FINAL UPDATE: Results as of October 11, 2023. Over 330 petition signatories were submitted to City Council. After extensive discussion and public comment during the Tuesday, October 10, 2023 City Council Meeting, the City Council directed staff NOT to pursue a lottery-selected panel process and to return to Council with a proposal for a traditional outreach process. Thank you to Council members Brock, Parra, de la Torre, and Negrete who supported Brock's motion. Also, thank you to all the people who signed the petition, emailed the petition, shared the petition!!! And a special double thank you to those who attended the marathon meeting (that went until about 4AM!) and made public comments!!!
Article: "Council Shoots Down Lottery Plan for Airport Site." Santa Monica Lookout, October 11, 2023 (link)
Article: "Council Shoots Down Lottery Plan for Airport Site." Santa Monica Lookout, October 11, 2023 (link)
UPDATE: As of Tuesday, October 10 at 6:23 PM we have over 330 signatures! This is an organic grass-roots petition letter with zero dollars spent, so please continue to forward it to all your friends and neighbors for their consideration. Also, be sure to read the recent letters and articles below from Friends of Sunset Park, Santa Monica Northeast Neighbors, North of Montana Association, and the Santa Monica Lookout and Santa Monica Observer. Thank you to all for supporting our efforts to transform the airport into public parkland! Link for this page to forward: https://smofuture.weebly.com/reject-the-lottery.html
PETITION: REQUEST to REJECT the LOTTERY PROCESS for SMO
October 2023
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Resources:
(1) Send Public Comment E-mail to: [email protected], RE: City Council Meeting, October 10, 2023, Agenda Item 7A, Lottery-Selected Panel Process for the Airport
(2) Letter: "Friends of Sunset Park, Board of Directors Letter to Mayor Davis and City Council Members." RE: October 10, 2023 Agenda Item 7A -- Future of Santa Monica Airport (link)
(3) Article/Letter: "Future of the Santa Monica Airport to be Decided by Lottery? Northeast Neighbors says NO." Santa Monica Observer, October 5, 2023 (link)
(4) Letter: "North of Montana Association -- Letter to Mayor Davis and Esteemed Council Members." RE: Item 7A. Discussion on the Lottery-Selected Panel Process for the Airport. (link)
(5) Article: "Randomly Chosen Airport Panel Gets Major Pushback." Santa Monica Lookout, October 9, 2023 (link)
(1) Send Public Comment E-mail to: [email protected], RE: City Council Meeting, October 10, 2023, Agenda Item 7A, Lottery-Selected Panel Process for the Airport
(2) Letter: "Friends of Sunset Park, Board of Directors Letter to Mayor Davis and City Council Members." RE: October 10, 2023 Agenda Item 7A -- Future of Santa Monica Airport (link)
(3) Article/Letter: "Future of the Santa Monica Airport to be Decided by Lottery? Northeast Neighbors says NO." Santa Monica Observer, October 5, 2023 (link)
(4) Letter: "North of Montana Association -- Letter to Mayor Davis and Esteemed Council Members." RE: Item 7A. Discussion on the Lottery-Selected Panel Process for the Airport. (link)
(5) Article: "Randomly Chosen Airport Panel Gets Major Pushback." Santa Monica Lookout, October 9, 2023 (link)
Signatories as of October 9, 2023 at 7:00PM PST (300+, scroll down to view):
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