The L.A. City Council voted unanimously to ban drilling of new oil and gas wells and phase out existing ones over the next 20 years.
The L.A. City Council voted unanimously on Friday to ban drilling of new oil and gas wells and phase out existing ones over the next 20 years.The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Friday to phase out oil drilling in the city, approving an ordinance that bans new oil and gas extraction.
The city ordinance phases out all such oil and gas extraction activities by banning new oil and gas extraction and ceasing existing operations within 20 years. Operators would not be able to expand their existing sites or extend the life of a well during the 20-year phase-out period. Stand Together Against Neighborhood Drilling , a coalition of environmental justice groups, held a briefing before Friday's council meeting outside City Hall and did not take part in public comment -- in solidarity with protesters demanding Councilmen Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo resign for their role in the City Hall racism scandal.
Tianna Shaw-Wakeman, environmental justice program lead for Black Women for Wellness, called the vote a "massive and long-fought win" nearly a decade in the making, but said the coalition did not ask for the vote to move forward on Friday. "This is not only about protecting the lives of my community and healing the hurt that years of discriminatory redlining has caused," Montoya said. "This is about protecting Black, Brown and Indigenous youth of color that are growing up in frontline communities just like I did."
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