How We Can Help

Whether looking for help with adhering to environmental regulations, attaining noise measurements for private use or advice on how to make your next project noise compliant, Southern California Noise Services offers a full spectrum of services to help large firms and private individuals with their noise monitoring and regulation needs. We work all over Southern California and specialize in:

• San Bernardino County: desert cities and communities including Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree, 29 Palms and mountain communities including Big Bear and Lake Arrowhead.

• Riverside County: including desert cities of Palm Springs, Desert Hot Springs, La Quinta, Cathedral City, Indio and Rancho Mirage.

• Los Angeles County: including the cities and communities of Silver Lake, Koreatown, Downtown, Mid-City, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Baldwin Hills, Pasadena, Inglewood, Santa Monica, Marina Del Rey, San Fernando Valley, Venice Beach, Malibu, and Compton.

• Imperial County: including the cities of El Centro, Calexico, and Brawley.

 We conduct environmental noise monitoring for:

• Transportation projects (roadways/highways, public transit, and rail)

• Construction projects

• Infrastructure projects

• Industrial sites

• Noise ordinances

• Community noise assessments, including short-term rentals and other home-based businesses

You Might Need Us…

We can help you with a variety of noise monitoring and compliance needs.

Background & Experience

A boutique agency, principals Sharon Fain and Jared Jerome have worked on a wide range of noise projects. SCNS has an extensive background in environmental planning and has been specializing in air quality, greenhouse gas and noise since 2007. Our networked and current experience ensures that your project will meet the highest standards.

We have extensive experience conducting air quality and greenhouse technical reports as well as long and short-term noise monitoring and analysis using Quest and Larson Davis sound level meters, as well as air and noise modeling software including CalEEMod, AERMOD, Cal3QHC, SoundPLAN, CadnaA, TNM, and RCNM. We are a small team of technicians and specialists with extensive experience in air quality and noise analysis.

We have conducted air quality, greenhouse gas and noise monitoring and analysis for projects throughout California, including the following (full resume available upon request):

• Joshua Tree Campsite Noise Monitoring.

• City of Corona Noise Monitoring for a variety of residential and commercial projects.

• City of San Bernardino Noise Monitoring for a variety of commercial projects.

• City of Palm Springs Noise Monitoring for commercial projects.

• City of Ontario Noise Monitoring for a variety of commercial projects.

• City of Indio/Sun City Noise Modeling and Reporting for a pickleball court project.

• City of Adelanto Noise Monitoring for a variety of residential and commercial projects.

• City of Victorville Noise Monitoring for General Plan update

• Airbnb/Short-Term Rental Noise Monitoring in Joshua Tree, CA

• Concert Venue Noise Monitoring in Pioneertown, CA

• City of Los Angeles Air Quality, Greenhouse Gas, and Noise Reports for a variety of residential and commercial projects

• City of Ventura Noise Monitoring for a variety of residential and commercial projects

• PG&E Compressor Station (EIR): Conducted noise impact analysis for a compressor station clean up project located in eastern San Bernardino County as part of a site clean-up effort.

• Subdivision Noise Impact Report (EIR): For the County of Riverside, conducted the noise monitoring and impact analysis for a large 340-acre subdivision development.

• UC Riverside (EIR): Conducted several air quality, greenhouse gas, and noise measurements and analyzed noise impacts associated with campus development for UCR.

• LADWP Improvement Project (EIR): Conducted the air quality, greenhouse gas, and noise impact analysis for several Los Angeles Department of Water and Power reservoir improvement projects.

• County of Maui Subdivision (EIS). Conducted noise monitoring and impact analysis for the County of Maui, including long-term 24-hour measurements, and noise impact assessment a subdivision project located in Maui, Hawaii.

• Caltrans Improvement (PEAR). Prepared a preliminary noise analysis with monitoring for US-101 improvements in Los Angeles, CA.

• LAUSD Demolition Project (IS/MND): Conducted the noise monitoring and impact analysis for the Los Angeles Unified School District.

• High School Modernization Projects (EIR): Conducted several air quality, greenhouse gas, and noise impact analyses for school modernization projects for the Los Angeles Unified School District

• College of Marin Campus Improvements: For the College of Marin, analyzed noise impacts associated with building new campus facilities including classrooms, agricultural studies facilities, athletic facilities, and amphitheater.

• City College of San Francisco: For CCSF, analyzed noise impacts associated with a new on-site chilled water plant and utility lines.

• UC Merced (EIR): For the UCM, analyzed noise impacts associated with the construction of campus development associated with implementation of their long range plan.

• Cal State East Bay (IS/MND): For Cal State East Bay, analyzed noise impacts associated with building a new library in Hayward, CA.

• Salinas Housing Development (EA): Prepared the noise impact assessment associated with a senior housing development for the City of Salinas.

• City of Moorpark Subdivision (EIR): Conducted the air quality, greenhouse gas, and noise impact analysis associated with a large scale housing subdivision development for the City of Moorpark.

• City of Los Angeles Mixed-Use (EIR): For the City of Los Angeles, analyzed noise impacts associated with a mixed-use facility with a supermarket. 

• City of Cerritos Noise Impact Report: For the City of Cerritos, conducted noise monitoring, including 24-hour measurement, and prepared the noise analysis for a multi-family residential project adjacent to a major freeway in Cerritos.

• City of Los Angeles (Silver Lake) Noise Impact Report: For the City of Los Angeles, conducted the noise monitoring and impact analysis for a multi-site mixed-use development in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles.

• Marina Del Rey (IS/MND): For the City of Los Angeles, prepared the noise monitoring and impact analysis for a development project that would construct a multi-family residential building in Marina Del Rey.

• City of Los Angeles (Downtown) Noise Impact Report: For the City of Los Angeles, conducted the noise monitoring and impact analysis for a large mixed use development in Downtown of Los Angeles.

• Calabasas Commercial Shopping Center Noise Impact Report: For the City of Calabasas, conducted the noise monitoring and impact analysis for a multi-use commercial development. 

• City of Los Angeles Noise Report: In the City of Los Angeles, conducted noise impact analysis for a cemetery expansion project.

• Hawaiian Gardens Peer Review: For the City of Hawaiian Gardens, conducted a peer review of the noise analyses for a self-storage facility.

• Recycling Facility Noise Report: For the City of Los Angeles, conducted the noise analysis for a recycling and resource recovery center in the Sun Valley neighborhood of Los Angeles.

• Coffee Warehouse (IS/MND): Conducted the air quality, greenhouse gas, and noise monitoring and impact analysis for the City of Los Angeles for a coffee supplier corporate headquarters.