CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
November 1, 1991 | JIM NEWTON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A majority of the five county supervisors say they will support a proposal to rejoin the Southern California Assn. of Governments, a powerful regional planning organization that Orange County left in 1989. The suggestion to rejoin the group and begin paying dues again came from Supervisor Thomas F. Riley, who asked the board to take that step in order to ensure that the county does not lose its voice on regional issues such as transportation, air quality and growth management.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
October 27, 2002 | Jennifer Oldham, Times Staff Writer
It was a fitting epitaph. When asked recently what had become of a 17-year-old agency created to resolve Southern California's airport capacity woes, City Councilman Hal Bernson swung his right hand up and then down in a crash-and-burn motion. The Southern California Regional Airport Authority has disappeared from the radar -- again. In 1985, and again in 1991, lawmakers concerned about the inevitability of an air-traffic jam tried to get the agency off the ground.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
July 25, 1990
Councilman Henry W. Wedaa said he will seek reelection in November. He has been active in the region's clean-air efforts, serving on the South Coast Air Quality Management District board in various capacities. He is now vice chairman of the Air Quality board. Wedaa is also chairman of the Southern California Assn. of Governments aviation committee and serves on the Southern California Regional Airport Authority. Wedaa, 66, has served on the City Council since 1970.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
March 1, 1992
The Times made a big mistake in heading Lars De Jounge's letter (Feb. 23) "El Toro Logical Choice for Commercial Air Use, Maybe as Low-Security Prison." Nothing could be further from the truth, as it was studied by the airport site coalition and rejected completely more than two years ago. Even Congress voted against joint use. The only site approved in all of Southern California that meets all the criteria for the sorely needed international airport to serve the four southern counties is at the beachfront of Las Pulgas Canyon halfway between San Clemente and Oceanside.
NEWS
September 25, 1991 | JEFFREY A. PERLMAN, TIMES URBAN AFFAIRS WRITER
The new airport noise regulations adopted by the Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday reinforce what nearly everyone already knows: Orange County needs a new facility to relieve John Wayne Airport. But that's where the consensus ends. For years, the Board of Supervisors has resisted efforts to build a new local airport, arguing that George Air Force Base in the desert near Victorville is a better idea because it is closing soon.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
November 19, 2001 | JEFFREY L. RABIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe is warning that any plan to expand Los Angeles International Airport that includes extending a runway into the Westchester business district is unacceptable. Knabe, whose district includes communities around LAX, praised Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn for taking a new approach to expansion of the airport.