Supporters of the project say it would boost the localcommercial real estate market, pump millions of dollars in taxrevenue into the local government's coffers and create jobs. Butsupervisors complained about several issues, including problemswith the environmental impact report and the lack of keyinformation that only the Federal Aviation Administration couldprovide.

The project to expand the city-owned airport near Otay Mesaactually falls under the jurisdiction of the San Diego CityCouncil, which is considering a possible public hearing inmid-August. Project developers say the council vote will be thereal test for the project, which calls for 48 air cargo flights perday.

But the project has run into resistance on all fronts thus far.The board upheld its staff's recommendation to oppose the projectbased on safety, noise, air quality, land use and transportationconcerns. Brown Field should remain a general aviation airport andthe project's environmental studies "don't pass muster," concludedSupervisor Greg Cox, whose district includes the airport.