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VOL. 15, N0. 5
MARCH 1, 2019
Bill aims to ban gun sales at fairgrounds By Lexy Brodt
DEL MAR — After years of debate over whether gun shows should be held at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, state Assembly members Todd Gloria (D-San Diego) and Tasha Boerner Horvath (D-Encinitas) introduced a bill on Feb. 22 that seeks to ban the sale of guns and ammunition on the stateowned property. Gloria said the bill intends to clarify “where the people of California stand when it comes to gun shows at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.” If passed, Assembly Bill 893 would go into effect Jan. 1, 2021. Utah-based Crossroads of the West Gun Shows has been hosting a gun show at the Del Mar Fairgrounds five times a year for 30 years, with each event drawing thousands of people from across the county to shop for guns, ammunition and gun-related products. The 22nd District Agricultural Association board ASSEMBLYMAN TODD GLORIA (D-San Diego) introduced new potential legislation that would prohibit the sale of guns and of directors, a Governor-apammunitions at the state-owned Del Mar Fairgrounds. The bill is co-authored by Assemblywoman Tasha Boerner Horvath pointed body which operates the fairgrounds, opted (D-Encinitas). Photo by Lexy Brodt
RSF burglaries declined in 2018 By Christina Macone-Greene
RANCHO SANTA FE — Chief Matt Wellhouser of the Rancho Santa Fe Patrol delivered the 2018 annual report at the Feb. 7 Rancho Santa Fe Association’s monthly board of directors meeting. The first item he addressed was how the total number of burglaries decreased from 26 in 2017 to 16 in 2018.
“I’m happy to report that burglaries dropped a little bit,” Wellhouser said. In 2018, there were 13 residential burglaries, two commercial burglaries — which fall under a business or construction site — and one vehicle break-in. Wellhouser compared this to 2017, in which 15 residential burglaries, four commercial break-ins and seven
vehicle burglaries were reported. Wellhouser said four of the residential burglaries in 2018 were attributed to an Inglewood family crime ring — the suspects were arrested in Poway last year and were believed to be responsible for other robberies in North County. TURN TO BURGLARIES ON 22
in September to set a yearlong moratorium on the gun shows until they could develop a policy regulating future gun shows. An ad-hoc committee of directors has
I believe that it is wrong for the state of California to profit or benefit from the sale of firearms or ammunition.” Assemblyman Todd Gloria
been meeting with stakeholders to consider the possibility of holding the event solely for educational purposes — they will be proposing a new policy no later than December 2019. TURN TO GUN SALES ON 14
RSFA board shares concerns with CDRC By Christina Macone-Greene
RANCHO SANTA FE — Rancho Santa Fe Association board President Ken Markstein read two letters for the record from the board to the Association’s Covenant Design Review Committee (CDRC) at its Feb. 7 monthly board meeting. The introduction to the first letter underscored how legal counsel notified the board that the
CDRC was subject to the board’s “oversight and supervision.” The letter then spelled out how it was the board’s responsibility to ensure that the CDRC was enforcing the requirements of the Protective Covenant, Residential Design Guidelines, and Regulatory Code on a “fair and consistent” basis. Markstein read how the Covenant's subdued
and rural character is what defined Rancho Santa Fe. To maintain this, the CDRC should continually implement designs which enhance and preserve natural landforms, architecture aimed at “restraint and simplicity,” and informal landscape highlighting natural and traditional foliage and materials. TURN TO BOARD ON 21