RQN Mission Statement
To preserve, protect, and improve the quality of life in our residential neighborhoods and, thus, in our city.
History
Residents for Quality Neighborhoods ™ (RQN), San Luis Obispo, California, was formed in the city of San Luis Obispo (SLO) to assist city residents in their quest to preserve, protect, and improve the quality of life in SLO’s many residential neighborhoods. We began as a nonprofit community-wide association in 1990 when many long-time residents began to notice a deterioration of their once family-friendly neighborhoods. RQN was formed to provide city residents with a focused voice and a means of working together to preserve, enhance and improve the quality of life in their respective neighborhoods.
Among the early issues that RQN dealt with were: 1) insufficient community planning related to increases in traffic and parking on older residential streets; and 2) noise ordinance violations resulting from unplanned for and unanticipated changes in the demographics of low and medium density residential neighborhoods.
Although change is inevitable, residents want to ensure that it is “for the better.” Members of RQN – acting with and through RQN’s Board – provide local government with a unified message on issues that affect our daily lives. Members enjoy information and support on how to deal with issues that impact the neighborhoods where we live and that disrupt the quality of life we all expect in SLO neighborhoods.
Current Significant Issue
We recently became aware of a local website that focuses on what is a significant issue in several of our residential neighborhoods. Broadly, the issue is fraternities, their houses (both legal and illegal), their parties, and the resultant noise that disrupts the peace and quiet we all expect in our residential neighorhoods.
The website is appropriately named:
How to Ruin a Neighborhood
We strongly recommend that you visit it at How to Ruin a Neighborhood. It's headings are clearly marked, and the one at the right side will take you to the Grand Jury report written by the County's 2024-2025 Grand Jury.
The Grand Jury report is critical of Cal Poly, the City of San Luis Obispo, and the SLO Police Department. Although the City Council and Staff dispute the report by the neutral County Grand Jury, we believe that you will find it enlightening.