Aerial Traffic

Here's the latest in the long-running battle to regulate helicopter noise in LA: new legislation has been introduced that would require the FAA to regulate flight paths and minimum altitudes throughout the county. Since police would be exempt, no one's even pretending this isn't for the richies: "The terrain of canyons around the Rose Bowl concentrates low-flying helicopter noise to high levels, and Hollywood Hills and West Hollywood residents frequently suffer from noise generated by celebrity news media ..." says Representative Adam Schiff. [Curbed Inbox]