The Blue Angels fly for the sole purpose of propaganda. They fly at taxpayer expense, using money stolen without consent, and spent without the purview of those to whom that money rightfully belongs.
Horse hockey.
Americans elect representatives. If enough Americans complained to their representatives, they would shut down the Blue Angles in a heartbeat. Congressmen are, after all, keenly interested in being reelected. But the Blues and the Thunderbirds have become an iconic part of America, and the voice of opposition to disbanding the Blues would be immense, and would win.
Our gun control laws are a prime example. Regardless of the fact that our Constitution, to which our representatives swore an oath to "support and defend," says, "...the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed," far too many members of Congress sit around thinking up ways to infringe on it for no other reason than too many of their constituents say, "if you don't put a stop to guns, we'll put a stop to you." In the same vein, calls abound to Congress to honor their oaths of office to support and defend the Constitution, including protecting the Second Amendment's unqualified prohibition against any infringement on our right to keep and bear arms. It's why the net effect of gun control laws has steadily diminished since the 1970s.
So the flybys might be without YOUR consent, but they are most certainly done with the consent of the American people at large. Nor are they "for the sole purpose of propaganda." Where do you draw the line between "recruiting advertisement" and "propaganda?" If you belief they're synonymous, you have far large issues than noise from low-flying military aircraft.
Both the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds use operational fighter aircraft. Those aircraft are war-ready, except for the paint, an issue easily rectified in less than 24 hours. Furthermore the maneuvers they practice, including low-level flight, visually identifying navigational points leading up to a target, and overflying the target on time and airspeed are essential combat readiness skills practiced by all military aircrew that drop bombs, cargo, or passengers, the same as I did when I flew B-52s, and later, C-130s. The only difference for airshows, on in your case, the Blue Angels practicing for airshows by overflying T.I., is that no bombs/cargo/pax are loaded and none are dropped. Other than that, all procedures remain the same.
As for budgets, I think both the Blues and the Thunderbirds have their own budgets, a mix of both training and recruitment dollars. The blues do about 100 flybys a year. The Air Force (all aircraft, not just the Thunderbirds), do about 1,000. I've done more than a dozen flybys myself, every one of which occurred as part of our normal training. It was just another target or drop zone, with the only differences being that we didn't open doors, we didn't drop anything, and we maintained radio contact with a ground controller for any last-minute updates as to our TOT (time on target).
Just to show you I'm being a good sport about it, there are ways to get the flybys stopped, or at least reduced to a minimum. I can understand the Blues overflying T.I. when it was a Navy base. Now that it's a repository of civilian housing, continuing the flybys is inappropriate, not to mention a potential PR quagmire.
However, I note that "the Federal government still maintains an active presence on 40 acres (16 ha) occupied by the United States Department of Labor Job Corps (not part of the redevelopment). The Job Corps moved in and took over 40 acres (16 ha) and 13 building facilities just after the US Navy vacated the island." (
Source) So, good luck on getting the federal government to stop overflying federal land, even if "the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved new neighborhood development for 19,000 people over the next 20–30 years by Wilson Meany Sullivan, Lennar Urban, and Kenwood Investments." (ibid) There's what? About 10,500 residents on the island right now? If so, that's 10,500 potential signatures on a petition to Congress.
The FAA cannot help you, at least not directly. As they state on their website: "The FAA does not have the authority to regulate the operations of military aircraft. If you live near a military installation, you should try contacting their noise office or community relations department for more information on their operations in your community. Additionally, you may contact the Department of Defense Noise Working Group on their website by email to get more information about the type of noise you may be experiencing."
Even so, you can still contact your regional FAA airports district office, here:
here.
Finally, you can contact the following office. Even though they have no authority over military flights, they can put you in touch with the DoD NWG:
FAA Aviation Noise Ombudsman
The FAA's Aviation Noise Ombudsman serves as a liaison with the public on issues regarding aircraft noise. If you have a specific question, comment, concern or complaint that cannot be answered or addressed by any of the methods above, please contact the Aviation Noise Ombudsman and provide the following:
Your name
Your address
A thorough description of your noise issue
The times and dates you are experiencing the noise disturbance
The type of aircraft that are generating the noise (i.e., commercial jets, helicopters, general aviation, etc.)
Whether or not this noise issue is recurring
Documentation of every official you have contacted regarding the issue
This information is kept in a database that's retrievable by those who make decisions about these things i.e. Congress. They're not going to act on a lack of information. If even 10% of T.I.'s inhabitants complained at each flyby, you'd quickly amass a rather large database, and some of you will hopefully be smart enough to include detailed descriptions such as date, time, estimated velocity, altitude, heading, and any potentially reckless maneuvers endangering the welfare of the island's civilian residents.
The best way to contact the FAA Aviation Noise Ombudsman is by sending an email to the address below. These messages can be efficiently distributed to the appropriate subject matter experts to address your concern. If you would prefer to call and leave a voice mail or send in a letter through the mail, you may do so using the contact information listed below.
Email
9-AWA-NoiseOmbudsman@faa.gov
Phone
(202) 267-3521
Mailing Address
Federal Aviation Administration,
Aviation Noise Ombudsman, AEE-2
800 Independence Ave. S.W.
Washington, DC 20591