SR 02-27-2024 1A
City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: February 27, 2024
Agenda Item: 1.A
1 of 1
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Nikima Newsome, Interim City Clerk, Records and Election Services
Department
Subject: Written Comments
Prepared By: Esterlina Lugo, Deputy City Clerk
Approved
Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. Written Comments
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David Yakobson
From:Vanessa Gibson <ness1113@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, February 27, 2024 11:43 AM
To:councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick;
Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre
Subject:February 27,2024 Compass Rose - Support to Uphold the Landmark Commissions
Decision
EXTERNAL
February 27, 2024
Santa Monica City Council
1685 Main Street, Room 209
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Re: February 27,2024
Compass Rose - Support to Uphold the Landmark Commissions Decision
Dear Councilmembers:
I am writing to support the Landmark Commission’s Designation of the Compass Rose as a Santa Monica
Landmark.
In the early 20th century, the aviation industry played a significant role in the growth and development
of Santa Monica. Early aviators were drawn to the Santa Monica Airport after the Douglas Aircraft
Company moved to the Santa Monica Airport in 1929. Among those legendary aviators were women
flyers including Amelia Earhart, Pancho Barnes, Bobbi Trout, Blanche Noyes and Phoebe Omlie. These
brave women are some of the most underrecognized aviators in history. The Santa Monica Airport is
where the first Women’s Air Derby started in 1929, an event which had an indisputable impact on the
future of women in aviation.
The Compass Rose is emblematic of over 90 years of the history of women in aviation, with roots
grounded in Santa Monica. The Landmark Commission’s role is to protect our cultural, social and
political history and promote the use of landmarks and structures for the education and pleasure of the
residents, workers and visitors of Santa Monica, in such a way as to show the full range of its heritage.
It does not get more historic or historically important than preserving where Amelia Earhart’s greatest
contribution to aviation was born – the formation of the Ninety Nines International Association of
Women Pilots - an organization that continues to support and encourage women pilots throughout the
world 90 years following the Air Derby. The Compass Rose, the trademark logo of the Ninety-Nines,
was designed by Los Angeles Chapter member Wilma Fritschey in 1939 and continues to symbolize the
history and traditions of the organization today.
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Since there is no other site of its kind in Santa Monica, we have a once in a lifetime opportunity to save
a cultural and historic Landmark identified with historic personages and embodies the use of a unique
design in a unique location.
I am therefore honored to join the LA99s and groups and individuals who support the designation of the
Compass Rose as a Santa Monica Landmark.
/Vanessa Gibson
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David Yakobson
From:Arthur Jeon <arthur@ombaseproductions.com>
Sent:Tuesday, February 27, 2024 11:20 AM
To:Gleam Davis; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse
Zwick; Phil Brock
Cc:David White; Douglas Sloan; City of Santa Monica; Clerk Mailbox; Jeanette Gant; Micah
Akerson; Erika Aklufi; Danielle Noble; Ramon Batista; amgomez48@gmail.com; Roberto
Lucio; Thomas McLaughlin; Jose Rodriguez; Annette Farmer; Maryanne LaGuardia; Albin
Gielicz; Alisha Brady; swjohnsonla@gmail.com; Arati Desai Wagabaza; Lori Brown; John
Smith; John Alle; Evan Meyer; emvandenburgh@gmail.com; Cc: Luke Cain; Peter Bosen;
tina.grossman@gmail.com; Elaine Golden-Gealer; Eric Sedman; Michele Aronson; Aisling
Winders; Julia Ladd; Peter TRINH; trinh@downtownsm.com; Anuj Gupta;
ml.verville@verizon.net; dominic gomez; Jenna Grigsby; Attorney Mailbox; Shawn R.
Kehoe; Andrew Thomas; SMDP Editor; Susan Cline; ThirdDistrict@bos.lacounty.gov;
Michele A Wittig; Assemblymember.Zbur@assembly.ca.gov; Attorney Mailbox; Joe;
jenny@blueplatesantamonica.com; Stan Epstein; jpal@rpgla.com;
gtsai@ph.lacounty.gov; Tricia Crane; zinajosephs@aol.com; Turbella; Phil Brock; Lauren
Howland; info@smclc.net; Matthew Hall; Richard Drapkin
Subject:This Vienna Boondoggle is a bad look
EXTERNAL
Dear Gleam and Caroline,
I’ve broken bread with you both and I personally like you, despite disagreeing with you on the vision and direction of the
city. And I have no idea how much of this editorial is true, but regardless, jetting off to Vienna is a bad look at a time
when the city is really still struggling.
I am not exaggerating when I say I can walk out my door on 9th street right now and within 5 minutes find a dealer
peddling Fentanyl in and around Reed Park (alleys, doorways, and the park itself). Business after business is failing in my
neighborhood, which has lost all sense of walkable safety after dark. The county refuses to stop the needle exchange
despite most in the city vehemently opposing it (17,000 signed a petition against it and you should be going to war with
the county over this policy). But Gary Tsai and Barbara Ferrer don’t live the consequences, do they? I mean, even Gavin
Newsom and Mayor Breed are pushing to treat opioid deaths as homicides, which they most certainly are, because it’s
murder by another name. So when you are behind those two in terms of enforcement, you know you've lost the thread.
The city will not recover until it’s safe and clean. Nor will its tourism industry.
Still need proof? Stroll with me and I’ll show dealers in SUVs supplying their street soldiers on stolen bikes, who wheel
around to pre-arranged doorways to supply the afflicted. Why is not all your attention being focused on safety and
crime, and figuring out how to put undercover cops on our streets to go after these peddlers of death? This is the STILL
the existential issue impeding our recovery and destroying the quality of life in our city, and is what most residents care
about, as even Montana Ave is now dotted with addicts nodding off. Can you understand why jetting off to Vienna
leaves a bad taste in people's mouths?
And regarding Vienna, I know you are both progressives who ardently believe in the development being forced on the
city by the state, but as a resident who lives where everything is actively being built, I can tell you the results are a blight,
with unintended consequences that will unfold for decades. Regardless, Gavin Newsom won that battle for you, so what
exactly are you going to learn on a boondoggle in Vienna that we are paying for? (Unless you have your eyes on our
airport for some ghastly development—many in Vienna are high rises).
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All this is a bad look that stinks of Luxury Beliefs in action.
I, and most residents, already live in cheek-to-jowl dense housing (me in a condo surrounded by apartments and
condos), in a neighborhood now being inundated with huge and ugly 'Stack and Packs.' But like Sue Himmelrich and
Michael Soloff, (and now I’ve heard Jesse Zwick), you BOTH live in single family homes. Good for you for living the
American dream even as you push socialist policies. Glad you still believe in a house with a yard for kids to roam in.
Meanwhile, all the housing being built in these ugly buildings is not meant for middle class families at all. Most are one-
bedrooms (soon with no parking) that cater to wealthy and transient young people who will have no stake in our city.
And this housing bonanza will do nothing for the mentally ill and addicted who can’t begin to handle the responsibility of
an apartment (Housing First is the big lie). And making people dependent on rent control is a way to keep them mired in
generational poverty. But you now that, because that’s why you bought houses.
I know progressives (of which I’m one, just sensible and fair), are all atwitter about social housing in Vienna, as pushed
by a recent NYTimes article. But the attached picture is their vision. And I believe it to be yours. But I don’t believe it to
be the vision of Santa Monicans who want a livable city.
So, let’s get real. You know what you want, and I know what you want, so going to Vienna to better learn how to foist
your ‘do as I say, not as I do’ policies on the city, in the middle of budget cuts, and a crime and safety crisis, is truly a bad
look in an election year. Cancel the trip, and put your heads down on the issue all Santa Monicans care about the most,
which is being able to walk out the door and not be attacked by a deranged addict supplied by dealers who have free
reign due to state policies run amok. You should be using your voices to lobby for changes at the county and state level
that will benefit all residents of Santa Monica, except of course, the transient addicts and criminals whom you think
should be given permanent residency.
Seems pretty basic.
Arthur Jeon
Social Housing in Vienna (coming soon to our airport?)
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David Yakobson
From:drcblum@aol.com
Sent:Thursday, February 22, 2024 9:35 PM
To:Ben; Douglas Sloan; Council Mailbox; Gavin Scott; Lisa Sandbank; Cindy Bendat;
Jonathan Stein; Martin Rubin; Zinajosephs; David Kaplan; Joseph Schmitz; Bob Rigdon;
Neil Carrey; John Fairweather; Mike Salazar; Jeff Lewis; Cathy Larson - FOSP Airport;
Franne Einberg; Daklass1; Vflitton; Virginia Ernst CRAAP; Andrew Gledhill; Stephen
Unger; Frank Gruber; Alan Levenson; Santa Monica Airport Conversion; Phil Brock; Lana
Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Christine Parra; Gleam Davis; David White; Jesse Zwick;
Stelios Makrides; Caroline Torosis; Andrew Wilder; Joe Pertel; Clerk Mailbox; Diane
Reynolds; Geoffrey Neri; councilmtgitems; Margaret Griffin
Subject:California FBOs Told to Stop Selling Leaded AvGas
Follow Up Flag:Follow up
Flag Status:Flagged
EXTERNAL
California FBOs Told to Stop Selling 100LL, Switch to G100UL
By Russ Niles - Published:February 17, 2024, Updated:February 19, 2024
"Lawyers for a California environmental group say most if not all FBOs in California will be required to
replace 100LL with General Aviation Modifications Inc.’s (GAMI’s) G100UL starting in the first half of
2024 thanks to a nine-year-old court ruling. That consent judgment, issued in favor of the Center for
Environmental Health in December of 2014 by the California Superior Court in Alameda, says that as
soon as there’s an approved commercially available replacement for 100LL, FBOs have to stop
selling 100LL. CEH’s lawyers have sent notice to all California FBOs to switch to G100UL as soon as
it becomes commercially available to them. If they don’t, they could be found in contempt and face
heavy fines.
"GAMI head of engineering George Braly said Vitol Aviation, the producer/refiner now licensed to
produce G100UL, is scheduled to produce large batches of the fuel later in the spring. Braly said it
will “take a few months” to ramp up production and to supply all of the dozens of fuel sellers covered
by the order, after which it will be able to maintain a steady supply to them."
To access the full article click here.
Other article on this topic by Russ Niles of AVweb: Avgas Issue Comes to a Head and It’s About Time
(2/19/2024)
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California FBOs Told To Start Selling G100UL When
It's 'Commercially Ava...
Russ Niles
Lawyers for a California environmental group say most if not all
FBOs in California will be required to offer 10...
There will be a time in the future when we will look back on this time that governmental officials
allowed the sale of leaded fuel to continue decades after all the science told us it was a profound
neurotoxin that would forever adversely affect any child exposed -- and yet we allowed it to continue.
Only separated by a chain link fence from the airport are playground structures advertised with signs
as a place for 2 1/2 year olds to play.
Stop using leaded fuel now, there is no rational rationalization possible for destroying a child's life for
the fun of learning how to fly a plane or take a recreational flight.
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Dr. Charles L. Blum
drcblum@aol.com
1752 Ocean Park Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA 90405
310-392-9795
www.drcharlesblum.com
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On Friday, February 16, 2024, 11:45:25 AM PST, Charles Blum <drcblum@aol.com> wrote:
On Thursday 2/15/2024 California State Senator Caroline Menjivar held a press conference to
announce legislation calling for a statewide ban on leaded aviation fuel. A prominent theme
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raised by the Senator and the diverse group of speakers at the event was the disproportionate
negative impact airports like Van Nuys and Whiteman have on communities of color.
To access a link to this 26 minute video click here.
The excerpts below are from the text of the bill.
SB 1193 would prohibit an airport operator or aviation retail establishment, as defined, from
selling, distributing, or otherwise making available leaded aviation gasoline to consumers,
consistent with a specified timeline...
This bill would require the [Transportation] department, in consultation with the State
Department of Public Health and the California Environmental Protection Agency, to
identify best management practices for reducing public health and environmental
exposures to lead associated with airport operations. The bill would require the department,
on or before July 1, 2025, to publish on its internet website initial guidance for airport
operators regarding best airport operating practices to minimize environmental and public
health impacts of lead exposure.
This bill would require each airport operator, on or before November 1, 2025, to submit to
the department, and begin implementing, a plan to implement the best practices identified
by the department to minimize environmental impacts and public health risks associated
with leaded aviation gasoline use at airports.
This bill would provide that a person in violation of the prohibition on selling, distributing, or
otherwise making available leaded aviation gasoline to consumers is subject to a civil
penalty of up to $1,000 per day that leaded aviation gasoline was sold, distributed, or
supplied.
Section 21710 provides a time-line for the prohibition of leaded fuel at California airports.
21710. (a) An airport operator or aviation retail establishment shall not sell, distribute, or
otherwise make available leaded aviation gasoline to consumers consistent with the
following timeline:
(1) Beginning January 1, 2026, for airports and aviation retail establishments located in or
adjacent to either of the following:
(A) A disadvantaged community, as identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and
Safety Code.
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(B) A city with a population of at least 700,000 as of January 1, 2024, as determined using
the latest official estimate published by the Department of Finance.
(2) Beginning January 1, 2028, for airports and aviation retail establishments located in or
immediately adjacent to an urban growth boundary.
(3) Beginning January 1, 2030, for all other airports and aviation retail establishments.
(b) For purposes of this section, “aviation retail establishment” means any public or private
entity that sells aviation gasoline, or offers or otherwise makes available aviation gasoline
to a customer, including other businesses or government entities, for use in this state.
To access the full text of the bill click here.
GAMI Fuel Will Soon be Available in California
According to a 2/12/2024 AVweb article by Russ Niles, GAMI G100UL Eyed to Go on Sale in
California By Summer.
“Aircraft operators in California will likely be the first to be able to fill their tanks with unleaded
100 octane aviation fuel. General Aviation Modifications Inc. head of engineering George Braly
told AVweb the company has signed a licensing agreement with petroleum company
Vitol Aviation and that company is now in the process of producing the first large-scale batches
of G100UL® avgas. At this time, the expectation is that G100UL avgas will be available to the
West Coast in the first half of this year. “The initial deployment will be in California,” said Braly.”
To read the entire article click here.
A 3/30/2023 YouTube presentation, Safely Using Unleaded Avgas - G100UL, by George Braly,
an aeronautical engineer who co-founded General Aviation Modifications, Inc (GAMI), discussed
the distribution and deployment of GAMI fuel in California. The section on the initial roll-out of the
fuel on the West Coast begins around the 32:12 minute mark of the video.
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David Yakobson
From:Larry Arreola <lmarreola@roadrunner.com>
Sent:Monday, February 19, 2024 2:20 PM
To:'castro0459@live.com'; 'shineshuge@gmail.com'; 'bomailbox1-concern@yahoo.com';
'loriemerson1958@aol.com'; 'gcastro81951@gmail.com'; 'amanda.arreola67@aol.com';
'anne.pearson249@gmail.com'; 'theresa.marasco@gmail.com'; 'bpo42@yahoo.com';
'nshamonki@hotmail.com'; 'ginadebaca@gmail.com'; 'commissionerbrock@gmail.com';
'johncysmith@gmail.com'; 'zinajosephs@aol.com'; 'stephanie.brice@verizon.net';
'beagle.family@gte.net'; 'shararm@aol.com'; 'crisarm@msn.com';
'houmanhemmati@gmail.com'; 'janetheinle@yahoo.com'; 'dorf.mitch@gmail.com';
'kcroner@mac.com'; 'swissmissrealtor@gmail.com'; 'elerer@elizabethlerer.com';
'debbiedoty@gmail.com'; 'rtaylarch@gmail.com'; 'jaleh-m@msn.com';
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'arlene.hopkins@gmail.com'; 'chris.legras@gmail.com'; 'doster@ucla.edu';
'elaine@elaine360.com'; 'janetkfmcl@aol.com'; 'johnallecompany@gmail.com';
'katblandino@abrighterfuturepac.org'; 'Kate@NorthOfMontana.com';
'kboole@gmail.com'; 'lmarreola@roadrunner.com'; 'loreb2@aol.com'; 'getitdone2326
@gmail.com'; 'ASWML@aol.com'; 'mario@fbharchitects.com'; ml.verville@verizon.net;
'matmillen@msn.com'; Nancy Coleman; 'ron@gfarchitects.com';
'thesantamonicacoalition@gmail.com'; 'robertsthane@gmail.com';
'1triciacrane@gmail.com'; 'annmaggio@gmail.com'; 'suzanne4455@aol.com';
'robertgomez310@gmail.com'; 'dagomez2@gmail.com'; 'amgomez48@gmail.com';
'laura@theadventuregoddess.com'; 'nhkolhoff@yahoo.com';
'communityaffairs@santamonica.gov'; councilmtgitems; Oscar de la Torre; Christine
Parra; Lana Negrete; David White; Attorney Mailbox; 'matt@smpd.com';
'editor@smobserver.com'; 'sam@mirrormediagroupla.com'; 'jim.pickrell@gmail.com';
'jaypjohnson@earthlink.net'; 'gabyschkud@gmail.com'; 'maps0108@yahoo.com';
'homstein1@gmail.com'; 'rhona@spinning.com'; 'traceyhom@yahoo.com'; 'cno33
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Subject:SMCLC LETTER- THE GELSOS DEVELOPMENT
Follow Up Flag:Follow up
Flag Status:Flagged
EXTERNAL
Add your name as co-signor. e mail info@smclc.net
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David Yakobson
From:Larry Arreola <lmarreola@roadrunner.com>
Sent:Monday, February 19, 2024 2:02 PM
To:'castro0459@live.com'; 'shineshuge@gmail.com'; 'bomailbox1-concern@yahoo.com';
'loriemerson1958@aol.com'; 'gcastro81951@gmail.com'; 'amanda.arreola67@aol.com';
'anne.pearson249@gmail.com'; 'theresa.marasco@gmail.com'; 'bpo42@yahoo.com';
'nshamonki@hotmail.com'; 'ginadebaca@gmail.com'; 'commissionerbrock@gmail.com';
'johncysmith@gmail.com'; 'zinajosephs@aol.com'; 'stephanie.brice@verizon.net';
'beagle.family@gte.net'; 'shararm@aol.com'; 'crisarm@msn.com';
'houmanhemmati@gmail.com'; 'janetheinle@yahoo.com'; 'dorf.mitch@gmail.com';
'kcroner@mac.com'; 'swissmissrealtor@gmail.com'; 'elerer@elizabethlerer.com';
'debbiedoty@gmail.com'; 'rtaylarch@gmail.com'; 'jaleh-m@msn.com';
'alan@hswlaw.com'; 'alexiselsea@gmail.com'; 'takebackourtownsm@gmail.com';
'arlene.hopkins@gmail.com'; 'chris.legras@gmail.com'; 'doster@ucla.edu';
'elaine@elaine360.com'; 'janetkfmcl@aol.com'; 'johnallecompany@gmail.com';
'katblandino@abrighterfuturepac.org'; 'Kate@NorthOfMontana.com';
'kboole@gmail.com'; 'lmarreola@roadrunner.com'; 'loreb2@aol.com'; 'getitdone2326
@gmail.com'; 'ASWML@aol.com'; 'mario@fbharchitects.com'; ml.verville@verizon.net;
'matmillen@msn.com'; Nancy Coleman; 'ron@gfarchitects.com';
'thesantamonicacoalition@gmail.com'; 'robertsthane@gmail.com';
'1triciacrane@gmail.com'; 'annmaggio@gmail.com'; 'suzanne4455@aol.com';
'robertgomez310@gmail.com'; 'dagomez2@gmail.com'; 'amgomez48@gmail.com';
'laura@theadventuregoddess.com'; 'nhkolhoff@yahoo.com';
'communityaffairs@santamonica.gov'; councilmtgitems; Oscar de la Torre; Christine
Parra; Lana Negrete; David White; Attorney Mailbox; 'matt@smpd.com';
'editor@smobserver.com'; 'sam@mirrormediagroupla.com'; 'jim.pickrell@gmail.com';
'jaypjohnson@earthlink.net'; 'gabyschkud@gmail.com'; 'maps0108@yahoo.com';
'homstein1@gmail.com'; 'rhona@spinning.com'; 'traceyhom@yahoo.com'; 'cno33
@yahoo.com'
Subject:SMCLC LETTER - GELSONS DEVELOPMENT
Follow Up Flag:Follow up
Flag Status:Flagged
EXTERNAL
Please e mail them to add your name as co-signer
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David Yakobson
From:Jeff Lewis <reformfaanow@gmail.com>
Sent:Friday, February 16, 2024 1:12 PM
To:Charles Blum
Cc:Ben; Douglas Sloan; Council Mailbox; Gavin Scott; Lisa Sandbank; Cindy Bendat;
Jonathan Stein; Martin Rubin; Zinajosephs; David Kaplan; Joseph Schmitz; Bob Rigdon;
Neil Carrey; John Fairweather; Mike Salazar; Cathy Larson - FOSP Airport; Franne
Einberg; Daklass1; Vflitton; Virginia Ernst CRAAP; Andrew Gledhill; Stephen Unger; Frank
Gruber; Alan Levenson; Santa Monica Airport Conversion; Phil Brock; Lana Negrete;
Oscar de la Torre; Christine Parra; Gleam Davis; David White; Jesse Zwick; Stelios
Makrides; Caroline Torosis; Andrew Wilder; Joe Pertel; Clerk Mailbox; Diane Reynolds;
Geoffrey Neri; councilmtgitems; Margaret Griffin
Subject:Re: California Bill on Leaded AvGas
Follow Up Flag:Follow up
Flag Status:Flagged
EXTERNAL
The CA bill looks very good. But, if I was involved in its discussion and passage, I would advocate for changing the
language one slight bit. Instead of the airport being 'adjacent' to an impact community, it should be phrased something
like 'within three miles' of the impact community. The pollutants are in an airshed that ignores property boundaries, and
is more appropriately defined by distances.
On Fri, Feb 16, 2024, 11:45 AM Charles Blum <drcblum@aol.com> wrote:
On Thursday 2/15/2024 California State Senator Caroline Menjivar held a press conference to
announce legislation calling for a statewide ban on leaded aviation fuel. A prominent theme
raised by the Senator and the diverse group of speakers at the event was the disproportionate
negative impact airports like Van Nuys and Whiteman have on communities of color.
To access a link to this 26 minute video click here.
The excerpts below are from the text of the bill.
SB 1193 would prohibit an airport operator or aviation retail establishment, as defined, from
selling, distributing, or otherwise making available leaded aviation gasoline to consumers,
consistent with a specified timeline...
This bill would require the [Transportation] department, in consultation with the State
Department of Public Health and the California Environmental Protection Agency, to
identify best management practices for reducing public health and environmental
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exposures to lead associated with airport operations. The bill would require the department,
on or before July 1, 2025, to publish on its internet website initial guidance for airport
operators regarding best airport operating practices to minimize environmental and public
health impacts of lead exposure.
This bill would require each airport operator, on or before November 1, 2025, to submit to
the department, and begin implementing, a plan to implement the best practices identified
by the department to minimize environmental impacts and public health risks associated
with leaded aviation gasoline use at airports.
This bill would provide that a person in violation of the prohibition on selling, distributing, or
otherwise making available leaded aviation gasoline to consumers is subject to a civil
penalty of up to $1,000 per day that leaded aviation gasoline was sold, distributed, or
supplied.
Section 21710 provides a time-line for the prohibition of leaded fuel at California airports.
21710. (a) An airport operator or aviation retail establishment shall not sell, distribute, or
otherwise make available leaded aviation gasoline to consumers consistent with the
following timeline:
(1) Beginning January 1, 2026, for airports and aviation retail establishments located in or
adjacent to either of the following:
(A) A disadvantaged community, as identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and
Safety Code.
(B) A city with a population of at least 700,000 as of January 1, 2024, as determined using
the latest official estimate published by the Department of Finance.
(2) Beginning January 1, 2028, for airports and aviation retail establishments located in or
immediately adjacent to an urban growth boundary.
(3) Beginning January 1, 2030, for all other airports and aviation retail establishments.
(b) For purposes of this section, “aviation retail establishment” means any public or private
entity that sells aviation gasoline, or offers or otherwise makes available aviation gasoline
to a customer, including other businesses or government entities, for use in this state.
To access the full text of the bill click here.
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GAMI Fuel Will Soon be Available in California
According to a 2/12/2024 AVweb article by Russ Niles, GAMI G100UL Eyed to Go on Sale in
California By Summer.
“Aircraft operators in California will likely be the first to be able to fill their tanks with unleaded
100 octane aviation fuel. General Aviation Modifications Inc. head of engineering George Braly
told AVweb the company has signed a licensing agreement with petroleum company
Vitol Aviation and that company is now in the process of producing the first large-scale batches
of G100UL® avgas. At this time, the expectation is that G100UL avgas will be available to the
West Coast in the first half of this year. “The initial deployment will be in California,” said Braly.”
To read the entire article click here.
A 3/30/2023 YouTube presentation, Safely Using Unleaded Avgas - G100UL, by George Braly,
an aeronautical engineer who co-founded General Aviation Modifications, Inc (GAMI), discussed
the distribution and deployment of GAMI fuel in California. The section on the initial roll-out of the
fuel on the West Coast begins around the 32:12 minute mark of the video.
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David Yakobson
From:Charles Blum <drcblum@aol.com>
Sent:Friday, February 16, 2024 11:45 AM
To:Ben; Douglas Sloan; Council Mailbox; Gavin Scott; Lisa Sandbank; Cindy Bendat;
Jonathan Stein; Martin Rubin; Zinajosephs; David Kaplan; Joseph Schmitz; Bob Rigdon;
Neil Carrey; John Fairweather; Mike Salazar; Jeff Lewis; Cathy Larson - FOSP Airport;
Franne Einberg; Daklass1; Vflitton; Virginia Ernst CRAAP; Andrew Gledhill; Stephen
Unger; Frank Gruber; Alan Levenson; Santa Monica Airport Conversion; Phil Brock; Lana
Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Christine Parra; Gleam Davis; David White; Jesse Zwick;
Stelios Makrides; Caroline Torosis; Andrew Wilder; Joe Pertel; Clerk Mailbox; Diane
Reynolds; Geoffrey Neri; councilmtgitems; Margaret Griffin
Subject:California Bill on Leaded AvGas
Follow Up Flag:Follow up
Flag Status:Flagged
EXTERNAL
On Thursday 2/15/2024 California State Senator Caroline Menjivar held a press conference to
announce legislation calling for a statewide ban on leaded aviation fuel. A prominent theme
raised by the Senator and the diverse group of speakers at the event was the disproportionate
negative impact airports like Van Nuys and Whiteman have on communities of color.
To access a link to this 26 minute video click here.
The excerpts below are from the text of the bill.
SB 1193 would prohibit an airport operator or aviation retail establishment, as defined, from
selling, distributing, or otherwise making available leaded aviation gasoline to consumers,
consistent with a specified timeline...
This bill would require the [Transportation] department, in consultation with the State
Department of Public Health and the California Environmental Protection Agency, to
identify best management practices for reducing public health and environmental
exposures to lead associated with airport operations. The bill would require the department,
on or before July 1, 2025, to publish on its internet website initial guidance for airport
operators regarding best airport operating practices to minimize environmental and public
health impacts of lead exposure.
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This bill would require each airport operator, on or before November 1, 2025, to submit to
the department, and begin implementing, a plan to implement the best practices identified
by the department to minimize environmental impacts and public health risks associated
with leaded aviation gasoline use at airports.
This bill would provide that a person in violation of the prohibition on selling, distributing, or
otherwise making available leaded aviation gasoline to consumers is subject to a civil
penalty of up to $1,000 per day that leaded aviation gasoline was sold, distributed, or
supplied.
Section 21710 provides a time-line for the prohibition of leaded fuel at California airports.
21710. (a) An airport operator or aviation retail establishment shall not sell, distribute, or
otherwise make available leaded aviation gasoline to consumers consistent with the
following timeline:
(1) Beginning January 1, 2026, for airports and aviation retail establishments located in or
adjacent to either of the following:
(A) A disadvantaged community, as identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and
Safety Code.
(B) A city with a population of at least 700,000 as of January 1, 2024, as determined using
the latest official estimate published by the Department of Finance.
(2) Beginning January 1, 2028, for airports and aviation retail establishments located in or
immediately adjacent to an urban growth boundary.
(3) Beginning January 1, 2030, for all other airports and aviation retail establishments.
(b) For purposes of this section, “aviation retail establishment” means any public or private
entity that sells aviation gasoline, or offers or otherwise makes available aviation gasoline
to a customer, including other businesses or government entities, for use in this state.
To access the full text of the bill click here.
GAMI Fuel Will Soon be Available in California
According to a 2/12/2024 AVweb article by Russ Niles, GAMI G100UL Eyed to Go on Sale in
California By Summer.
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“Aircraft operators in California will likely be the first to be able to fill their tanks with unleaded
100 octane aviation fuel. General Aviation Modifications Inc. head of engineering George Braly
told AVweb the company has signed a licensing agreement with petroleum company
Vitol Aviation and that company is now in the process of producing the first large-scale batches
of G100UL® avgas. At this time, the expectation is that G100UL avgas will be available to the
West Coast in the first half of this year. “The initial deployment will be in California,” said Braly.”
To read the entire article click here.
A 3/30/2023 YouTube presentation, Safely Using Unleaded Avgas - G100UL, by George Braly,
an aeronautical engineer who co-founded General Aviation Modifications, Inc (GAMI), discussed
the distribution and deployment of GAMI fuel in California. The section on the initial roll-out of the
fuel on the West Coast begins around the 32:12 minute mark of the video.
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David Yakobson
From:Prince Gmail <princesaheb23@gmail.com>
Sent:Wednesday, February 14, 2024 8:39 PM
To:councilmtgitems
Subject:Crime is rising in small businesses
Attachments:Video_1.mov; Video.mov
Follow Up Flag:Follow up
Flag Status:Flagged
EXTERNAL
WE NEED MORE POLICE PRESENCE!!! THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, they’re doing this and escaping easily. With more police
presence, they won’t do this! And stop releasing criminals!!
Sent from my iPhone
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David Yakobson
From:Lionel Broderick <lhbroderick@hotmail.com>
Sent:Wednesday, February 14, 2024 9:01 AM
To:councilmtgitems
Subject:Composting Bins
Follow Up Flag:Follow up
Flag Status:Flagged
EXTERNAL
Dear City Council,
I have been a current resident of Santa Monica since 2001. In the late 70’s I lived in the trailer park on 28th street. I
want to talk about the Compost Bins. These are a great idea which I wholly support. Besides the obvious benefits to the
environment, I believe they reduce sewer and plumbing expenses. There are now three bins behind our two
buildings. One Trash, One Recycle and the liƩle green compost bin. There is only one area to place the bins which is in
the middle between the two buildings. If all three bins are abreast, then we cannot navigate parking for two cars. So,
the liƩle green bin has ended up behind the other two and apparently keeps being skipped for pickup. The result has
been a fly infestaƟon as the material inside the bins begins to decay. Some residents want to move the bins to other
parts of the alley in front of other buildings however, I am not sure those residents would appreciate that soluƟon and
most likely the bin would magically be returned its original locaƟon. I recently pressure washed the bin myself,
temporarily solving the bug issue. However, I don’t want to do this on a regular basis. Our complex cannot be the only
ones enduring a fly infestaƟon from these bins. Since the compost bins are supplied by the city the fly infestaƟon
caused by the bins would be a city issue and the city should take responsibility for washing these bins. I would also
suggest that the city make available bug zappers for buildings to install to help reduce the ensuing bug populaƟon.
Thank you for your Ɵme on this maƩer,
Sincerely,
Lionel Broderick
1317 Stanford Street #2
Santa Monica, CA 90404
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