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| | City of San Luis Obispo - A Brief History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | (San Luis Obispo is Spanish for "St. Louis, the Bishop".) It was first incorporated in 1856 as a General Law City, and became a Charter City in 1876. |
 | | San Luis Obispo is the County Seat, and a number of federal and state regional offices and facilities are located here, including Cal Poly State University, Cuesta Community College, Regional Water Quality Board and Caltrans District offices. |
 | | San Luis Obispo is a full-service city that provides police, fire, water, sewer, streets, transit, parking, planning, building, engineering and parks and recreation services to the community. |
| www.ci.san-luis-obispo.ca.us /briefhistory.asp (501 words) |
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