ORIGINAL: SoCal GliderGuider
Looks like only members of the HSS have to worry about this. There is no formal declaration by the FAA and Costa Mesa does not have authority to limit how high you fly. Funny there was no mention of all of the injuries to non-flyers (one required stitches) and crashes of over twenty pound electrics that have taken place at Fairview Park in the last nine months. Hitting a pedestrian with a ten (or more) pound electric is far more likely than any collision with a light aircraft. I would worry about four feet from the ground first.
True enough...........however.....
I've flown out of Long Beach many times, on contract flights operated by the low-bidder for shuttle service to offshore military outposts like San Clemente Isl. The 'experienced' gooney birds with crumbling Mae Wests under the (some, preferred) seats had No Smoking placards in Farsi and some other oriental glyphics unfamiliar to me. I noted that the flight crew habitually flew VFR only, initially heading for Catalina, which is visible from LB when above a couple of hundred feet on most days despite the smog, then S to SCI when it came into view. High flying model sailplanes probably would not have exacerbated the anxiety of either flight crew or the handful of passengers much, but they wouldn't have made the commute more comfortable either.
Abel