Mar Vista–Santa Monica Airport Good Neighbor Coalition
Different Zip Codes.Same Community.
Good neighbors ask first.
We are Los Angeles residents — and we represent the largest residential border with the Santa Monica Airport (SMO).
We are single family homes on Dewey Street and the surrounding blocks that frame the north edge of Mar Vista (zone 6), a Los Angeles community, proudly part of the Walgrove Elementary footprint — whose backyards sit directly along the southern boundary of Santa Monica Airport.
We live with the airport's noise and pollution every day. And while we may not all agree on the airport's future, we are directly impacted by its operations now, as well as what may become the most consequential land-use decision, when Santa Monica Airport closes at the end of 2028.
Decisions about the southern edge — immediately behind our homes — must be made with careful consideration of the impact on the surrounding community and with appropriate public review, regardless of city jurisdiction.
In 2024, the City of Santa Monica relocated the Santa Monica Trapeze School, a small amusement business displaced from the Pier when the City ended its lease. SM City Council directed staff to find an alternative site. Their selection — 2800 Airport Ave — is a small rarely used lot that abuts single-family homes, placing trapeze equipment in direct sightlines into single family homes and their private yards. The result has disrupted both the business and the surrounding residential neighborhood.
This matter is not just about one business. It is a demonstration of what happens when the community is excluded from the process where consequential decisions are made that compromise the integrity and living space of their homes, impacting generations.
“Yes, that’s in our to do list. And the city will reach out to the residents that are right adjacent to that location.”