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MAY 8, 2020
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Carlsbad OKs $5M business loan program
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By Steve Puterski
CARLSBAD — After weeks of input and discussions with small businesses and several business organizations, the Carlsbad City Council approved a $5 million loan program in response to the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. The program will make available at least $4.4 million for loans with a tentative launch on May 25, although it could be sooner, according to David Graham, the city’s chief innovation officer, during the council’s May 5 meeting. Applicants must hold a valid business license as of March 1, 2020, be in good standing with the city and funds can cover rent, payroll, mortgage interest and utilities. ApTURN TO LOAN PROGRAM ON A5
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LEUCADIA GRAFFITI ARTIST Michael Amorillo spray-paints fronds of kelp beneath an image of a giant whale on May 2 in Encinitas. Several local artists have painted murals covering a wall separating La Especial Norte restaurant and a vacant lot on the corner of Coast Highway 101 and Daphne Street. The property was the former location of Mozy’s and Shatto & Sons T-shirts before a fire destroyed the businesses last September. Photo by Jordan P. Ingram
Fairgrounds, Crossroads of the West settle gun show lawsuit By Lexy Brodt
DEL MAR – A lawsuit between the Del Mar Fairgrounds’ governing board and Crossroads of the West Gun Shows ended in a settlement last week, after the Utah-based company sued the fair board in early 2019 due to a moratorium placed on the Del Mar gun show. The outcome will allow gun shows to continue at the state-owned property through the end of 2020 — though such a reality is contingent on the mandates of public health officials, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The gun shows will come to a halt once more in January 2021, when a bill
CROSSROADS OF THE WEST canceled its Del Mar show in March at the outset of the COVID-19 crisis and announced its mid-May show would be postponed to July 11-12. Courtesy photo
authored by state Assem- at the Del Mar Fairgrounds blyman Todd Gloria (D-San illegal. As a result of the setDiego) renders the sale of firearms and ammunition tlement, the 22nd District
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ant to put that money right back into the fight,” she said. The gun shows have long been controversial in North County, though opposition spiked in recent years due to the prevalence of mass shootings nationwide. The shows, which have been held for the past 30 years, draw gun enthusiasts from across the state and beyond. Merchants at the show sell guns, gun parts, ammunition, and other items. In September 2018, the 22nd District Agricultural Association board of directors voted to place a morTURN TO SETTLEMENT ON A3
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fees. Due to the moratorium, three of the company’s Del Mar shows were canceled in 2019. Although Crossroads President Tracy Olcott said the company is disappointed with the timing, they are “happy with the settlement.” “Unfortunately, with Gloria’s bill coming into effect next year, we’re losing shows and who knows when we’ll get back into business in Del Mar,” she said, referring also to the fallout of the COVID-19 crisis. Olcott said the money from the settlement will go into legally challenging the Gloria bill. “We think it’s import-
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