Every year since 1991, Leadership San Luis Obispo has brought together a group of 36 strangers from across the Central Coast and asked them to step out of their everyday lives, open their everyday minds, and imagine a better San Luis Obispo county—and their role in creating it.

United in a curiosity about “how things work,” and stimulated by access to provocative opinion makers and thoughtful policy makers, class members speed through their Leadership year exploring our county in a way that only participation in Leadership San Luis Obispo allows.






  • Barnett Cox & Assoc.
  • PG&E
  • First Solar