The relevant language appears in the 2025 Budget Act, Section 112, Item 3790-102-6093, as amended by AB 107 earlier this year. It appropriates funding through the California Department of Parks and Recreation to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (SMMC). Within that, appropriation appears a single sentence:

“$10,000,000 is available for the restoration, rehabilitation, protection, and capital improvement of former airport lands to create parks and open space.”

The statute does not identify Santa Monica as the recipient. It does not mention Santa Monica Airport, reference the Airport Conversion Project, or establish that the City has received a grant award.

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