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Bookkeeping and payroll in Arroyo Grande
Retail books should show gross sales, returns and sales-tax amounts separately, with deposits reconciled to the sales system.
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Measure E-24 and city revenue planning
Retail books should show gross sales, returns and sales-tax amounts separately, with deposits reconciled to the sales system. City revenue projections describe public finances rather than a local business's expected sales. Tidwell can help review the bookkeeping setup and supporting sales records before a filing period closes.
- Measure E-24 raised Arroyo Grande's sales tax 1% (7.75% to 8.75%) for ten years; passed November 2024 with 64.95% yes.
- Measure E-24 is expected to add about $6 million a year to city revenue.
Sources: calcoastnews.com: measure E-24 and city revenue planning; kclu.org: measure E-24 and city revenue planning
Traffic Way and the wider highway corridor
A completed bridge and corridor rehabilitation are useful reminders to separate closeout from active construction. For a public works contractor, reconcile final vendor invoices and outstanding retention by job. Current labor records should identify the actual site and contract so costs from a wider corridor do not drift into unrelated local work.
- Traffic Way Bridge Project. Source status (2025): Completed; named Outstanding Bridge Project by ASCE San Luis Obispo Branch in 2025/2026 awards. Agency: City of Arroyo Grande.
- US 101 rehabilitation between Pismo Beach and Nipomo (passes through Arroyo Grande). Amount recorded: $32 million. Source status (2025): Completion expected August 2026. Agency: Caltrans.
Sources: branches.asce.org: traffic Way and the wider highway corridor; keyt.com: traffic Way and the wider highway corridor
Where our team works with you
Arroyo Grande's population is 18,372 (ACS 2024). Census PEP records population change of -1.7% from 2020 to 2025; this uses a different Census series from the ACS count.
Arroyo Grande is about 25.7 miles from our Atascadero office, measured in a straight line. We work remotely, with meetings at our Atascadero office.
Sources: Census ACS 2024: population; Census Gazetteer 2025: straight-line distance; Census PEP 2025: change since 2020
Sources for community and capital work
- calcoastnews.com: measure E-24 and city revenue planning
- kclu.org: measure E-24 and city revenue planning
- branches.asce.org: traffic Way and the wider highway corridor
- keyt.com: traffic Way and the wider highway corridor
- Census ACS 2024: population
- Census Gazetteer 2025: straight-line distance
- Census PEP 2025: change since 2020
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