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Posted Jul. 17, 2015, 9:14 am

Brandon Dupré / Staff Writer

Santa Monica residents made it abundantly clear at Tuesday's City Council meeting that the Santa Monica Airport has overstayed its welcome, but yet it remains – for how long is now the question.

Despite the near 40 members of the public who addressed Council on Tuesday night expressing their opposition to the city's proposed new leases with the Santa Monica Airport and other tenants, some hoping for an immediate shut-down of the Airport, Council agreed to a range of tenant leases.

By Matthew Hall on July 18, 2015 in Transportation

Congressional leaders used Santa Monica's California Incline project as a backdrop while advocating for a long-term reinvestment in American infrastructure last week.

California Democrat Ted Lieu has a degree in computer science from Stanford University.

Ted Lieu is that rara avis on Capitol Hill -- a member of Congress who knows what he's talking about when it comes to technology.

Pelosi and Lieu were joined by local Los Angeles County leaders to discuss ways to grow the economy, create jobs through vital expanded transportation & infrastructure funding

Santa Monica, CA – July 20, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Congressman Ted W. Lieu hosted a press conference this morning to discuss the urgent need for expanded, long-term infrastructure investment in Santa Monica, Los Angeles and cities across America.

-- A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) hearing last week in Washington D.C. on the fate of Santa Monica Airport left the attending City officials feeling frustrated with the agency, but satisfied they have a strong ally in Congressman Ted Lieu.

Mayor Kevin McKeown, who attended the hearing with other City officials and local anti-airport activists, said at the City Council meeting on Tuesday that the FAA remained in "listening-mode only" during the one-hour hearing in Washington.

The region's Democratic Congressmen are speaking out about the Iran nuclear deal forged by a Democratic president — with reservation.

Speaking to the Journal hours after the landmark deal was announced on July 14, Reps. Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) and Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) expressed concerns about the deal but stopped far short of rejecting it.