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At VNY:

• In 2015, US Customs office opened & and now has expanded hours for international jets to arrive.
• In 2018, private charter jet traffic significantly increased due to Santa Monica Airport (SMO) 2017 runway shortening.
• In 2019, Gulfstream VNY, 2nd-in-nation maintenance facility for jets, opened for business.
• In 2021, Aero Jets advertises commercially scheduled flights for online purchase & Sun Air Jets more than doubled the size of its hangar / terminal facilities adding 62,000 sf “to manage its future business growth.”

At BUR:

• In 2014, the Regional Intermodal Transit Center opened a three-level, 850,000 sf, 3200 car parking structure which also houses rental car companies.
• In 2016, BUR publicly announced plans to build a new 14-gate, 355,000 sf replacement terminal with up to 6,637 parking spaces.
• In 2018, private charter jet traffic significantly increased due to SMO 2017 runway shortening.

The writing is on the wall: Unchecked growth — aided by the FAA’s implementation of NextGen computer navigation — is breaching airport promises to be good neighbors to surrounding residential and commercial areas . Additionally at VNY, allowing private charter jets to provide scheduled flights breaches a longstanding promise not to become a commercial airport.

This growth — at two closely located & landlocked airports sharing the same airspace -- also poses environmental and other harms to LA residents, outdoor parks, and wildlife in the form of noise and documented air pollution.  The growth is causing health problems, sleep disturbances, and is taking away the quiet enjoyment of homes, parks, and neighborhoods around both airports.

NOW THEREFORE, WE LOS ANGELES RESIDENTS CALL UPON THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES TO TAKE IMMEDIATE PROTECTIVE ACTION:

1. TO TAKE LOCAL CONTROL OF VNY AIRPORT BY NO LONGER ACCEPTING FEDERAL FUNDS.
2. TO CURTAIL VNY JET TRAFFIC GROWTH BY FORMALLY CONSIDERING SHORTENING THE RUNWAY (AS CITY OF SANTA MONICA DID AT SMO IN 2017) & BY FOLLOWING THE VNY MASTER PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY CITY OF LA; 
3. TO CHALLENGE THE FAA’S MAY 13, 2021 DECISION THAT THE NEW BUR TERMINAL WILL HAVE NO SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT BY TIMELY FILING A PETITION FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THAT DECISION IN FEDERAL COURT & TAKING OTHER ACTIONS AS POSSIBLE TO OPPOSE EXPANSION AT BUR.
4. TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE WITH THE VOLUNTARY CURFEW HOURS OF 10 PM - 7 AM AT BUR & 11 PM -7 AM AT VNY.

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