NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the County Clerk-Recorder of San Luis Obispo County, State of California, that at the Statewide Direct Primary Election to be held on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, the following measure will be submitted to the voters of the Los Osos Community Services District:

"To provide open space and recreational facilities by creating a new community park with sports fields, shall the Los Osos Community Services District citizens’ initiative measure be adopted establishing a parcel tax of $185 parcel/year for 15 years, then dropping to $100 parcel/year (with CPI adjustments), to raise approximately $1,114,255 annually for 15 years for acquisition, and $602,200 annually after that for operations/maintenance, until ended by voters, with public disclosure, and local citizens’ oversight?”  YES / NO

Primary arguments FOR or AGAINST this measure should be submitted to the Office of the County Clerk-Recorder, 1055 Monterey Street, D120, San Luis Obispo, not later than 5:00 p.m., Friday, February 6, 2026. This deadline has been determined by the County Clerk-Recorder to be a reasonable date, based upon the time necessary to prepare, print, and distribute the arguments to the voters as provided by law. Arguments shall not exceed 300 words in length and shall be titled either “Argument in Favor of Measure B-26” or “Argument Against Measure B-26." Arguments may be submitted by the Governing Board of the district or any member or members of the governing board authorized by the board, any individual voter who is eligible to vote on the measure, any bona fide association of citizens, or any combination of these voters and associations.

No argument will be accepted unless it is signed by the person or persons submitting it or, if submitted on behalf of an organization, the name of the organization and the name of at least one of its principal officers. No more than five signatures shall appear with any argument. If there are more than five signatures, only the first five will be printed. Arguments shall be typed in paragraph form and shall be submitted electronically along with the hard copy. Arguments must be accompanied by the following form statement (on a separate sheet) to be signed by each author or proponent of the argument:

• “The undersigned (proponents) or (authors) of the (primary) or (rebuttal) argument (in favor of) or (against) ballot Measure B-26 at the Statewide Direct Primary Election to be held on June 2, 2026, hereby state that such argument is true and correct to the best of (his) (her) (their) knowledge and belief.”

NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that if more than one argument FOR or more than one argument AGAINST the Measure is submitted, the County Clerk-Recorder will select the argument FOR and the argument AGAINST, according to law. If an argument FOR and an argument AGAINST the Measure is filed, the County Clerk-Recorder will send a copy to the respective opposing authors in order that they may prepare and submit a rebuttal argument.

Rebuttal arguments, if applicable, shall be titled “Rebuttal to Argument in Favor of or Against Measure B-26". Rebuttal arguments shall not exceed 250 words in length and shall be filed no later than 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 24, 2026.

The Ten-Day Public Examination Period for Primary Arguments is February 7 – 16, 2026.

The Ten-Day Public Examination Period for Rebuttal Arguments (if applicable) is February 25 – March 6, 2026.

Any challenge to the validity of the arguments must be filed within the 10-day public examination period.

Dated: January 13, 2026
ELAINA CANO, County Clerk-Recorder

Notice Calling For Arguments - B-26.pdf