https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/09/08/jerry-brown-signs-new-laws-to-block-trumps-california-offshore-oil-drilling-plans/ Jerry Brown signs new laws to block Trump’s California offshore oil drilling plans...
“Today, California’s message to the Trump administration is simple: Not here, not now,” Brown said. “We will not let the federal government pillage public lands and destroy our treasured coast.”
Brown signed SB 834 and AB 1775, two measures that ban the State Lands Commission from approving permits for new wharfs, piers, pipelines and other facilities anywhere in state waters along the entire California coast from the shoreline out to three miles offshore that could be used to expand new offshore oil and gas production.
The bills — which were modeled on a local law passed by Santa Cruz city voters in 1985 aimed at stopping oil drilling during the Reagan administration — were a top priority for environmentalists in Sacramento this year. A similar proposal was blocked last year by oil industry opposition.
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Brown signed SB 834 and AB 1775, two measures that ban the State Lands Commission from approving permits for new wharfs, piers, pipelines and other facilities anywhere in state waters along the entire California coast from the shoreline out to three miles offshore that could be used to expand new offshore oil and gas production.
The bills — which were modeled on a local law passed by Santa Cruz city voters in 1985 aimed at stopping oil drilling during the Reagan administration — were a top priority for environmentalists in Sacramento this year. A similar proposal was blocked last year by oil industry opposition.
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