Cloverfield Commons

If you're curious about how large the Santa Monica Airport is, or how it's currently laid out, check out the attached flyer for taking a self-guided tour! The tour will show you the whole airport, including an expansive view from the observation deck. We think you'll agree there's plenty of space for a great park and below-market housing.

Please join us for this important forum to learn more about the critical need for below-market housing for workers and others in our community, and to hear and see our vision for affordable housing along with parkland when the SM Airport closes. And there's free parking!

Welcome to Cloverfield Commons! We are a group of lively and diverse folks advocating for below-market housing (along with a large park) at the Santa Monica airport site once it closes at the end of 2028. Please follow us and check out our website to find out more. Click on the link in our bio to endorse our vision (you don’t have to live in SM to be an endorser).

Speculative design by kDA Architects

Cloverfield Commons envisions the airport site as a grand park integrated with below-market housing, bringing the entire Santa Monica community together to enjoy the green space. We know that parks only work when people live near them.

“A complete neighborhood alongside the park ensures vibrant utilization, safety, and community engagement, making this invaluable green space a regional destination accessible to many, not just a select few.” — Will Wright, AIA LA

Images are of Lowry Redevelopment in Denver, formerly the Lowry Air Force Base.

Image Source: https://www.wenkla.com/project/lowry-redevelopment-park-and-open-space-system/

Randy Shaw from explains that “Santa Monica has a unique opportunity to recast its future from elite enclave to a truly diverse community” by building at least 3000 units of housing for middle and working class people.

“Santa Monica’s problem isn’t that it’s park poor, but rather that everyday people can’t afford to live in the housing that is currently available.” — Vivian Rothstein, Sunset Park resident

There is enough room at the airport site for soccer fields, community gardens, swimming pools, walking and biking paths, AND housing.

Join Cloverfield Commons in supporting a BOTH/AND vision for the future of Santa Monica Airport.

Image is of the Lowry Redevelopment in Denver,
formerly the Lowry Air Force Base.

Image Source: https://www.wenkla.com/project/lowry-redevelopment-park-and-open-space-system/

Will Wright from supports a “both/and” vision for the airport site that integrates substantial housing with a grand public park.

“This is a bold, forward-thinking vision aligned with the highest principles of responsible urban planning and civic duty. It reflects a commitment to a Santa Monica that is inclusive, financially robust, and designed for the well-being of all its residents for generations to come.”

The Advocacy Report: July 15, 2025 Taking the power of design and architecture to people in every corner of Los Angeles.

Important information: the Cloverfield Commons vision of below-market rate housing along with an expansive park has been enthusiastically endorsed by hundreds of individuals and the following organizations:
· CLUE – Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice
· Unite Here, Local 11, hospitality workers union, working to improving workforce housing
· Santa Monicans for Renters Rights (SMRR)
· Committee for Racial Justice, Santa Monica
· CD 11 Coalition for Human Rights, a grassroots community coalition advocating for humane treatment and access to housing for our unhoused neighbors.
· Abundant Housing LA, a grassroots nonprofit advocating for more housing at all levels of affordability.
· Westside Vision Coalition, an alliance of non-profit organizations advocating for equitable and permanent housing for everyone in the West LA district.
· Culver City 4 More Homes, a group fighting for care for the unhoused, more homes, renter’s protections, and to end segregation.
· Our Future LA Coalition, a coalition of nonprofits and community advocates, housing justice agencies and organizations, who work to address the rise in homelessness by improving housing policies and creating affordable housing.
You can become an endorser by signing on here: Support from many for affordable housing as well as park at SM airport.

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