This program will quiet homes in Playa Del Rey, Westchester and South Central Los Angeles. LAX staff is working with the FAA Southern California Task Force to develop arrival and departure traffic procedures that reduce overflights and noise impacting local residents. Additionally, LAX has undertaken a program of grants to surrounding communities to enable the conversion of properties impacted by noise to uses that are compatible with the environment. Included in that activity are 393,000 jobs. If LAX is constrained and not permitted to achieve the forecasted contribution, the Region could suffer the lost opportunity of anywhere from 35,00 to 79,000 jobs.
Key data is presented in an attached table.
The LAWA Master Plan is supported by Mayor Riordan, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, Central City Association, Construction Trade Labor Unions and the Los Angeles Business Advisors. A growth Master Plan for LAX is opposed by communities surrounding the Airport, the Cities of Inglewood, El Segundo, Palmdale and certain cities in the Inland Empire. Those outlying Cities in opposition to growth are so inclined because of their aspirations of capturing a greater share of the air transport pie for their local airports. Air Force Bases. Councilmember Galanter has long championed the relocation of activity from LAX to Palmdale as a way of relocating activity out of her district.