On Friday, March 6, 2015 at 6:45:16 PM UTC-6, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 6/03/2015 12:30 PM, Larry Dighera wrote:

Bonis has lobbied to close the airport as being inadequate. "This airport is
remarkably close to residential areas and flight schools, which is very
concerning," he said.


Yes, fancy building an airport in the middle of a residential area.

Oh, that's right, they didn't.

I'm amazed that they were able to sell new houses close to an airport
under the extended runway centreline. Presumably people only start to
worry about things after they've moved in.

Who allowed them to be built there?

Sylvia.

Lets see, the Mexicans took the land from the Indians. The US fought the Mexis and then sold off California in chunks. The Feds got the airport land from the City of SM during WW-2 and afterwards returned it. Douglas Aviation moved to Long Beach and SMO became a playpen for millionaires.