Want to Serve Your Community? Volunteer to Serve on an Advisory Body

Calling all volunteers in SLO! Sign up to advise staff and City Council on matters affecting policies and issues and help shape the future of San Luis Obispo. Get more details.

About the Advisory Bodies

Residents are the underpinning of our community and your Mayor and City Council encourage your participation on a City Advisory Body. The City's Advisory Bodies are groups of volunteers that advise staff and the City Council on matters that affect policy and issues that will affect the future of the community. You may browse all advisory body agendas, minutes, and other important documents or you can learn more about the City's Advisory Bodies, including accessing meeting agendas and minutes:

• Active Transportation Committee
• Administrative Review Board
• Architectural Review Commission
• Construction Board of Appeals
• Council Compensation Committee
• Cultural Heritage Committee
• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (Task Force)
• Housing Authority Board
• Human Relations Commission
• Mass Transportation Committee
• Parks and Recreation Commission
• Personnel Board
• Planning Commission
• Promotional Coordinating Committee
• Revenue Enhancement Oversight Commission
• Tourism Business Improvement District Board
• Tree Committee

There are opportunities for San Luis Obispo residents to serve on the following City committee:

•  Investment Oversight Committee

In addition, there are opportunities for San Luis Obispo residents to serve on the following regional bodies:

• Central Coast Commission for Senior Citizens Area Agency on Aging
• Citizens Transportation Advisory Committee
• San Luis Obispo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District Zone 9 Advisory Committee

There are opportunities for San Luis Obispo residents to serve on the following regional body: 

• Community Advisory Council

County and Regional board agendas:

• San Luis Obispo Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA)

Browse all advisory body agendas, minutes, and other important documents.

Parking for Advisory Body Meetings: Starting on July 8, 2024, any community member who attends a public City Council or City Advisory Body meeting can receive a complimentary parking validation ticket that will provide one hour of free parking in the parking garages at 919 Palm Street or 871 Marsh Street. Learn more here.