LA City Prohibits Oil and Gas Extraction!

The Los Angeles City Council voted to approve an ordinance on December 2nd that will prohibit new oil and gas extraction activities and phase out existing oil drilling citywide, a victory driven by a decade of advocacy.

According to our allies at STAND-LA, “the ordinance developed by the Department of City Planning and the City Attorney’s office designates existing extraction activities a nonconforming land use in all zones of the city. The City’s Board of Public Works is also voting today to approve contracts to launch a citywide amortization study, an economic analysis which may justify shortening L.A. City’s default 20-year phase-out period for existing oil wells.”

To learn more about this important victory, check out STAND-LA's work on the campaign here.