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# Marine Street homeowner Joe Owens refuses to sell under airport buffer plan
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/032908-story/
- Published: 2008-03-29T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T23:46:15.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Real Estate & Housing, Santa Monica Airport, #archive-import

Melody Hanatani STAYING PUT: Joe Owens moved to Marine Street in 1972 when he purchased a multi-story house for its views of the South Bay and proximity to his job in Culver City. Owens said he wouldn’t consider selling his home under the Runway Protection Zone, a voluntary program in which federal funds would be used to acquire homes off the runway at Santa Monica Airport to create a larger buffer zone. Though he fears that a plane will one day crash into homes, Owens said he doesn’t want to move out.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 29, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/032908.pdf?ref=smdp.com)