Located in the Operations Division of the Police Department, the Office of Neighborhood Services coordinates
the response of City departments to neighborhood issues. In addition, the office directs the Student
Neighborhood Assistance Program (SNAP), enforces the Neighborhood Enhancement Ordinance and Noise Ordinance, is
responsible for the Crime Prevention and Working to Improve Neighborhoods (WIN) public information and education
programs -- including Good Neighbor Day and Neighborhood Cooperation Week, and serves on various city, college, and
university committees.
The Neighborhood Services Team is comprised of
representatives from various city departments who work collaboratively
with residents and community based groups in an effort to promote
communications, support the City of San Luis Obispo’s General Plan and
foster neighborhood enhancement and well-being. The minutes of those meetings then become "Neighbor News" and
are provided to interested parties, distributed to neighborhood groups
and made available below for reference purposes.
Working to Improve Neighborhoods (WIN)
A major emphasis in the Office of Neighborhood Services is our public information and education component
entitled WIN, or Working to Improve Neighborhoods. Originally part of the Community Development
department’s
code enforcement effort, the WIN program is now identified as part of a city-wide information, education,
prevention and action effort to reduce blight conditions and improve property values. Components include
a radio and print campaign designed to educate persons about blight conditions and how they can reduce
substandard housing conditions in their neighborhoods.
In addition, a Neighborhood Services
team of city
officials and local neighborhood groups meet to discuss specific actions that both the government and private
sector can use to improve quality of life issues in neighborhoods.
Celebrate Your
Neighborhood
Checklist for Good
Neighbors
Special Information
for Landlords
Fight Blight!
The “Broken Window Theory” states that if a community allows blight conditions to go undeterred, crime
increases, quality of life diminishes, and property values plummet. The City of San Luis Obispo maintains an
aggressive multi-department effort in order to reduce blighted conditions. You can help by reporting problem
properties to the proper department:
Building and Safety Division, Community Development Dept.
805. 781.7180
This unit handles, residential overcrowding, garages converted to living space, altered structures, building
without permits, peeling paint, substandard housing, RV’s used as a residence, paving of front yards,
overgrown lawns and yards (over 12" in height), home based business violations, use permits, construction
noise, zoning and building codes.
SLO Solutions
Police Department, Operations Bureau 805.781.7317 Both Student Neighborhood Assistance
Program (SNAP) and Field Service Technicians respond to debris in yard, stuffed couches and chairs on porches
and roofs, abandoned vehicles, parking in the yard, garbage cans left out, parts of automobiles in front yards,
abandoned appliances, etc.
Fire Department, Fire Prevention Bureau 805.781.7380
Contact the Weed
Abatement Officer for dry weeds in yards and open fields.
Student Survival Guide
Renter’s Checklist for
Safe Housing
Planning A Party
WIN Posters
Welcome to our Working to Improve Neighborhoods print campaign section. Simply select a topic of interest and
click to reveal a poster with information on “How to be a Better Neighbor.” Feel free to use as flyers for your
organization, newsletter pages, school projects, or topics for Neighborhood Watch meetings. You will need
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