 2024.’” CONTINUED ON PAGE A2
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spirit at Safe and Fun Downtown event
Giant pumpkins, creative costumes, and trick-or-treating takes over Downtown By CAMILLE DEVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com
PASO ROBLES — Downtown Paso Robles was flooded on Halloween with witches, minions, dinosaurs, scarecrows and more for the annual Safe and Fun Halloween Downtown. Presented by the Paso Robles
Main Street Association, the streets surrounding Paso Robles City Park were closed down to allow trick-or-treaters full access and fun downtown. Randy Pharr of Templeton brought his giant pumpkins to City Park for families and Halloween guests to take pictures with. Pharr has been growing
large pumpkins for about 15 years now. Phar, who used to hold the county record for largest pumpkin for 12 years, is now working towards reaching a personal best of a 1,000-pound pumpkin. The pumpkins Pharr brought to Halloween ranged from 400 to 700 pounds. “It’s a kind of a growing pump-
kin growing community [here],” said Pharr, who brings his pumpkins annually to compete against friends at the Farm Supply Pumpkin Contest. On Oct. 19, the Paso Robles Main Street Association held the Annual Downtown Golden Oak Honey & Pumpkin Festival in CONTINUED ON PAGE A2
City Council approves updates to ADU regulations, Olsen Ranch expansion plans
ADU standards aligned with new state laws, property annexed into Community Facilities District, and oak tree removal OK’d By CAMILLE DEVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com
PASO ROBLES — Three public hearings were held Tuesday night, Nov. 5, regarding dwelling units in the city and amendments to the Olsen/South Chan-
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dler Ranch Plan. Council approved the update of local regulations for ADUs (Accessory Dwelling Units) to be in compliance with state laws that will take effect in the new year. This year, California approved two new bills — AB 2533 and SB 1211 — that further amend state ADU law. AB 2533 expands current California law by prohibiting cities from denying permits to legalize unpermitted ADUs and now also JADUs ( Junior Accessory Dwelling Units) built before Jan. 1, 2020,
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based on non-compliance with building standards. Previously, cities could deny legalization if it was necessary for public or occupant health and safety, but AB 2533 replaces this with a stricter requirement: local agencies must now show that legalization issues must be corrected to meet substandard building standards as defined in Health and Safety Code section 17920.3. This bill aims to simplify ADU and JADU legalization. SB 1211 updates California law by CONTINUED ON PAGE A2
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