The Sacramento Bee has a nice photo essay about grooms and horsemen who work at Cal-Expo and their plight with housing. Many of them have been staying in hallways and converted tack rooms but a recent inspection by the Fire Marshall has judged the facilities to be unsafe for human habitation. Now the men are camping out in the parking lot or wherever they can find lodging. To exacerbate issues, they’ve gone for months with no income because Cal-Expo is changing harness racing operators.
To view the photo gallery, please visit: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/25/4854701/cal-expos-homeless-horse-people.html?mi_rss=Sports%20Galleries
UPDATE: Here is the complete article: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/26/4855271/cal-expo-racetrack-workers-scramble.html