Pismo Beach, CA -- Over objections from South County residents, the San Luis Obispo Local Agency Formation Commission, which governs annexations, agreed yesterday to increase Pismo Beach’s “sphere of influence” in the Price Canyon area.

In a 5-2 vote, the board added a 250-acre parcel known as the “Godfrey” property to the city’s sphere of influence — defined by LAFCO as the area in which the city could expand outside its city limits in the next 20 years — that some local residents have been lobbying hard to keep out.

With the 250-acre property included, there are now five parcels in Pismo Beach’s sphere of influence totaling more than 1,300 acres that, if annexed to the city and developed, could bring from 600 to more than 1,000 homes to Pismo Beach.