On Tuesday night City chambers were filled to overflowing for item 4-A on the agenda, the motion to approve City staff’s phase III visioning process recommendations following presentation of the MIG consultant’s phase II report. CASMAT (see here) and other…
SMO in the News
The following articles relating to SMO have appeared in the press recently. The flawed but on-going visioning process, particularly city staff’s resulting recommendations to the Council (which fly in the face of all visioning results both by the city and…
City Phase II Visioning Report Published
The report on the official Santa Monica Airport (SMO) visioning sessions is now available on the City web site. This report will be presented at the City Council meeting on the 8th of May, 2012 in the Council Chambers. Public…

Community sees first concrete ‘visioning’ plans
At Monday’s Airport Commission ‘Visioning’ workshop, the community was shown the first fully realized visioning ideas for the Santa Monica Airport. See here for video and audio of the meeting (the April 23, 2012 entry). These ideas do not represent…
SMO in the News
The following articles relating to SMO have appeared in the press recently Luxury Jets With Lauren Sanchez!! (KTTV Fox 11, May 02, 2012) – VideoSanta Monica(CA) Plans Closure Of Historic Airport (Airliners.net, May 01, 2012)Residents form united front in fight…
New Data Presented at April 2012 Airport Commission Meeting
It was with great sorrow that the community learned today of the sudden passing of Airport Commission Chair Rick Brown. He suffered a devastating stroke while attending as a speaker at a health conference in Kentucky. Rick was 70 years old. Our…
Six Foot Rabbit Spotted at SMO
As recent posts on this site have indicated, the community is struggling with the mystery of how it is that despite the on-going public outcry, the city staff and council have done little or nothing about the airport for all…