Landlords are adjusting leases for semesters

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Carly Heltzel
June 03, 2025

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, and I’m reading about the disaster going down at Yosemite’s most famous hotel. Onto the five Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and California stories you need to know for today.

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Landlords in SLO are reconfiguring their leasing dates for the semester conversion — or being left in the dark. At least two apartment complexes in SLO said they didn’t know about the change and are already signing September through September leases starting this fall. That means students who are not renewing their housing could be forced to move after the semester begins in August 2026. Other real estate companies said they are changing leases to start on Aug. 1. The Off-Campus Housing Program coordinator said she expects some “growing pains.”

2.

Roughly 50 people showed up to watch Morro Bay raise its Pride flag for the last time yesterday morning. The city council unanimously passed a flagpole ordinance last month that will ban any commemorative flags from being flown at city hall. The council delayed the start to July 1 after many community members expressed outrage and disappointment that it was happening just weeks before Pride month. “The Pride flag means to me that we see you,” one attendee said. “We see me.”

3.

Highway 101 is in for 15 months of overnight construction in Pismo Beach, Arroyo Grande and Nipomo. Lanes will only be closed during construction hours but shoulders may remain closed in the daylight. The $32 million infrastructure project hopes to improve road safety with new paving, guardrails and drainage systems as well as improving multi-use path access along the highway. Construction will begin at 8 p.m. every day except Saturdays and finish up at 7 a.m.

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The U.S. Justice Department threatened legal action against California school districts that allow transgender athletes to compete in school sports, directly compelling them to break state law. The Trump administration also threatened the California Interscholastic Federation, which oversees youth sports and held the state high school track and field championships on Saturday in which a transgender athlete won multiple medals. They are arguing that girls are discriminated against based on their biological sex and it therefore a violation of girls’ constitutional rights. 

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Waymo robotaxis are becoming more assertive and worse at obeying traffic laws. In other words, they’re becoming more human. In a recent ride, the car began turning right into a crosswalk when the pedestrian hadn’t fully crossed the street. The automated cars might even weave around bikes, brake quickly and swerve to avoid a crash or even honk when someone cuts it off. These traits have made the taxis more predictable to real drivers and gained the robotaxis respect from people in San Francisco, where they are most prevalent.