Unanimous vote by LA City Council will gradually end oil drilling inside city limits and bans new drilling.
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously on Friday, Dec. 2 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. Several council members credited STAND LA for their sustained efforts in creating support for the ordinance.
“The neighborhood oil and gas drilling that has been ravaging our Black, Brown and often disinvested communities for generations exists because of the same kind of racism and corruption we all heard on that recording,” Shaw-Wakeman said.
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