The County government provides countywide services such as elections and voter registration, law enforcement, jails, vital records, property records, tax collection, and public health.

Proline (countywide demand-response/paratransit service) provides on average 140,000 trips a year for customers who meet ADA requirements.

The San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority provides countywide service along US 101 as well as service to Morro Bay, Los Osos, Cambria and San Simeon.

The Sheriff's Department is also responsible for the county jails, courthouses, and specialized countywide services such as search and rescue, SWAT, etc.

LSLC was established in April 1987 to provide well-coordinated, countywide services and cooperative programs to assist member libraries in meeting the diverse needs of its residents.

It provides countywide service in the form of over 800 stops per year in primarily low- and moderate-income areas of the county, with special focus on children and older adults.

Of the total, $4.1 million is for the headquarters tax, which provides countywide services such as the crime lab and emergency backup for officers and detectives, and specialized units like the marine bureau's divers and the bomb squad's technicians.

The waiters work for Let's Do Dinner, the first countywide restaurant-delivery service in Nassau.

"People come to us because they're in need," said Shirley Mooney, who supervises the countywide service for a nonprofit contractor.