Photo: Golden Eagle (Tom Grey). For the August 17th Board of Supervisors meeting, SCVAS resent our November 2020 advocacy letter in support of closing the airport.

On August 17th, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to “take all necessary actions, including closure, to immediately prevent lead contamination from operations at Reid-Hillview Airport". SCVAS supported closing the airport, looking to provide more open space in East San Jose. Closing the airport will also protect birds. A golden eagle was just struck in August of 2020. In recent years, owls, hawks, geese, swallows, and other ‘unknown birds’ have also fallen victim to bird strikes.