L.A. City Council Votes Unanimously to Prepare Ordinance to Ban Oil Drilling

Breitbart ^ | 11/22/2022 | JOEL B. POLLAK

[ChicagoConservative27]

The city council of Los Angeles, once a hub of the American oil industry, voted 10-0 on Tuesday to instruct the city attorney to prepare an ordinance that would ban oil drilling within a city that is still dotted with pumpjacks.

The Los Angeles Daily News reported:

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a similar ordinance earlier in October. The City Council in January unanimously approved a series of recommendations aimed at banning new oil and gas wells. The draft ordinance would phase out all such oil and gas extraction activities by immediately banning new oil and gas extraction and ceasing existing operations within 20 years.

… Many community groups have lobbied Los Angeles to stop oil drilling, citing the harm it has on communities, which is disproportionately felt in working-class communities and communities of color. More than 500,000 Los Angeles County residents live within a half-mile of an active oil well.

… [Council President Paul] Krekorian responded to concerns over a potential loss of jobs and an increase in gas prices. He said less than 1% of crude oil processed in Southern California refineries actually comes from wells in Los Angeles, and the loss of oil drilling will not impact gas prices locally. On jobs, Krekorian said he believes the era of oil and gas is ending regardless.

[hanamizu]

What’s wrong of living next to the oil well?

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As a lad growing up in the 50s I went to a school that was a half mile from maybe two or three dozen oil wells. The newer ones were metal and looked like grasshoppers and the older ones were still made of wood. Just went up and down, almost hypnotic. Don’t remember very much sound from them and they weren’t surrounded by dead birds.

[aquila48]

Virtue signaling hypocrites!!

Are they also going to stop using oil?

[KarlInOhio]

Who wants to invest in my new company Orange County Slant Drilling?

[Osage Orange]

Most of those pump jacks are most likely "stripper" wells....producing less than 100 barrels a day....Which if you own a few..that's good $$...

Calif. is dead to me...and I was born and raised there.

[markman46]

well I guess LA city/County will next ban the refinery’s next then.