Editor,
Some of the points mentioned published regarding Whiteman Airport by LACP on 4/9/2026 require further investigation. For example, LA County is the current recipient of a Part 16 complaint (FAA Docket No. 16-24-14). Subject: Incorrect tenant rents. At one County airport the Assessor's office is alleged to be using a, "Light Manufacturing Code" to bill tenants, as opposed to the County code for "T-Hangers." If a parent abuses a child, the child should not be further punished, rather the parenting should be improved. Should this not be the case, pdeARarent governments could just avoid their legal responsibility and then use the poor resultant as the reason to divest themselves of that responsibility.
Whiteman brings in more revenue than any other County airport! That revenue though does NOT stay at the airport! The County sends a partial amount to other County airports! While not illegal, WITHOUT that funding, informed opinion is that two other County airports would be forced to close! Are additional funds available for Whiteman to make associated improvements besides the actual airport income? Yes, and as an example of curtailing funding for Whiteman, the airport that was so important as a provider of emergency services during the LA Fires, it was published on March 4, 2024, by the then BOS Chair on her own website that "...the County will not seek future funding from the FAA that would further lengthen aviation operations at Whiteman Airport, a measure that is also in alignment with her November 7 motion on the future of the 78-year-old airport." At that time a minimum of 90% of a project cost could be applied for, and accepting the federal funds would NOT extend operations at the airport, This, because of a County land purchase and the already agreed to benefit of perpetuity for Whiteman, a point reiterated and made clear in the public record, and addressed to the BOS on October 21, 2024 when the Board voted to spend 1.3 million dollars on a repurposing STUDY. Subsequently, another $200,000 has been allocated for the same purpose. Accepting FAA grant money was also opposed by a local grant-funded group who prefers to close the Whiteman airport in favor of private redevelopment and the resulting area congestion, and no doubt, gentrification, and the exodus of so many current residents due to economic injustice.