About the Sandpiper
The Sandpiper is published by the Del Mar Community Alliance, a 501(c)(4) not-for-profit corporation. Its purpose is to advocate the Del Mar Community Plan, to foster informed public and government decision-making regarding issues affecting the community of the City of Del Mar, and to encourage a social and political climate favorable to the protection of the community character of the City of Del Mar and its environs.
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Del Mar Sandpiper
1155 Camino Del Mar #436
Del Mar, CA 92014
Thank you to our major donors:
Founders’ Circle
($3000+)
Jeff Barnouw remembering Dagmar Barnouw
Rosanne Rennie Holliday
Publishers’ Circle
($1000 – $2500)
Linda & Frank Chisari
Sandy & Bram Dijkstra
Mary Ann & Bud Emerson
Ann Feeney & Don Mosier
Lynn & Charlie Gaylord
Maryka & George Hoover
Louise Keeling in Memory of Dave Keeling
Betty Wheeler
Dwight Worden
John Kerridge Circle
($500 – $1000)
Penny & Buck Abell
Anne & John Farrell
Ann Feeney & Don Mosier
Nancy Fisher & Mike Salt
Mary & Jeffrey Friestedt
Francine & Nick Frost
Susan & Judd Halenza
Ellie & Tim Haviland
Lee Haydu & Bill Sims
Shirley King & Art Olson
Carol Mason
Sherryl Parks
Karen & Philip Posner
Arlene & Ron Prater
Suzi Resnik & Stan Marks
Gloria Sandvik & Harold Feder
Rose Ann & Ira Sharp
Alice & Joe Sullivan
CONTACT US: editor@delmarsandpiper.org
Editorial Board
Jeff Barnouw
Bud Emerson
Virginia Lawrence
Hylton Lonstein
Julie Maxey-Allison
Don Mosier
Betty Wheeler
All editors, writers, and photographers are unpaid volunteers.
Del Mar Community Alliance
Board of Directors
Ellie Haviland, Chair
Henry Abarbanel
Valérie Dufort-Roy
Anne Farrell
Lee Haydu
Rosanne Holliday
Arthur Olson
Philip Posner
Arlene Prater
Gloria Sandvik
Rose Ann Sharp
The Sandpiper: A Historical Perspective
by John Kerridge (Sandpiper Editor, 1999-2003)
The Sandpiper was created in 1997 because a group of Del Marians became concerned about the fate of our community’s General Plan.
That plan, known locally as the Community Plan, has been spectacularly successful at both preserving the ambience of our village and also enhancing our property values. However, not only has the Plan been under constant pressure from would-be developers, but inevitable changes in Del Mar’s population have resulted in many residents being unaware of the role that the Plan has played in fostering the environment that attracted them here. Furthermore, the local media, heavily subsidized by real-estate and development interests, showed little interest in objective coverage of land-use issues.
It therefore seemed desirable to produce a newspaper that would present the facts pertaining to the issues confronting our community and to interpret those facts within the context of the Community Plan. The first Sandpiper appeared in March 1997 and, with an occasional lapse, has appeared monthly (except for each January and August) since then.
We hope that the Sandpiper, in both its print and online formats, will help Del Marians become more acquainted with our community, how it functions, and how to get involved in carrying out the vision of the Community Plan.