SLO County agency awards Justin winery grant, conflict of interest allegedOctober 5, 2022By KAREN VELIESan Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District is paying to put five electric vehicle charging stations at Justin Vineyards & Winery where Carla Willey, wife of agency head Gary Willey, has worked as chief financial officer or its acting controller since 2018. APCD staff worked with employees of Justin Vineyards & Winery to fill out the grant application before recommending that the board approve the grant. SLO County was allocated enough money to put in 235 electric vehicle chargers as part of the California Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Project, CALeVIP. It is not clear how much interstate traffic passes by Justin Vineyards & Winery, which is located in a rural area on a dead end road. Later in 2016, Justin Vineyards & Winery violated a SLO County grading code when it removed thousands of oak trees from a property at 750 Sleepy Farm Road in rural Paso Robles.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 06, 2022 05:59 UTC