Good news for California. This was sanity prevailing in the form of raw self interest, which is about as close to enlightened as Democrats get. I will say that a part of me (probably the bad part) wouldn’t have minded seeing Cali pass the ban thereby hastening its slide into liberal dystopia. Now they’ll have a thriving energy sector propping things up.
Well said -- all of your post. It's that part about CA sliding into a liberal dystopia that illustrates their total hypocrisy. Their actual self interest isn't financial, it's about power. And yes, it's nice to have other people's money around to finance more liberal lunacy as well...as long as the voters in Malibu, Santa Monica, San Francisco etc. aren't inconvenienced by the actual drilling.