Del Mar and Fairgrounds Feuding Again

Exercise riders and jockeys ride horses in the morning at the Del Mar Fairgrounds | July 29, 2022 | Photo by Ariana Drehsler for Voice of San Diego | Click on image to enlarge

Whatever happened to that affordable housing project on Del Mar Fairgrounds, you ask? Not a whole lot. 

The city of Del Mar and the board that oversees the Fairgrounds are feuding again, reports our Tigist Layne in her North County Report newsletter. 

The latest: Board members say that a recent study of the proposed housing didn’t take into account the operation of the Fairgrounds or potential impacts to its bottom line. One board member even hinted the whole idea of affordable housing on the Fairgrounds should be scuttled. 

Del Mar Mayor Tracy Martinez fired back. Martinez said the study’s findings were misconstrued and that the potential sites for the housing would only minimally impact operations. 

Read the full North County Report here. 

By Tigist Layne | June 18, 2026 | Voice of San Diego

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