Mission Statement

To establish and bring to bear a powerful, unified voice of elected officials, business and community leaders promoting a regional solution to the future commercial aviation demands of the entire Southern California region

Objective

To promote the use of our many regional commercial air transport resources including Palmdale Regional Airport, Ontario International Airport, Southern California Logistics, March Inland Port, Palm Springs International, and San Bernardino International in solving the growing air traffic demand which as it stands today is concentrated almost completely at LAX and has become an overwhelming drain on the surrounding infrastructure (traffic on the 405 as an example) as well as a security risk in today’s post 9-11 world.

ARSAC is opposed to any plan that will increase the volume of air traffic at LAX; already the 3rd busiest airport in the world. ARSAC supports an alternative which includes expansion of at least one other airport in the region to provide a viable alternative to LAX. Alternate facililties must be in place in the event of an emergency. A regional solution is needed to maintain the economic vitality for all of Southern California as well as to preserve the quality of life and environment for residents and businesses in the communities that surround LAX.

History

ARSAC is a grass roots organization formed in 1995. During the past two mayoral elections in the city of Los Angeles, ARSAC developed a massive voter base dedicated to electing a mayor who opposed further expansion of LAX. That voter base was instrumental in electing Mayor Villaraigosa after the incumbent; Mayor James Hahn broke his signed ARSAC pledge to support a regional approach to airport expansion.