SLO County Sheriff’s Office needs $4.2 million to cover unbudgeted staffing costs

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office is expected to ask the Board of Supervisors Tuesday for $4.2 million the agency says is the result of unbudgeted salary, benefit, and overtime costs.. The sheriff’s budget request — by far the most expensive of any county department — is a consequence of labor agreements signed last year after the current budget was approved, and not the …