Good for Representative Salud Carbajal. He deservedly shares a lot of credit for bringing federal funds to his district.
While the funds for the Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) are no doubt important, they should be disbursed only if the airport demonstrates real concrete progress in noise abatement in the surrounding neighborhoods.
As of now, Santa Barbara’s aircraft noise abatement program seems to be limited to recording readings from its three noise detectors and recording residents’ complaints. What should be done is for agencies like OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) and the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) to take readings in kitchens and bedrooms along the fight paths to determine both sound and aircraft exhaust pollution levels that residents are being exposed to daily.