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California oil drilling restrictions make ballot initiative after industry lobbying
A California law barring new oil drilling in residential areas and school zones will be put directly to voters next November following a campaign by a state oil trade group. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed the measure, Senate Bill 1137, into law in September 2022, part of a suite of aggressive climate bills passed and signed during the legislative session. The law, which took effect Jan. 1., prohibits either new wells or retrofitting of existing wells within 3,200 of homes, schools, nursing homes or hospitals. Last week, California’s Secretary of State confirmed a petition to put the law on the ballot in 2024 had received over 978,000 signatures. The state required at least 623,212 si

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