Wonder What Happened to the So-Called Santa Monica Airport “Jet Ban”?

J. Porter June 1, 2011 at 11:04 am

I agree to a degree that fighting the C&D Ban shouldn't continue. I was a small step in what the end result needs to be. Also concern about the flight schools is also a side issue. I believe the real issue is shutting the airport down after the 2015 time is up. All efforts and monies should be devoted 100% to this cause and this cause alone. There should be no way for them to circumvent their own agreement and we have 4 yrs. to make sure that this is the case. So wasting time on these intermediate steps is a monumental waste of of short resources.
KP Westdale

natalie mcadams June 1, 2011 at 11:40 am

I think it is time to support politician like Janice Hahn who are moving the noise and air pollution caused by the Santa Monica Airport to the front burner. There can be no doubt that Santa Monica is never going to be a good neighbor or champion the concerns of all involved. It's time for the rest of us - who number more than the SM residents - to rise up and be heard.

Karla Klarin June 1, 2011 at 08:19 pm

The FAA and the airport have proven that they will never share our concerns or be responsible neighbors. Let's focus on closing the airport permanently when the contract is up in 2015. My suspicion is that the FAA will refuse to allow the airport to close, claiming "national security", regardless of our legal right to close it. The people flying in the jets and prop planes are not living under the flight path so they don't care now and they will never care. Let's aim for closing the airport and then we will see what the FAA will do.

Jean Clelland-Morin April 28, 2012 at 04:50 am

Just wish I could afford to move back to Santa Monica. I used to live at 1431 Ocean Avenue. If I hadn't moved to France and bought a house, I could have bought the apartment I was living in. My son, Brian, tries to comfort me by saying I might have to learn to be Spiderwoman when the next earthquake hits. But this building did pretty well in the last big one because it's built on rockers. Though it scared the s--t out of me on the 11th floor.

Jim Alger August 5, 2012 at 01:40 am

I find it interesting how many people move into a neighborhood that has an airport, and then complain about the airport. Of course the real thing folks want is to develop the land the airport. If we take opponents at face value, is a bunch of wealthy homeowners are trying to force out students and small business owners so they can have a more "exclusive" neighborhood... all while screaming chicken little over "safety". It's appalling and shameful. If you didn't want to live by an airport you shouldn't have moved their. What's next? Wall off the beach because you don't like the noise of the waves or "dangers" of sea life?
What causes more disruption, pollution, and safety issues in Santa Monica? Santa Monica Pier/beach or Santa Monica Airport. People aren't being raped and robbed at the airport. The airport isn't causing 10's of thousands of cars a day to come to town polluting the air and being involved in accidents. Ambulances aren't treating injured tourists at the airport every day. The airport isn't a place where teens congregate to do drugs and drink. Quick, better get on to closing the beach and improving the quality of life in Santa Monica. Or, you can admit this entire thing is a front for land developers who couldn't care less about the "quality of life" or safety of residents, but care deeply about making a buck and have no problem manipulating the people of Santa Monica if it helps them develop every last square inch of land. Jim Alger