Knowledgeable sources report that former business owner and 20-year-resident Kathy Smith will be running for SLO City Council.

Smith previously served on the council from 1994 to 1998. She’s credited with proposing that the city add economic development and natural resource managers to city staff, positions that still exist today.

Her campaign will be headed up by retired Cal Poly professor Richard Kransdorf and business owner Wilda Rosene.