The coast news, december 29, 2017

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DEC. 29, 2017

Housing tops.com 2017 stories SAN MARCOS -NEWS

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grapple with shortage By Aaron Burgin

REGION — North County is not immune to the housing crisis. In almost each community, city officials have grappled with various housing-related issues. The struggle with housing-reRANCHO lated issues is the top storyline in SFNEWS The Coast News’ coverage area and headlines the Top 10 stories of 2017, as decided by a panel of The Coast News editors and reporters. Here are some of the highlights of the region’s housing struggles:

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gering facility built in 1991 to accommodate 5,000 people. At one point it attracted about 2,700, but a decrease in offsite betting has resulted in an average daily attendance of about 350. A study conducted by students from California State University San Marcos, which validated work

Del Mar and Rancho Santa Fe took steps to limit the exponential growth of short-term vacation rentals, an issue gripping even larger cities like San Diego. Del Mar officials voted to require guests to stay at the homes for no less than a week and for a maximum of 28 days per year for rentals of less than 30 days. Property owners pleaded with the city to adopt less strict standards, while opponents of vacation rentals hailed the city’s actions. Encinitas’ well-known struggles to develop a state-mandated affordable housing plan have spilled into the courts, where the city faces three lawsuits asking the courts to compel the city to adopt a plan without a vote of the public. The council’s plans to bring another affordable housing plan to voters after the 2016 failure of Measure T was hit with another obstacle, as a

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REACHING FOR THE STARS A Space X Falcon 9 rocket carrying satellites was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County on Dec. 22, stopping people in their tracks across Southern California as it streaked through the sky. Courtesy photo. See story page 3.

Concert venue plans humming along in Del Mar By Bianca Kaplanek

DEL MAR — If all goes as planned, construction to convert roughly 40 percent of Surfside Race Place into a nearly 1,870-seat entertainment venue could begin April 1, 2018, with concerts starting about one year after that. Gary Reist, deputy general manager of the Del Mar Fairgrounds where the facility is locat-

ed, reported at the Dec. 12 22nd District Agricultural Association board of directors meeting that plans submitted to the state architect for review came back with “a three- to four-page list of code compliance issues that are not severe.” “They’re just little details which our architects ... (are) going over and responding to,” he added. Plans will be resubmitted to the

state architect and, if they receive final approval, the project will go out to public bid between Jan. 15 and the end of February, with a contract award expected in midMarch. “The whole thing’s going forward,” Reist said. “It’s looking very favorable.” Surfside is an approximately 100,000-square-foot satellite wa-

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