FEDS REJECT HAHN'S BID FOR EL TORO BASE.Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer Federal officials rebuffed Mayor James Hahn's call Tuesday for the Navy to delay today's auction of the former El Toro El To·ro An unincorporated community of southern California southeast of Santa Ana. Founded in the 1890s, it is mainly residential. Population: 62,685. Marine Base Air Station so he could explore Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. taking over the Orange County site as a commercial airport. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta as well as Navy Department officials said the federal government will follow the wishes of Orange County voters and not allow any aviation uses at the 4,000-acre site. ``There is no procedure available ... to request the Navy to revise (its) process ... to dispose of To determine the fate of; to exercise the power of control over; to fix the condition, application, employment, etc. of; to direct or assign for a use. See also: Dispose the base for a non-aviation use, and DOT does not intend to pursue legislation for purposes of developing a civilian airport,'' Mineta wrote. The Navy said it will not change its plans to auction off the property for a park. Hahn insisted Los Angeles World Airports Los Angeles World Airports or LAWA is the airport oversight and operations department for the city of Los Angeles, California. This department owns and operates Los Angeles International Airport, LA/Ontario International Airport, Palmdale Regional Airport, and Van should be allowed to take over the site. ``This is an important federal asset,'' Hahn said at a City Hall news conference. ``We should not take action now that, in 20 years, we will look back and kick ourselves for missing this opportunity to save this important site. ``If we are serious about a regional solution to our air traffic problems, we need to keep this site as an airport.'' Hahn estimated an El Toro airport could accommodate up to 30 million passengers a year and serve many Orange County and San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. County residents who now use Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX . Orange County Supervisor Tom Wilson, chairman of the Board of Supervisors, objected to the mayor's approach. ``This doesn't seem like very much of a good-neighbor policy to just drop this on us. The mayor didn't even have the courtesy of sending us a copy of the letter or even calling us.'' Hahn brought up the El Toro issue after challengers to his re-election said he had not done enough to support a regional air traffic solution while pushing for approval of his $11 billion LAX expansion and modernization modernization Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family, plan. Three of his challengers - Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. , Councilman Bernard Parks and state Sen. Richard Alarcon, D-Van Nuys - have called for creating a regional airport authority to include officials from Orange County. ``I think what we're seeing from the mayor is just too late,'' Parks said. ``The time to act on this was a year ago.'' Villaraigosa said: ``This was a failed attempt to paper over the Hahn administration's failings. It just shows the paralysis of the administration.'' Rick Orlov, (213) 978-0390 rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com |
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