San Luis Obispo, CA

San Luis Obispo, California
Charter city
City of San Luis Obispo
The city of San Luis Obispo looking east from the top of Bishop Peak in early 2006.
Flag Seal
Nickname(s): "SLO", "San Luis", "SLO Town"
Location in San Luis Obispo County and the state of California
San Luis Obispo, California Location in the United States
Coordinates: 35°16′27″N 120°39′47″W / 35.27417°N 120.66306°W / 35.27417; -120.66306Coordinates: 35°16′27″N 120°39′47″W / 35.27417°N 120.66306°W / 35.27417; -120.66306
Country	United States
State	California
County	San Luis Obispo
Incorporated	February 16, 1856
Government
• Type	Council-Mayor-Administrative Officer
• Mayor	Heidi Harmon
• State senator	Bill Monning (D)
• Assemblymember	Jordan Cunningham (R)
Area
• Total	12.930 sq mi (33.489 km2)
• Land	12.777 sq mi (33.093 km2)
• Water	0.153 sq mi (0.396 km2)  1.18%
Elevation	233 ft (71 m)
Population (April 1, 2010)
• Total	45,119
• Estimate (2013)	46,377
• Density	3,500/sq mi (1,300/km2)
Time zone	Pacific (UTC−8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC−7)
ZIP codes	93401–93403, 93405–93410, 93412
Area code	805
FIPS code	06-68154
GNIS feature IDs	1652788, 2411796
Website	slocity.org

San Luis Obispo (/sæn ˌluːᵻs əˈbɪspoʊ/; Spanish for St. Louis, the Bishop [of Toulouse]), or SLO /ˈsloʊ/ for short, is a city in the U.S. state of California, located roughly midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco on the Central Coast. The population was 45,119 at the 2010 census. The population of San Luis Obispo County was 269,637 in 2010.

Founded in 1772 by Spanish Franciscan Junípero Serra, San Luis Obispo is one of California's oldest communities. Serra's original mission was named for the 13th Century saint and bishop Louis of Toulouse. The city, locally referred to as San Luis, SLO, or SLO Town (as its county is also referred to as SLO) is the county seat of San Luis Obispo County and is adjacent to California Polytechnic State University.