#SouthernCalifornia residents stunned to hear a #BayArea tech company had acquired their local municipal owned #airport from city without any advance knowledge.

A press release was first indicator that the #Municipal Airport in #BeachBoys hometown of #Hawthorne, a facility owned by the city, had been quietly transferred without any performative citizen approval for $126 million to a private firm expecting to make big money on #Olympics related private jet flights etc

https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/bay-area-tech-company-purchases-la-airport-ahead-21156350.php #SunshineLaws #Taxpayers #Commerce #AirTravel