Policies prohibiting any new offshore oil drilling and affiliated infrastructure construction within California state waters were adopted as Gov. Jerry Brown signed two bills on Sept. 8, which symbolize an effort against the recent oil drilling expansion plan proposed by the federal government.
SB 834 requires that the State Lands Commision and a local trustee will not enter into any new lease, lease renewal, or extension, as well as modification if it involves new construction of oil-and-gas-related infrastructure within states waters and is related to Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) leases issued after Jan. 1, 2018. And AB 1775 prohibits any new lease, lease renewal, extension, or modification in the Sanctuary that leads to an increase of oil or natural gas production from federal waters.
