Hotel Occupancy Up 9.7% In SLO County in December
Smith Travel reports that hotel occupancy in San Luis Obispo County climbed 9.7% in December compared to a year before. The rates went from 47.2 to 51.8%. San Francisco was the busiest in the state recording a 72% occupancy compared to 68% in December 2012. Back in SLO RevPAR was up 15%. The numbers are stronger than the year to date figures which show county lodges sold 4.7% more rooms on a YTD basis.
Morro Bay Orders Mandatory Water Conservation
Since 2013 has now gone on record as the driest calendar year in 119 years for Californians rainfall records, on January 17, 2014 Governor Jerry Brown officially declared a drought emergency, asking Californians to reduce their water usage by 20%.
Due to this declaration the City of Morro Bay will be implementing Severely Restricted Water Supply Conditions.
Morro Bay has been implementing Moderately Restricted Water Supply Conditions for some time now, but due to the Governors declaration the City will be moving to the next tier in water conservation; Severely Restricted Water Supply Conditions.
With this tier of water conservation irrigation of public and private landscaping is only permitted on Tuesdays and Saturdays for odd numbered property addresses and on Wednesday and Sundays for even numbered property addresses. No potable water shall be used for cleaning or rinsing of docks, boats and other marine facilities; driveways, patios, parking lots, sidewalks and other hardscapes. Washing cars by use of a hose is prohibited. Use of a bucket to wash a car is permitted subject to non-wasteful applications. Also all restaurants in the City will not be providing water unless requested.
Therefore during this time the City would like your continued help in conserving water. Please limit the amount of water used around the house, do not hose down paved surfaces, and run automatic irrigation sprinklers on an “as needed” basis.
Diablo Canyon Hearing Feb 12-13
THE DIABLO CANYON INDEPENDENT SAFETY COMMITTEE NOTICE OF PLANT TOUR AND PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on February 12, 2014, at 8:00 A.M., the members of the Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee (“DCISC”) will conduct an inspection tour of certain accessible areas of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant (ÒDCPPÓ). This tour, which will take approximately three and one-half hours, was previously advertised to the public. Because the plant is an operating nuclear power plant the number of participants was limited and space has been assigned on the basis of prior reservation taken on a first-come, first-served basis, with priority given to those persons who were not accommodated on recent DCISC inspection tours. Prior clearance of all public attendees is required in compliance with rules of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”). In the alternative if security considerations preclude the public tour on February 12th, the DCISC may convene an informal presentation and question and answer session at the Pacific Gas & Electric Company (“PG&E”) Energy Education Center, 6588 Ontario Road, San Luis Obispo. NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that on February 12-13, 2014, at the Avila Lighthouse Suites Point San Luis Conference Facility, located at First and San Francisco Streets, Avila Beach, California, a public meeting will be held by the DCISC in four separate sessions, at the times indicated, to consider the following matters: 1. Afternoon Session – (02/12/2014) – 1:30 P.M. Opening comments and remarks; receive public comments and communications to the Committee; approve minutes of October 9-10, 2013, public meeting; discussion of administrative matters, including review of PG&E’s response to the DCISC 23rd Annual Report on the Safety of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant Operations for the period July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013; an update on financial matters and activities during 2014; review of the Open Items List; reports by Committee members, consultants and legal counsel; receive, approve and authorize transmittal of fact-finding reports to PG&E; review of Committee correspondence and documents received; and report on DCISC attendance at November 21 and December 18, 2013, meetings of the State Water Resources Control Board concerning alternatives to once-through cooling at DCPP. 2. Evening Session – (02/12/2014) – 5:30 P.M. Committee member comments; receive public comments and communications to the Committee; receive informational presentations requested by the Committee from PG&E on topics relating to plant safety and operations, including a presentation by PG&E on the state of the plant; an update on NRC performance indicators, reportable events, and notices of violation; a report on the potential implications of accelerating the movement of spent fuel to the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation and decreasing the final inventory in the DCPP spent fuel pools. 3. Morning Session – (02/13/2014) – 8:00 A.M. Comments by Committee members; receive public comments and communications to the Committee; receive informational presentations requested by the Committee from PG&E on topics relating to plant safety and operations, including a presentation on status of and plans for implementing the Personnel Seismic Safety Action Plan; an update on the status of FLEX activities; and an update on the response to the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. 4. Afternoon Session – (02/13/2014) – 1:00 P.M. Comments by Committee members; receive public comments and communications to the Committee; consider further informational presentations from PG&E on topics relating to plant safety and operations, including the results of the 2013 Action Plan and key elements of the 2014 Action Plan;